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Transnational Law LLM

King's College London

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    LLM - Master of Laws

  • Location

    Strand Campus 1

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

This pathway provides an in-depth engagement with required areas of transnational law today, it offers an unprecedented opportunity for students preparing for a career in global private practice, as in-house counsel or international public service, the non-profit sector or an international organisation or with adjudicatory bodies, agencies and networks. You will cover key areas in public law from a transnational law perspective, including human rights, refugee law, criminal law, policing and security and the interplay between domestic and international organisations.

Key benefits

  • The Kings LLM in Transnational Law equips students with the competences and skills to successfully master this new, complex and fast evolving world, exposing them to some of the most important regulatory arenas in transnational law and governance today.
  • Transnational Law modules are taught by a selection of the worlds most renowned academics and practitioners in the field whose expertise and experience will help students to get ready for their practice with a deep knowledge of the law and with a critical understanding of what it means to envision law and legal practice on a global scale.
  • The Transnational Law pathway fosters students analytical and critical thinking, as well as their collaborative and social skills, their teamwork, both locally and internationally, and their ability to effectively identify and negotiate the stakes of a case and represent the affected interests.
  • The Transnational Law pathway enhances a rigorous, theoretically and historically informed legal education with a focus on real-world challenges in a global world – be that in refugee law, corporate governance or criminal law, among others.

What you will study

Once enrolled on the General LLM at Kings, students can choose modules to follow the Transnational Law pathway and achieve a specialist LLM in Transnational Law. Full-time students who complete the programme in one year will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.  To graduate with a Transnational Law LLM at least 120 credits must be taken within the pathway. This can be optional modules alone or a combination of optional modules and a writing project, providing its content is relevant to the pathway.   

Tuition fees

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£ 31,980per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

King's College London

King's College London

  • University League Table

    24th

  • Campus address

    King's College London, University of London, Strand, London, London, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom

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As London's most central university, King's gives students easy access to one of the most dynamic and best-connected cities in the world.
The university's multicultural, welcoming community of staff and students represent over 190 nations.
Recognised for the global reach and impact of its research, King’s ranks 8th in the UK for Research Quality in the Complete University Guide.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Law

    5th out of 109

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    205 93%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    91.0 91%

    4th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.09 77%

    39th

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