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Competition Law, LLM

This is an exciting and increasingly important area of law, particularly internationally and EU-wide. This subject offers the opportunity for students to explore the impact of competition law in areas such as monopolies and mergers and their regulation and control; cartels and price-fixing; market sharing and bid-rigging; intellectual property rights and anti-competitive practices; international competition law and international trade.

Key Information

Entry requirements

Please see how to apply for more information.

Course length

One year full-time, two years part-time

Study location

City site

Fees and funding

Please see the Fees and Funding pages.

Start date

September/October

Schools

Overview

About the LLM Competition Law
The Nottingham Law School LLM enables you to build your own programme by selecting taught modules from a wide range of subject areas to suit your own interests and requirements. You can obtain either a Joint or Major/Minor LLM in the exciting and increasingly important area of Competition Law.

Why choose the LLM Competition Law?

Individual modules can be studied for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) awards for those working in the legal profession. 

Nottingham Law School
The School is one of the largest university law schools in the UK, enjoying a national and international reputation for delivering high quality education and training across a broad range of academic and professional courses. It has strong ties with many leading law firms both locally and nationally.

Please note the following information for applicants.

Contact details
Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 4460
Email
Nottingham Law School website

Course

Modules
All students on the LLM programme will study the dissertation module and additional elective and compulsory modules depending on the award that you wish to obtain. The LLM in Competition Law is only available as Joint or Major/Minor award.

Successful completion of three modules leads to an LL Certificate and completion of six modules leads to an LL Diploma.

Subject areas and elective modules

(S=Single, J=Joint, MM=Major/Minor awards)

Students can choose combinations of modules from those listed below.

Competition (J, MM)

Other LLM subject areas and modules

Corporate (S, J, MM)

Criminal justice (S, J, MM)

Employment (J, MM)

Europe and the law (S, J, MM)

Health law (S, J, MM)

Human rights (S, J, MM)

Insolvency law (S, J, MM)

Intellectual property (S, J, MM)

International criminal justice (S, J, MM)

International trade (S, J, MM)

Sports law (S, J, MM)

Dissertation
The Law School provides a supportive environment for students to carry out a major but focused individual research project. Students wishing to achieve a masters degree are required to submit a dissertation of 18,000 to 20,000 words on a suitable topic of their choice.

Legal research methods and writing
Students can also undertake classes in special legal research skills, research methodologies, academic writing, and the legal theories that try to explain how the law works. There will also be teaching lessons on library and information skills.

Assessment
With the exception of the Dissertation and the Legal Research Methods and Writing module, which is assessed by the submission of a research proposal, the modules for the LLM programmes are assessed by means of a 4,000 word piece of work. These could be discursive essays, reports, case studies or problem scenarios.

Careers

Your future career
Career development is an integral part of the programme and our careers team run a series of workshops where you can identify methods and strategies to enable you to pursue your career goals.

Due to the School's excellent reputation within the legal profession, our graduates are highly sought-after and recognised for the depth and relevance of their knowledge.

Continuing professional development (CPD)
Practitioners can study individual modules from the LLM programme for CPD awards.

Nottingham Law School offers a suite of practice-based practitioner programmes specifically designed to meet the personal development needs of legal practitioners. We offer courses that qualify for CPD with the Solicitors Regulation Authority, in-house training and bespoke programmes. These courses are highly flexible and can be delivered throughout the year both nationally and internationally.

Placements

This course does not currently offer placements.

How to apply

Entry requirement details

Law graduates
You will need a good degree in Law (minimum 2.2) or an honours degree in another discipline PLUS either the CPE (Common Professional Examination) or GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law) conversion qualification.

Non-law graduates
Whilst most of our applicants have a qualification in law, applicants from other disciplines will be considered in appropriate circumstances, particularly if they have experience in the area, even if not lawyers.

English language requirements
It is important that all international Law students speak, write and understand English well. Students can assess their fluency by taking the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). For entry onto the LLM programmes a minimum level of 6.5 is required for IELTS or a TOEFL score of 580 (written) or iBTOEFL 83. If applicants do not meet the language entry requirements, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are available through our Nottingham Language Centre prior to the start of the Masters programmes.

How to apply

Click the apply online button at the top of the page to complete your application.