Law

This Law degree from School of Advanced Study, University of London presents the opportunity to gain expertise in your area of interest while also honing a range of transferable skills. 

On completing this Law degree fromSchool of Advanced Study, University of London, you’ll be well prepared for specialist career paths both within academia and beyond.

Undertaking doctoral research allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field.

With guidance from our expert supervisors, you’ll carry out extensive independent research culminating in a thesis of up to 100,000 words. The areas covered by the Institute’s expertise cover a broad range of law, policy and crime.

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

• The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) is a national academic institution serving all universities through its national legal research library.

• Its function is to promote, facilitate, and disseminate the results of advanced study and research in the discipline of law for the benefit of persons and institutions in the UK and abroad. Its areas of speciality include arbitration and dispute settlement, company law, comparative law, economic crime, financial services law, legislative studies and law reform, and the legal profession and delivery of legal services.

TheInstitute of Advanced Legal Studiesoffers doctoral research supervision in the following broad areas:

• Company Law

• Comparative Law

• Criminal Law and Evidence

• European Criminal Law

• Financial Crime

• Financial Services and Regulation Law

• Gender, Sexuality and Law