Master programs and postgraduate courses in law provide specific training to graduates with bachelor's or master's degree in jurisprudence who wish to acquire a specialization in a legal context. Even boys and girls already young professionals may wish to improve their training background and then follow a postgraduate program specifically on issues related to the law, legality, regulatory, civil, criminal and legal area. Men and women who are already working as lawyers, tax lawyers can decide to attend a master program in law to direct their career towards a specific area such as labor law, corporate or banking law.
Career opportunities
Graduates in master degrees in law and jurisprudence can find work as lawyers or experts in taxes and tax authorities. Career opportunities as legal experts in banking, or as freelancers as mediators, business lawyers, advocates tax, jurists.
The MA in Finance and Investment programme is aimed at not only producing high quality candidates, but also at producing high quality finance researchers. The course builds a solid foundation in the theory and practice of financial decision making.
The Foundations of Diplomacy course offers you a highly intensive and academically challenging six-month intensive programme which combines the study of contemporary thoeretical and practical diplomacy with an intensive English language course.
The LLM in Environmental Law is an interdisciplinary programme, encompassing legal, political and human rights issues of environmental protection, whilst drawing on expertise from colleagues in other Queen Mary departments, including geography, human rights and physics.
The programme is designed for Masters students who are interested in the politics of human rights, humanitarianism and international and transitional justice especially in conflict and post-conflict states.
The MA in International and Comparative Legal Studies allows students to create their own programme structure, choosing courses from a range covering comparative regional law, trade law, commercial law, human rights, environmental law, Islamic law, dispute resolution, and international law.
The MA Gender Studies and Law at SOAS is a unique programme, its principal aim being to re-focus issues prioritised in western Gender Studies and Legal Theory on the complex specificities of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.
The LLM in European Law offers students the opportunity to gain a detailed knowledge of EU law in a range of fields. These include constitutional law, the law relating to the single market, competition law, environmental law, employment law, the law on migration, and human rights law.
The English Language and Linguistics MA aims to provide you with a thorough understanding of the linguistic features of English from a wide range of perspectives: theoretical and applied, synchronic and diachronic.
The LLM in International and Comparative Commercial Law allows students to learn about commercial law and its application in the globalised world.
Easier communication, more efficient international transportation, the relocation of production and services, and a significant increase in economic migration have made the study of international business and management increasingly relevant.
If you want to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales you will need to complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC) – the vocational stage of training that bridges the gap between academic studies and a law firm which is taught at newly refurbished Westminster Law School in London.
The programme is designed to appeal to policy-makers, analysts, journalists and researchers in either international, national or regional institutions and organisations engaged in policy formation, inter-religious dialogue and community development, conflict resolution or diversity management
The programme gives law graduates a comprehensive education in different national and international legal systems while providing intensive language training.
It will equip you with the knowledge, skills and practical tools needed to gain a thorough understanding of global economics and finance, and how this area is regulated by law. Such interdisciplinary skills are needed in order to manage the financial crisis and regulate the market effectively.
The MA in Iranian Studies enables students to critically assess the historical development of Iranian society, economics and culture within the context of the wider west Asian area and to appreciate the complexity of the history and cultural make up of Iran.
After successful completion of the program, you will receive an official and internationally accredited Master of Science (MSc) degree issued by Antwerp Management School ; ‘Master in Global Management: China-Europe Business’.
The master’s programme in Forensics, Criminology and Law focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to crime and the administration of criminal justice.
The LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law covers a broad range of commercially focussed modules that draw on the wealth of commercial expertise across the School of Law.
The International Law LLM provides an innovative focus on contemporary legal and political issues in the international community. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to international law, exploring both social science and legal perspectives.
The Information Technology Law programme was created with the purpose of training highly qualified legal specialists for the IT field. There is a great need for IT Law experts in law offices, IT companies, state agencies, international organizations and consultancy companies.
The LLM in Legal Theory programme draws on the expertise of Queen Mary to offer advanced training in legal theory. The modules offered allow students the chance to explore a variety of theoretical approaches to law.
MSc International Business is more academically driven with a focus on critical reasoning related to the international, research-driven context of complex multinational management issues. It refines overarching management competencies with an emphasis on building international business skills.
The program is an intense full immersion into general luxury business management subjects enabling students to face and solve different issues of strategic planning and luxury portfolio management.
Accounting and Finance are essential areas of expertise for people seeking high level careers in the professions, commerce or academia.
The Master "Strategic Management of Human Resources and Organizations" aims at developing a professional profile with managerial skills who is meant to select, train, and develop the Human Capital in companies and organizations. The course is taught in Italian (80%) and English (20%).