LLM and Diploma Modules
When reviewing the modules below, please ensure that you refer to the list available for the teaching periods applicable to your chosen programme of study.
Please note: It may be possible to choose up to 60 credits from other LLM programmes and still qualify for your chosen degree. More information on this will be available at induction.
Module availability
Not all of the modules listed will be available in any one year. Please check modules of interest for information on availability in the coming academic year. This will be updated as soon as it is confirmed by teaching staff.
Certain combinations of modules may be restricted or required – see the individual module description for more details. These are also subject to change but will be confirmed prior to module selection.
Modules 225-230 are only available on the LLM in Art, Business and Law programme and specific LLM specialisms. See module overviews for more information.
Semester A22
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM005 International Finance Law
- SOLM007 Banking Law International
- SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM139 Insurance Regulation
- SOLM199 Law of Economic Crime: Proceeds of Crime
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM234 Accounting for Lawyers (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM006 International Finance Law Applied
- SOLM008 Banking and FinTech Law
- SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM016 Islamic Finance and Commercial Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM191 Legal Aspects of Financing Development (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM200 Law of Economic Crime: Corruption
- SOLM223 Compliance in Global Markets
- SOLM230 Art and Money
- SOLM236 Risk Management in Law
- SOLM237 Law and Finance in Practice
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
- SOLM269 Sustainability and the Corporation
Semester C22
Semester A22
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM005 International Finance Law
- SOLM007 Banking Law International
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM015 Elements of Islamic Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM020 Company Law: Foundational and Constiutional Issues
- SOLM022 Corporate Governance: Foundational and Theoretical
- SOLM026 Animal Law, Media and Culture
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM029 Chinese Business Law
- SOLM030 Multinational Enterprises: Business and Legal Organisation
- SOLM033 US Federal Law Constitutional Law: Select Issues (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM035 EU Trade Law
- SOLM038 Strategic Decision Making for Lawyers
- SOLM045 International Commercial Litigation
- SOLM054 International Competition Law
- SOLM075 International and Comparative Copyright Law
- SOLM076 European and US Law of Patents
- SOLM078 Licensing Intellectual Property
- SOLM079 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Art and Culture
- SOLM082 International and Comparative Law of Unfair Competition
- SOLM084 Global Intellectual Property Law
- SOLM085 Interactive Entertainment Law
- SOLM096 Trade Secrets
- SOLM118 Principles of Taxation
- SOLM119 International Tax Law
- SOLM123 US International Taxation
- SOLM138 General Principles of Insurance Law
- SOLM139 Insurance Regulation
- SOLM142 Charterparties: Law and Practice
- SOLM143 Carriage of Goods
- SOLM148 Legal Aspects of Paperless Trade
- SOLM161 International and Comparative Petroleum Law and Contracts
- SOLM192 WTO Law: Fundamental Principles
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM199 Law of Economic Crime: Proceeds of Crime
- SOLM211 Cyberspace: Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution
- SOLM212 Illegal Speech, Censorship and Digital Rights: Social Media vs “Old” Media
- SOLM214 Telecommunications Policy, Law and Regulation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM217 Media Regulation
- SOLM219 E-Commerce Transactions
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM226 Art and Governance
- SOLM247 Comparative Corporate Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM248 EU Competition Law
- SOLM249 International Merger Control: The Jurisdictions
- SOLM256 International Commercial Arbitration
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
- SOLM277 Comparative Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
Semester B22
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM006 International Finance Law Applied
- SOLM008 Banking and FinTech Law
- SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM016 Islamic Finance and Commercial Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM017 Corporate Rescue and Crossborder Insolvency
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM019 International Commercial Law
- SOLM021 Company Law: Corporate Finance and Management Issues
- SOLM023 Corporate Governance: Operation and Practice
