LLM International Commercial and Business Law with Professional Placement at University of Essex

Programme overview

The LLM International Commercial and Business Law with Professional Placement is a two-year full-time Masters at Essex Law School covering the legal governance of domestic, European and international commercial and consumer markets. The placement is taken between the taught part and the individual project.

What you will study

Year 1 combines compulsory Contemporary Issues in Commercial and Business Law and Postgraduate Academic Legal Skills with optional business law modules. The final year comprises a 120-credit industry placement and a 60-credit, 12,000-word dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates have gone on to careers in international and intergovernmental organisations, government, commerce and banking, non-governmental organisations, and the legal profession and judiciary.

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Application information

Entry requirements

2:2 degree in Law, or a joint honours degree in another subject with Law. Applicants without a law degree who have at least six months of relevant professional experience, traineeships or professional qualifications/certifications from bodies such as Bar Associations are considered (CV required). International applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in all other components. A pre-sessional English pathway is available for applicants who do not meet the IELTS requirement.

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,600 a year. Year 2 (placement year) fee is currently calculated at 20% of the Year 1 fee. Source

International applicants: GBP 25,075 a year. Year 2 (placement year) fee is currently calculated at 20% of the Year 1 fee. Source

Intake: October 2027

Duration: 2 years

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