LLM International Law and World Order*

About LLM International Law and World Order*

Course duration: 1 year full-time/2 years part-time     Course starts: October

LLM International Law and World Order at the University of Reading adopts a dual legal and political focus, providing a framework for the integrated study of international law and international relations and enabling students to appreciate the overall mosaic of law and politics in the international sphere.

The programme aims to equip students with the specialist knowledge and skills they require to succeed as professionals, scholars and leaders in the fields of international law and international relations. LLM International Law and World Order features a combination of compulsory and optional modules, providing flexibility and allowing you to tailor this programme to meet your own interests and ambitions. Modules on offer include international development law, international economic law , international law and terrorism and the Use of Military Force in International Law - all highly pertinent in today's globalised world.

As well as specific knowledge of international law and international relations, this programme will develop your ability to think both analytically and critically and to produce reasoned arguments encompassing policy, existing practice and knowledge at an advanced level. It will also develop your practical transferable skills, including the ability to conduct independent research, both online and offline; time management, verbal and written communication, presenting and planning.

LLM programme content

LLM International Law and World Order features compulsory and optional modules spanning a broad range of areas. A total of 180 credits must be completed, with taught modules accounting for 120 credits and a dissertation for the remaining 60 credits.

Compulsory modules

• Contemporary Issues in International Law (10)
• Dissertation (60)
• World Order and Theories of International Law (10)
• Research Methods (30)

Optional modules

Students must enrol in optional modules totalling 70 credits. Of these, at least 40 credits of
Optional modules must be chosen from within the Law School and at least 10 credits must come from modules related to international law and world order. The remaining 30 credits may be chosen from optional modules run by the Graduate Institute in Politics and International Studies.

Staff teaching on this LLM law programme

• Dr Robert Barnidge Jr.
• Dr Alison Bisset
• Professor Sandy Ghandhi
• Dr Ioannis Glinavos
• Dr James Green
• Dr Anne Thies

Career prospects for LLM law graduates

The skills gained by undertaking a postgraduate law degree are in great demand from both legal and non-legal employers.. LLM International Law and World Order will be an asset for students seeking employment in international courts and tribunals, United Nations agencies, legal practice and advocacy in the international law field, international NGOs, the public service (in the areas of foreign relations, international development, etc), law reform agencies, the media (journalism and broadcasting) and academia (with further postgraduate study).

*Subject to Faculty approval.