- SOLM024 Comparative Contract Law
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM031 Multinational Enterprises: Social Issues (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM034 US State Law and Practice (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM036 Transnational Problems in Commercial Contracts
- SOLM038 Strategic Decision Making for Lawyers
- SOLM040 Alternative Dispute Resolution: Theory and Context
- SOLM046 Commercial Conflict of Laws
- SOLM051 EU Competition Law and Practice
- SOLM053 International Merger Control: Special Topics
- SOLM055 Comparative Competition Law
- SOLM057 Cartels, Collusion and Competition Law
- SOLM060 Competition Law in the Cyberspace
- SOLM075 International and Comparative Copyright Law
- SOLM077 International Law of Patents and Related Rights
- SOLM083 The Law of Registered Trade Marks
- SOLM084 Global Intellectual Property Law
- SOLM087 The Business of Film
- SOLM090 Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries
- SOLM092 Commercialisation of Intellectual Property
- SOLM106 Competition and Regulation in EU Healthcare Markets
- SOLM120 International Tax Law in Practice
- SOLM121 Tax System Design and Policy in Emerging and Developing Economies
- SOLM125 UK Business Taxation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM127 EU Tax Law
- SOLM128 Indirect Taxation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM140 Insurance Contracts (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM144 Marine Insurance Law
- SOLM148 Legal Aspects of Paperless Trade
- SOLM153 Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM191 Legal Aspects of Financing Development (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM193 WTO Law Domestic Regulations and Trade Remedies
- SOLM200 Law of Economic Crime: Corruption
- SOLM210 Information Security and the Law
- SOLM213 Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
- SOLM216 Media Law: Reputation Management
- SOLM220 E-Commerce Regulation
- SOLM236 Risk Management in Law
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
- SOLM250 Advocacy and Mooting (Aviation or Shipping) (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM255 Reinsurance Law and International Risk Transfer
- SOLM265 Media Regulation
- SOLM267 Trade, Environment and IPRs
- SOLM269 Sustainability and the Corporation
Semester C22
- SOLM013 Bank Insolvency and Resolution
- SOLM014 Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- SOLM025 Animal Law, Welfare and Trade
- SOLM041 Alternative Dispute Resolution: Selected Issues
- SOLM049 Ethics in International Arbitration
- SOLM059 Competition Enforcement: From Investigation to Sanctions
- SOLM080 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Business and Law
- SOLM081 Design and Intellectual Property: EU and United States
- SOLM087 The Business of Film
- SOLM089 Music Industry Contracts
- SOLM097 Digital Intellectual Property
- SOLM206 IT Transactions
- SOLM235 Derivatives in a Legal Context
- SOLM244 Globalisation and the Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
Semester A22
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM035 EU Trade Law
- SOLM054 International Competition Law
- SOLM056 Competition and the State: EU State Aid Law
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM248 EU Competition Law
- SOLM249 International Merger Control: The Jurisdictions
Semester B22
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM051 EU Competition Law and Practice
- SOLM053 International Merger Control: Special Topics
- SOLM055 Comparative Competition Law
- SOLM057 Cartels, Collusion and Competition Law
- SOLM060 Competition Law in the Cyberspace
- SOLM094 Competition Law, Intellectual Property and Innovation
- SOLM248 EU Competition Law
Semester C22
Semester A22
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM043 International Arbitration Law and Practice: Theory and Context
- SOLM045 International Commercial Litigation
- SOLM047 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Foundations, Jurisdiction and Procedure
- SOLM189 International Investment Law
- SOLM192 WTO Law: Fundamental Principles
- SOLM211 Cyberspace: Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution
- SOLM277 Comparative Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM019 International Commercial Law
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM038 Strategic Decision Making for Lawyers
- SOLM039 Negotiation Theory and Practice (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM040 Alternative Dispute Resolution: Theory and Context
- SOLM042 International Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM044 International Arbitration Law and Practice: Applicable Law and Procedures
- SOLM045 International Commercial Litigation
- SOLM046 Commercial Conflict of Laws
- SOLM048 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Agreements and Substantive Protection
