Law (Taught)

The LLM (Master of Law) equips you with advanced knowledge and expertise in specialist areas of law, empowering you to pursue a diverse range of legal careers, or PhD study, in the UK and internationally.

Why study LLM Law at Goldsmiths:

• The LLM Law has a rich programme of activities. You’ll have the chance to learn from workshops and visits to many of the UK’s leading institutions such as the Royal Courts of Justice, UK Supreme Court and Houses of Parliament, and gain practical experience through taking placements and law clinic modules (for credit).

• We’re focused on employability, and the programme has been developed with feedback from employers and legal practices. Our central Careers Service is here to support you every step of the way.

• You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with renowned legal scholars, eminent legal practitioners and NGOs who co-teach on or lead our modules, embedding advanced legal theory and professional practice.

• You’ll learn from important legal thinkers, internationally leading barristers and politicians. Our law faculty and Visiting Professors are some of the greatest legal minds of our generation.

• You’ll gain a holistic understanding of law. Visits to law-related exhibitions, film screenings and theatre productions will demonstrate how present law is in our society.

You will write a compulsory dissertation:
Dissertation

You will also choose optional modules to the value of 120 credits. These can be made up exclusively of Department of Law modules, or you may choose 1 module from either of the interdisciplinary module lists below (which include options from other social science departments).

Department of Law modules:
International Human Rights Law: Theory and Practice
International Human Rights: Advanced Themes and Contemporary Debates
Advanced Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Domestic, Comparative and International
Human Rights and Criminal Justice: NGO Advocacy, Litigation, and Practice
Gender, Sexualities and the Law
Environmental Challenges, Social Justice and Human Rights
Law and Policy Clinic: Criminal Justice
Law and Policy Clinic: Human Rights
Criminal Justice Placement
Human Rights Placement

Interdisciplinary modules from the Department of Law
AI, Disruptive Technologies and the Law
Art Law
Criminal Evidence (with Advanced Mooting and Advocacy)

Interdisciplinary modules from other social science departments
Option modules from other departments, such as Politics and International Relations and Sociology, are confirmed on an annual basis.

Study 21st century law, and law in context
You’ll have the opportunity to choose from the full range of innovative LLM modules delivered by the Department of Law. To diversify your studies, you’ll also be able to choose relevant optional modules from other social science departments.

Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.