LLM (General) University of Liverpool

Overview

On the  LLM (General) programme from University of Liverpool you are free to select any of the LLM Law modules we offer to tailor the programme to your interests. In addition to the modules offered on our specialist health law and human rights specialisms, you can choose from a range of modules taught by leading legal experts including modules in the fields of Commercial Law, Competition Law, International Business and Trade Law, and International Law.

Key Features

• The Liverpool Law School has a prestigious international reputation. We offer both research and teaching excellence to ensure that students on our Law postgraduate taught programmes are guaranteed expertise and professionalism.
• You are invited to take advantage of the school’s tremendous extracurricular activities, including career events, internships, and pro bono projects. This includes Law Extra, a series of talks and workshops from key speakers throughout the law industry showing you how the academic discipline of law can open opportunities in a range of fulfilling professions.
• This master’s is suitable for graduates of Law or a relevant degree subject such as Political Science, Sociology, Philosophy, International Relations, Banking, Management Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics, who want a bespoke programme of advanced legal study.

Career prospects

• The LLM programme is designed to enhance your academic profile and to ensure that you leave us with highly marketable skills, whatever you decide that market to be.
• The programme organises regular career events and routinely play host to law firms and other organisations who wish to come and meet our students. There is an annual law fair, giving you the opportunity to meet future legal employers. Academic staff in the Law School and Careers and Employability also offer invaluable careers advice and support.
• Every year, the LLM graduates become members of the Inns of Court, secure scholarships for vocational training, and obtain vacation placements, training contracts, and mini-pupillage opportunities from a range of providers. Many have successful careers as members of the legal profession in the UK and overseas, including Judges of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Courts.

Past LLM graduates have embarked on a wide variety of professions outside the law as well, in careers within:

• Politics
• Policy work
• Banking
• Charities and international non-governmental organisations
• Business management
• Accounting and finance
• NHS, police and emergency services