LLM Natural Resources And Environmental Law And Policy (Distance Learning)

Natural Resources form the bedrock of global economic development.

However, the development and use of natural resources have implications for the environment, often leading to other socio-economic and political challenges such as poverty, disease, and conflicts, especially in developing countries.

The resulting environmental impacts such as climate change, pollution and degradation of habitats, and species extinction has also raised serious challenges for governance and diplomacy at the international level, often pitting international economic policies and frameworks with natural resources and environmental governance.

The new Distance Learning (DL) LLM Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy will provide you with an excellent understanding of the law and policy issues in this area, and skills necessary to pursue a career in this exciting field, whether this is in private legal practice, as in-house lawyers in corporations, policy-oriented work in intergovernmental and other international institutions in advocacy in civil society organisations.

The flexibility of the distance learning delivery allows you to study at your own convenience with our virtual learning environment, and we provide live online sessions with tutors that help you contextualise your learning.

The course offers a wide range of modules that are contemporary, academically rigorous, and skills oriented. The design ensures you gain core knowledge of the wider context framing law and policy in this field whilst giving you the flexibility to tailor your degree to suit your particular interests by choosing from a range of specialist modules.

You will explore emerging issues such as a low carbon economy, unconventional and alternative energy, the regulation and governance of multinational corporations, and the responsibility of states in addressing these concerns.

The programme content is regularly updated in response to the latest developments such as COVID-19, climate change, and the latest advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and fintech, which impact on natural resources and environmental law.