Postgraduate study in Laws:

Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

Academic direction

Renowned for excellence in legal education, the University of London is both one of the largest and most respected institutions in the world. When you join the Postgraduate Laws programme as an External student of the University, you'll be joining an international community of high academic achievers whose affiliation with the University truly sets them apart.

 

Although this programme is offered through the External System, the academic management of the Master of Laws (LLM) is provided jointly by the Departments of Law of Queen Mary (QMUL) and University College London. Teachers from the University of London Law Schools plan the structure and content of the programme, develop and write study materials, set the examination papers and mark scripts. View a complete list of Master of Laws (LLM)  Study Guide authors (pdf: 2 pgs, 24KB; new window).

Both QMUL  and UCL have 5* rated Departments of Law

The Director of the Postgraduate Laws programme is Dr. James J. Busuttil. He has been Associate Professor of International Law and Organization at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, the Netherlands, Director of the British Institute of Human Rights in London, Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex, and a practising lawyer in New York City and Washington, DC. He is Co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association’s Committee on Islamic Law and International Law. Dr Busuttil holds a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from Harvard University.

Study with a College in London

The University of London Master of Laws (LLM) can either be studied in your home country through the External System, following the self-study programme described in these web pages, or in London at one of four Colleges of the University. The four Colleges are King’s College London, Queen Mary, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and UCL.

If you would prefer to come to London and study as a conventional student of the University, you should contact the individual Colleges themselves for full details of their programmes, as information will differ to that given within these web pages. In brief, though, you would register as a student of the respective College, rather than as an External student of the University.

Whichever mode of study or programme you choose, you can be assured that if you are successful you will receive a University of London degree of the same standard.