- SOLM145 Maritime Arbitration (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM163 International Arbitration and Energy
- SOLM190 Foreign Investments and Public Policy
- SOLM193 WTO Law Domestic Regulations and Trade Remedies
- SOLM228 Art Disputes and Their Resolution
- SOLM241 Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (Not running 2022-23)
Semester C22
Semester A22
- SOLM071 Terrorism and Human Rights: Constitutional Perspectives (Not running 2023-23)
- SOLM104 Mental Health Law: Capacity to Consent and Best Interests (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM114 Principles of International Criminal Law
- SOLM199 Law of Economic Crime: Proceeds of Crime
- SOLM202 Policing in Local and Global Contexts
- SOLM205 EU Criminal Law
- SOLM260 Corporate Violence
Semester B22
- SOLM110 Mental Health Law: Compulsory Detention and Treatment (Not running 2023-23)
- SOLM115 Enforcement of International Criminal Law
- SOLM175 Terrorism, Migration and Human Rights
- SOLM177 Migration and Asylum Law Through Practice
- SOLM200 Law of Economic Crime: Corruption
- SOLM201 Punishment in England 1750-1950
- SOLM203 Comparative Criminal Justice
- SOLM204 Criminal Justice and Surveillance Technologies
- SOLM207 Cybercrime: Substantive Offences
- SOLM222 International and Comparative Data Protection Law
- SOLM240 Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights and Migration
- SOLM261 State Crime
- SOLM264 International Migration Law
Semester C22
Semester A22
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM030 Multinational Enterprises: Business and Legal Organisation
- SOLM047 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Foundations, Jurisdiction and Procedure
- SOLM134 International Environmental Law
- SOLM135 EU Environmental law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM137 Water Law
- SOLM155 Energy Law Principles
- SOLM156 Energy Economics Legal Perspective (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM157 International Energy Law and Ethics
- SOLM158 United States Energy Law, Regulation and Policy
- SOLM161 International and Comparative Petroleum Law and Contracts
- SOLM166 Mining and Natural Resources Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM252 Energy Decommissioning and Waste Management in International Law
- SOLM254 International Natural Resources Law
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM031 Multinational Enterprises: Social Issues (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM042 International Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM048 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Agreements and Substantive Protection
- SOLM133 Concepts in Natural Resources Law: Biodiversity, Human Rights and Trade (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM136 Climate Change Law
- SOLM160 Energy and Climate Change
- SOLM162 International Energy Transactions (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM163 International Arbitration and Energy
- SOLM164 EU Energy Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM165 Current Issues in International Energy Regulation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM167 Renewable Energy Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM243 Trade, Climate change and Energy EU and International Perspectives
- SOLM251 Exploitation of Energy Resources in Disputed Areas (Not running 2022-23)
Semester C22
- SOLM146 International Regulation of Shipping (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM168 Nuclear Energy Law
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
Energy and Climate Change Law LLM >>
Semester A22
- SOLM134 International Environmental Law
- SOLM135 EU Environmental law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM137 Water Law
- SOLM156 Energy Economics: A Legal Perspective (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM157 International Energy Law and Ethics
- SOLM158 United States Energy Law, Regulation and Policy
- SOLM252 Energy Decommissioning and Waste Management in International Law
- SOLM254 International Natural Resources Law
- SOLM262 Climate Justice
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM131 International Law of the Sea
- SOLM133 Concepts in Natural Resources Law: Biodiversity, Human Rights and Trade (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM136 Climate Change Law
- SOLM149 Law of the Sea: Navigational Freedoms and Practice (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM167 Renewable Energy Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM241 Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM251 Exploitation of Energy Resources in Disputed Areas (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM267 Trade, Environment and IPRs
Semester C22
- SOLM146 International Regulation of Shipping (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM168 Nuclear Energy Law
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
Semester A22
