Environmental Law (Taught)

The LL.M Environmental Law programme offers the opportunity to acquire and consolidate in-depth, specialist legal knowledge with respect to selected issues in environmental law and policy, combined with the practical skills necessary to conduct legal research, and advanced appreciation of legal theory. The programme offers the scope for considering perspectives from environmental science and criminology and offers a means to develop an appreciation of environmental challenges, and legal and policy responses to them set in the context of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Delivered over 1 year full-time or two years part-time, it is comprised in a core module ‘Studying Law: Advanced Skills and Theories’; a choice of four modules chosen from the following:

Semester 1
Contemporary Themes in Environmental Law and Policy
Green Criminology

Semester 2
Environmental Law of the Sea (co-delivered)
Energy Law
Climate Change: Science and Policy (co-delivered)

Students then complete a capstone dissertation in a negotiated subject of their choice, within the parameters of the award title.