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Study Details: 1 Year Full-time
The LLM in Criminal Justice gives you a panoramic, 360-degree view of the criminal process, and a multidimensional perspective that explores organic synergies between domestic, transnational and international criminal justice. It opens up diverse career paths in the criminal justice and human rights sectors.
Applicants will normally have a degree in law, a related social science discipline (such as criminology, politics and international relations, sociology, anthropology, media and communications, economics or psychology), or a humanities degree (such as English, history, philosophy or art).
We also accept applications from people with professional, transferrable experience working in:
Students will normally be expected to have an upper second-class honours degree or its equivalent.
There is some flexibility where applicants demonstrate exceptional commitment or abilities to study for the degree because of their possession of other qualifications, or because they have relevant experiences that would qualify them for the programme.
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The LLM equips you with advanced knowledge and expertise in specialist areas of law, putting you in a strong position to pursue professional legal practice (in the UK and internationally).
It will also open up diverse career paths in other areas of professional practice associated with law, or quickly advance you to the position where you will choose to undertake a PhD as your next academic destination.
Employment opportunities you may take up following the LLM include:
You must complete the following compulsory modules:
Advanced Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Domestic, Comparative and International 30 credits
Human Rights and Criminal Justice: NGO Advocacy, Litigation, and Practice 15 credits
Criminal Justice Dissertation 60 credits
Optional modules
You will also choose optional modules to the value of 75 credits. These can be made up exclusively of Department of Law modules, or you may choose to select up to 30 credits from the interdisciplinary module lists below (which include options from other social science departments).
Department of Law modules
Module title Credits
International Human Rights Law: Theory and Practice 15 credits
International Human Rights: Advanced Themes and Contemporary Debates 15 credits
Environmental Challenges, Social Justice and Human Rights 15 credits
Gender, Sexualities and the Law 15 credits
Law and Policy Clinic: Criminal Justice 15 credits
Criminal Justice Placement 15 credits
Interdisciplinary modules from the Department of Law
Module title Credits
Criminal Evidence (with Advanced Mooting and Advocacy) 15 credits
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.
Note about optional modules (if available): The above is indicative of the typical modules offered, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. The module content and availability is subject to change.
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