The Law LLM is one of our taught Master of Laws (LLM) courses. It is suitable for graduates of any background. It offers the flexibility to create your bespoke curriculum to match your legal interests and career aspirations.

The SOAS LLM in Islamic Law offers a world-leading specialisation in a rapidly developing area of law that has increasing significance in Muslim-majority countries as well as in the lives of many Muslims living elsewhere. The LLM deals in depth with issues such as those relating to families, financial markets, philanthropy, inter-state and international relations and globalisation.

The LLM in General Legal Studies offers you the widest range of choice across our specialist LLM programme portfolio. This programme is most suited to those wishing to design a bespoke programme, tailored to your specific interests.

Our LLM International Commercial Law programme is one of our most popular and long-established LLM programmes and is respected by top international commercial law firms. The programme is designed to meet the needs of students and lawyers who wish to study commercial law from an international perspective with emphasis placed on international conventions and agreements and their practical application.

Our LLM focuses on the intersection of law, technology, and international commerce and covers subjects in online privacy, financial law, business law, AI and intellectual property. The flexible study format allows you to pursue your LLM while managing your current workload.

This is a General LLM. The core module is Research and Dissertation, and there is a wide range of elective modules to choose from.

Our Law LLM program allows you to study across the legal spectrum without focusing on one specific area of Law. It aims to offer you the knowledge and expertise to allow you to contribute more fully to your chosen profession through the development of intellectual competence and postgraduate skills. 

Our International Commercial Law LLM equips you with an advanced understanding of the complex legal issues surrounding international business law, international commercial law, and corporate governance and finance.

The SOAS LLM in International Law provides a diverse and unique range of courses that interrogate critically the theory and practice of international law and explore cutting-edge topics of contemporary significance particularly as they relate to the global south.

Our LLM (Master of Laws) program allows you to study at our vibrant School of Law with its unique focus on the legal systems and legal challenges of the Global South generally and Asia, Africa and the Middle East in particular. The structure of the LLM allows you to create your programme of study, choosing from a wide array of modules, including those in comparative law, international law, law and development, commercial and trade law, human rights, environmental law, Islamic law and dispute resolution.

The LLM in Law, Innovation and Technology offers a distinct opportunity to master the legal expertise to address real-world challenges related to technology development and innovation.

You’ll learn from leading scholars with expertise in a wide range of areas, so you can keep your options open and explore a variety of approaches to law. Sussex Law School provides an international, stimulating and engaging learning environment for you to build a rich base of knowledge. You can select core modules from any of our LLM courses. You'll extend your breadth and depth of knowledge of legal principles and the social, political, economic and cultural context in which you operate. This course has skills training at its core, helping you to approach legal problems logically. This LLM gives you the opportunity to investigate a broad range of legal subject areas and to choose different pathways.

International trade is fundamental to global economic prosperity. Our LLM in International Trade Law will give you an in-depth understanding of its legal and commercial aspects, to open up a range of exciting career opportunities.

Our LLM Environmental Law and Climate Justice enables you to apply the law to the significant environmental challenges of the 21st century.

The LLM in International Commercial Law will give you the knowledge and skills to pave the way to a range of exciting careers in this important and diverse field of law.