We've worked with the legal professions, judiciary and private sector to design the LLM (Commercial Law) to be fit for the 21st Century and to offer you genuine opportunities for flexible study and specialisation.
The curriculum can be drawn on for wide ranging or specialist study, in and around the commercial law field. It provides unique learning opportunities to investigate areas that other courses simply do not offer and you will find that subjects are delivered with extraordinary passion and professionalism.
The LLM (Commercial Law) focuses on some of the core aspects of knowledge in law, with many of the option modules also reflecting unique and distinctive areas of specialist knowledge. Choose from 16 modules to develop your knowledge and design a degree that's right for you, meeting your career aspirations, using your research and satisfying your personal interests. Alternatively, after the Postgraduate Certificate stage, you can choose to change your focus to one of our other specialist awards:
- LLM
- LLM (Corporate Law and Finance)
- LLM (Human Rights and Personal Freedom)
- LLM (Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law)
- LLM (International and Comparative Law)
- LLM (in an approved area of legal scholarship)
The LLM at Derby incorporates the practical as well as theoretical aspects of study. You will be taught in our lecture theatres and courtrooms, using a range of approaches that emphasise the practical application of your knowledge. In particular the International Trade and Construction Law modules are negotiation and practice driven. You will be involved in the disputes and challenges of commercial non-contentious and contentious activities and will combine your academic and theoretical knowledge with practical skills.
We're also one of the few universities in the UK where you can spend time in a professional organisation applying what you're learning. This gives you an unequalled opportunity to explore areas of personal interest in greater depth than is usually possible at this level of study.
Research is at the heart of this degree. From the start, through the Legal Scholarship module, you will be encouraged to develop your research, communication and independent learning techniques, which will help you throughout your masters degree and will also assist you with your personal and professional development. This module also provides a stepping stone for you if you wish to present your work at conferences, and includes sessions relating to getting your work published. The final Independent Studies module provides you with the opportunity to develop deep and specialist knowledge through scholarship. You will be supported throughout this module by a member of our law team who is an expert in the area you choose to research.
The highly supportive learning environment and professionalism of the team have made us one of the UK's top law schools for student satisfaction and success at postgraduate level.
For the professional looking at career development, you can follow this route to enhance your CPD record. In addition, you can choose the pace at which you study to fit your learning around your other commitments. You can study this course full time or by part time - blended learning.
