Law

You’ll learn from leading scholars with expertise in a wide range of areas. This allows you to explore a variety of approaches to law. Many of our staff not only research but also work with governments, international organisations and policy-makers. The course content reflects their latest insight and research.

You’ll have the opportunity to tailor the degree to your interests by:

• investigating a broad range of legal subject areas
• taking core modules from one of ourother on-campus LLM courses
• selecting options from all of our on-campus LLM courses
• choosing different pathways.

Throughout your studies, you’ll have the opportunity to network with professionals, practitioners and activists from around the world. The global perspective you’ll gain will help you formulate critical responses to legal issues. These networks will also be valuable after you graduate.

Careers

• This Law courseat University of Sussex prepares you for your future career. It has skills training at its core, helping you to approach legal problems logically. You’ll develop the intellectual and practical skills – including legal research and critical analysis – to understand different areas of law and to provide appropriate legal responses.
• Our LLM graduates have gone on to a variety of roles across the world, including in:

• law firms
• the private sector
• international organisations
• government and the Civil Service.

Courses include:

• Aspects of Intellectual Property Law
• Criminology in Theory and Method
• Critical Approaches to Information Law
• Critiquing International Law
• International Financial Law Regulation and Governance
• Issues in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice