LLM Law with Placement Year at University of Greenwich

Where Law Meets Professional Practice – Advance your legal expertise, broaden your global perspective and gain valuable industry experience through a year-long placement. The LLM Law with Industrial Placement is a distinctive postgraduate programme designed to equip students with advanced legal knowledge, critical analytical skills, and practical professional experience in an increasingly interconnected global environment. It focuses on international commercial law and the legal frameworks that govern global trade, business, and regulatory activity.

Faculty: Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Law and Criminology  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time; placement year  |  Intake: September; January  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Study over two years, combining advanced legal knowledge with a 12-month industrial placement and valuable professional experience. Develop specialist expertise in commercial, international, and business law through a globally focused postgraduate curriculum. Apply legal theory to real-world challenges through workplace learning and professional practice. Build professional networks and enhance your employability through industry engagement and practical experience.

Career pathways

The LLM with Industrial Placement prepares you for a wide range of careers in legal practice, compliance, regulation, business, government and international organisations. Alongside with advanced legal study, students will undertake a 12-month industrial placement, providing valuable workplace experience, professional networks and practical skills sought by employers.

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