Academic Masters (LLMs)

• Benefit from our reputation – celebrating our 60^th anniversary, we’re one of the UK’s largest and most established law schools.
• Experience practical teaching like no other. NLS is the only UK Law School with its own on-campus law firm, NLS Legal.
• Building key skills – NLS hosts Support Through Court’s National Remote Services, offering exclusive work experience opportunities.
• Become more than qualified - work-like experience and practical skills are integrated directly into your course.
• Designed to fit around your work, life and ambitions - the option of full-time or part-time study modes gives you the flexibility to earn while you learn and work alongside your studies.
• Excel in your studies – you will receive dedicated support throughout your Master’s journey, including tailored dissertation and research workshops held regularly throughout the year.
• Attend an International Summer School and explore law in a European context.
• There are a variety of scholarships and alumni discounts to help you fund your studies.

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.

Our courses are designed to develop knowledge and expertise in the law, and to build transferable skills.

While our LLM courses do not replace vocational qualifications (such as the SQE and BTC courses), they can be an excellent foundation for building legal knowledge or working towards a wide variety of other career paths, including:

• Academia – lecturer (often following a PhD), educational consultant, legal writer;
• Legal and public sector roles – paralegal, court registrar, civil servant, compliance officer, police;
• International and policy – NGOs and international institutions, policy advisor.
• Business and consultancy – business analyst, HR business partner, business consultant, risk analyst;
• Technology and innovation – AI specialist, data analyst, think tanks.

Employer Challenges

As part of your course, you will participate in employer-led challenges – realistic project briefs designed by industry professionals. Working in groups, you will research, problem-solve, and present your recommendations, to develop key professional competencies such as ethical conduct, commercial awareness and collaboration.

These challenges are designed to align with the various course specialisms.

Real-world experience at NLS

During your master’s studies, you’ll have the opportunity to enrich your academic learning with practical experience through NLS Legal, our multi-award-winning on-campus law firm. Here, students work on real cases with real clients, gaining insight into how legal principles operate in practice and developing valuable research, communication and problem-solving skills.

You can also volunteer with Support Through Court, assisting individuals navigating the court system and strengthening your client-facing and interpersonal abilities. These experiences are highly beneficial whether you choose to pursue further professional training for the legal profession, continue into academic research, or follow a different career path where analytical and people-focused skills are essential.

Find out more about your future career.

You will study a core module and five optional modules (except for the Master of Laws, which consists of six optional modules).

You will complete an employer challenge, as well as a dissertation and reflective report.

Full-time LLMs:

• Three modules in Term 1 and three modules in Term 2.
• Dissertation and reflective report over the summer.
• Employer challenge in Term 2.

Part-time LLMs:

• One or two modules each term over two years (completing your core module in Year 1).
• The employer challenge, dissertation and reflective report are completed in the summer of Year 2.

LLM courses start in September.

Your specific start date should be included within your offer communication.

UK students

You are required to have:

• A law degree (2.2 or above); or
• An undergraduate degree outside of law, with evidence of commitment to the LLM subject that you wish to study.

International students

We accept equivalent qualifications from all over the world. Please check your international qualifications on our international entry requirements page.

See our English language requirements page for requirements for your subject and information on alternative tests and Pre-sessional English.

Please visit your course page for further information on entry requirements.

Nottingham Law School is delighted to offer a number of generous scholarships and alumni discounts.

Our LLM courses also satisfies the academic requirements for the UK Postgraduate Masters Loan.

For more information visit our NLS Funding page.

If you have applied for an LLM course and apply for the UK Postgraduate Masters Loan, you will need to intend to complete all elements of the course. Should you withdraw from the course during the academic year, we will be obliged to notify Student Finance England, which may result in your instalments being terminated and / or a request for repayment if an overpayment has been made.

For information on course fees please visit the relevant course page:

LLM Corporate Law

LLM Human Rights

LLM International Energy Law

LLM Sports Law

LLM Health Law

LLM International Commercial Law

LLM International Environmental Law

LLM Master of Laws

LLM Technology Law

International students

International students are required to make an advance payment. To learn more, find out how and when to pay your fees.

All details of your offer can be found on the Applicant Portal.

If you wish to accept your offer, log onto the Applicant Portal and follow the instructions set out in your offer email. We aim to acknowledge your acceptance straight away. If you don’t hear from us, please contact us via Ask NTU.

Once you’ve met all of your offer conditions you should enrol online. Please do this before the start of your course.

Please contact us via Ask NTU if you wish to defer your place.

Our offer is based on the assumption that, when you made your application, you disclosed any disability that might affect the way in which we deliver the course or assess you.

In such a case, we will either:

• agree with you that the disability will require no special facilities, or
• meet you to discuss what facilities will be necessary.

If you have a disability but have not yet disclosed it, we need to hear from you immediately so that we can evaluate your needs and determine what adjustments we are able to make to accommodate those needs. Please contact Student Support Services by emailing student.support@ntu.ac.uk

Please note that if you are a current student at NTU and you already have adjustments through Student Support Services for your current course, these adjustments will not automatically be carried forward. You will need to contact Student Support Services as soon as possible so a fresh evaluation can be made to accommodate your needs.

As a postgraduate student, you can apply for University accommodation. To guarantee yourself a place, you should apply and pay your deposit before the end of May.

Visit us at one of our Postgraduate open events, find out more about student life and meet our academics.