Birkbeck, University of London, LLM, Law

The School of Law is an internationally recognised centre for critical and interdisciplinary legal research. It provides an exciting and innovative environment for a wide range of research with a strong theoretical and policy focus. The School is the home of Birkbeck Law Press and publishes Law and Critique: The International Journal of Critical Legal Thought. Students will benefit from sophisticated learning resources and the expert direction of high-level research academics. 

A personal supervisor will help you choose your best path through a wide range of options. If you so wish, your personal supervisor will also provide you with support if you undertake a research dissertation option.

Students will attend one–two evenings a week part-time or two–three evenings a week full-time. Flexible evening teaching is ideal if a student wants to combine studying with working during the day. Some options are offered as intensive weekend courses.

The course is designed to give you the maximum flexibility in your choice of modules, meaning you can design a course which best suits your interests and strengths. Graduates from this course will go on to work in the Legal Profession, government and the public sector, or as journalists.

Why study this course at Birkbeck?

• Benefit from sophisticated learning resources and the expert direction of high-level research academics.
• Designed to give you maximum flexibility in your choice of modules.
• The School of Law is an internationally recognised centre for critical and interdisciplinary legal research. It provides an exciting and innovative environment for a wide range of research with a strong theoretical and policy focus. The School is the home of Birkbeck Law Press and publishes Law and Critique: The International Journal of Critical Legal Thought.
• We use technology, such as electronic learning environments, to enhance teaching and learning. Birkbeck Library has an extensive teaching collection of books, journals and electronic resources in law and related disciplines, such as economics, politics and sociology. For example, it provides access to over 17,000 electronic journals, which are available online 24 hours a day. Find out more about our teaching and learning resources.
• You can also take advantage of the rich research collections nearby, including those of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Senate House Library, the British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE Library) and the British Library.
• Find out more about why you should study law at Birkbeck.
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• Watch videos of our postgraduate students discussing their experience of studying at Birkbeck.