Law LLM
About This Programme
General LLM with a wide choice of commercial, international, human rights and technology law options.
Course Highlights
- A flexible general LLM shaped around your interests.
- Wide choice of options across commercial, international, human rights and technology law.
- A 60-credit dissertation.
- A UK Middlesex University degree delivered at the Dubai campus.
What You'll Study
Taught on campus. 180 credits including a dissertation.
Compulsory Modules
- Legal Research Skills (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- Dissertation (60 Credits) - Compulsory
Optional Modules
- Environmental Law and Governance (30 credits) - Optional
- Law of the International Sale of Goods (15 credits) - Optional
- English Commercial Law (15 credits)
- Technology and the Law (15 credits) - Optional
- Principles of International Law (15 credits) - Optional
- European Human Rights Law and Practice (15 credits) - Optional
- Mergers and Acquisitions (15 credits) - Optional
- Sustainable Development and Human Rights (15 credits) - Optional
- International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration (30 credits) - Optional
- International Human Rights Law (30 credits) - Optional
- Comparative Corporate Governance (15 credits) - Optional
- Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization (15 credits) - Optional
- Business and Human Rights (15 credits) - Optional
- International Organisations and International Dispute Resolution (15 credits) - Optional
- Technology in Legal Practice and Dispute Resolution (15 credits) - Optional
- UAE and DIFC Employment Law (15 credits) - Optional
- International Maritime Law (15 credits) - Optional
- WHAT YOU WILL STUDY ON YOUR LLM LAW PROGRAMME.
- ‘Providing students with a systematic understanding of legal processes.’
- Why Study LLM Law?
- COURSE OVERVIEW
- INTAKE
- DURATION
- ATTENDANCE
- COURSE LEADER
Entry Requirements
Careers
This programme is designed for students pursuing careers in legal practice or working with professional service providers who regularly engage with commercial bodies. It prepares them for a wide range of careers in public and private sector organisations, multinational companies and intergovernmental bodies requiring specialist knowledge in the body of domestic and private international body of rules governing commercial transactions and disputes. The LLM is a marketable qualification and previous graduates of the programme have gone on to work for legal departments of public and private sector organisations, multinational companies, international organisations, governmental departments and within the judiciary. Many have continued their higher education studies via a PhD.
Accreditation & Professional Recognition
Licensed and accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) through the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), and by Dubai's KHDA. The degree is awarded by Middlesex University in the UK (QAA-reviewed).
Programme Details
Award
Master of Laws (LLM)
Start Date
January, September
Typical Offer
A law degree or a degree with substantial law content (2:2 or above), or equivalent
Duration
1 year
Qualification
LLM
Subject Area
Law
Study Pattern
Full time
Delivery Format
In person
Tuition Fee
AED 76,491/yr
Total tuition is AED 76,491 (inclusive of VAT). All students receive a minimum 10% academic scholarship, with further scholarships and grants available.