Climate Law & Justice (Taught)

The LLM in Climate Law & Justice offers an interdisciplinary approach to tackling the legal dimensions of climate and social crises. You will explore how law interacts with climate change, inequality, and global governance across international, regional, and national levels, with a focus on the Global South. The programme combines critical reflection and practical skills to prepare future leaders in climate justice and legal transformation.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• This LLM integrates climate law with social and environmental justice, offering practical and policy-oriented insight into how legal change can support just transitions. We invite you to think critically, engage deeply, and create law as part of the solution.

• Benefit from world-class teaching delivered by leading academics of diverse professional, cultural, and disciplinary backgrounds. The University of Glasgow’s interdisciplinary environment allows you to combine legal studies with sustainable finance, energy systems, and international politics.

• The city of Glasgow, with its strong legacy in climate action and role as host of COP26, offers a rich setting for engagement with policy makers, NGOs, and professional networks. This metropolitan city further provides an international and multicultural environment that fosters comparative legal learning and cross-cultural dialogue on global climate governance.

• You will have access to our excellent facilities including the dedicated School of Law library. Our main University Library also contains our extensive collection of legal materials and official publications.

• Law at Glasgow is ranked 4th in the UK by the Good University Guide 2026 and 8th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2026.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take six courses and submit a dissertation as falling within the area. Courses are delivered through a blend of lectures and seminar-style teaching.

You are required to take three core courses and three optional courses. One optional course can be chosen from other courses within the School of Law's LLM portfolio. Please note, enrolment on courses is subject to availability and timetabling.

For the dissertation, you can choose between a written dissertation or a collaborative dissertation research project with a partner organisation. Please note, the collaborative dissertation option is subject to availability.

Core courses
Law and Just Energy Transition
Fundamentals of Environmental Justice
Climate Change Law and Governance

Optional courses
Corporate Social Responsibility & the Law
Finance & Social Justice Project
International Human Rights Law
International Law and International Economic Governance
Law & International Development
Law and Sustainable Finance

Dissertation
LLM Dissertation or Collaborative LLM dissertation