Student profiles
The following quotes are from postgraduate students at the School of Law:
Rebecca Huxford
Graduated 2008, LLM in Advanced Legal Studies
I studied the Advanced Legal Studies LLM in 2007-08. I am currently studying the Legal Practice Course and have a training contract to begin in 2010. Although not required for qualification as a solicitor I think that the LLM had a number of advantages for me. I now have knowledge of a broader range of areas of law. I gained a new perspective on law and particularly its role in society. Finally, the LLM will hopefully provide greater opportunities and more flexibility as regards future career options. These factors, along with the excellent teaching staff and varied mix of other students on the course, all contributed to a successful and enjoyable year at Reading.
Kawthar Ben Khelil
Graduated 2006, LLM in International Law and World Order
'I spent an academic year in Reading in 2005-2006. Having graduated in Business Law in my home country, I was determined to study International Law - a legal branch I had always been attracted to. Therefore, I enrolled on the LLM in International Law and World Order (ILWO). ILWO and International Criminal Law have been two fascinating modules I have attended with great interest and pleasure.
The amount of work you ought to produce for the LLM is generally proportional to how much you enjoy the subject and to your academic objectives. Nothing will prevent you from studying hard and still finding time to enjoy your life in Reading.
Throughout the year both the academic and administrative staffs have always been available and helpful. I also felt incredibly lucky to live in such a multicultural environment – last year, students from the course came from more than ten different countries.
If you are looking for a place where you may broaden tremendously your legal knowledge, meet people from all over the world and where your efforts will be fairly rewarded, then the University of Reading is definitely meant for you.'
Claire Namy
Graduated 2006, LLM in International Law and World Order
'I took the ILWO LLM in 2005-2006. Although I had already had courses on both International Law and International Criminal Law, this LLM was really interesting. Those subjects are fascinating but challenging. According to me, the greatest virtue of this LLM is not so much the thorough knowledge it gives of those subjects, but the new perspective it offers on them.
I particularly enjoyed the ICL course, that is why I decided to apply to the ICTY. Being now an intern at the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, I use ICL all day long and I can not say how grateful I am for the courses I followed at Reading university!'
Geraldine De Vries
Graduated 2006, LLM in International Law and World Order
'This Masters course is extremely interesting and is a fine graduate degree for any student wanting to study public international law and related subjects. Not only is it taught by excellent and friendly professors, but it offers a wide variety of optional modules from which two may be chosen, allowing each student to study the fields in which he or she is most interested. At the end of our course here, my classmates and I look back on it as being among the most enjoyable of our university programmes, and feel that it is a wonderful cap to our studies.'
Anais Berthier
Graduated 2004, LLM in International Law and World Order
After studying International and European Law in France, I did an LLM at Reading University. I took International law, Human Rights and Political Science classes, and wrote my dissertation on the EU Environmental Liability Directive in the context of GMOs. After internships with law firms in France, I worked for the French Ministry of the Environment and in the Brussels office of Huglo-Lepage. I then joined ClientEarth as their environmental justice lawyer, working to make EU institutions more transparent and accountable. ClientEarth is a NGO composed of activists and environmental lawyers and committed to protect the planet and all who dwell on it. Most of my work is related to the Aarhus Convention which provides for access to information, public participation in the decision-making process and access to justice in environmental matters.