- SOLM151 Public International & European Air Transport Law
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM035 EU Trade Law
- SOLM056 Competition and the State: EU State Aid Law
- SOLM070 International Human Rights Law: Law, Practice and Institutions
- SOLM071 Terrorism & Human Rights: Constitutional Perspectives (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM074 Secession and Self-Determination in International Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM135 EU Environmental Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM195 International Trade and Investment Law of the EU
- SOLM202 Policing in Local and Global Contexts
- SOLM205 EU Criminal Law
- SOLM209 EU Data Protection Law
- SOLM248 EU Competition Law
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM024 Comparative Contract Law
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM051 EU Competition Law and Practice
- SOLM060 Competition Law in the Cyberspace
- SOLM062 EU Human Rights Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM105 EU Healthcare Law: Rights, Policies and Instruments (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM127 EU Tax Law
- SOLM106 Competition and Regulation in EU Healthcare Markets
- SOLM152 Private International & European Air Transport Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM175 Terrorism, Migration and Human Rights
- SOLM176 Free Movement of Persons in the European Union (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM195 International Trade and Investment Law of the EU
- SOLM203 Comparative Criminal Justice
- SOLM222 International and Comparative Data Protection Law
- SOLM242 EU Immigration law
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM250 Advocacy and Mooting (Aviation or Shipping)
Semester C22
Semester A22
- SOLM069 International Human Rights Law: History, Theory and Politics
- SOLM070 International Human Rights Law: Law, Practice and Institutions
- SOLM071 Terrorism & Human Rights: Constitutional Perspectives (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM072 International Law and Indigenous Peoples (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM074 Secession and Self-Determination in International Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM104 Mental Health Law: Capacity to Consent and Best Interests (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM112 Use of Force in International Law
- SOLM113 Conduct of Hostilities in International Law
- SOLM114 Principles of International Criminal Law
- SOLM171 International Refugee Law
- SOLM174 Comparative Immigration Law
- SOLM205 EU Criminal Law
- SOLM212 Illegal Speech, Censorship and Digital Rights: Social Media vs “Old” Media
- SOLM227 Art and Cultural Values
- SOLM242 EU Immigration law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM260 Corporate Violence
- SOLM262 Climate Justice
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
- SOLM270 International Child Law
Semester B22
- SOLM062 EU Human Rights Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM063 Human Rights of Women: Feminist Legal Theory (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM064 Human Rights of Women: Legal Framework and Issues
- SOLM065 International and Comparative Social Rights
- SOLM107 Law's Bodies: Donation, Reproduction and Dying (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM110 Mental Health Law: Compulsory Detention and Treatment (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM115 Enforcement of International Criminal Law
- SOLM175 Terrorism, Migration and Human Rights
- SOLM177 Migration and Asylum Law through Practice
- SOLM240 Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights and Migration
- SOLM261 State Crime
- SOLM264 International Migration Law
- SOLM271 Children, Law and Society
Semester C22
Semester A22
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM030 Multinational Enterprises: Business and Legal Organisation
- SOLM035 EU Trade Law
- SOLM047 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Foundations, Jurisdiction and Procedure
- SOLM054 International Competition Law
- SOLM084 Global Intellectual Property Law
- SOLM119 International Tax Law
- SOLM189 International Investment Law
- SOLM192 WTO Law: Fundamental Principles
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM031 Multinational Enterprises: Social Issues
- SOLM048 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Agreements and Substantive Protection
- SOLM055 Comparative Competition Law
- SOLM120 International Tax Law in Practice
- SOLM190 Foreign Investments and Public Policy
- SOLM191 Legal Aspects of Financing Development
- SOLM193 WTO Law Domestic Regulations and Trade Remedies
- SOLM195 International Trade and Investment Law of the EU
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
Semester C22
- SOLM014 Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM243 Trade, Climate change and Energy EU and International Perspectives
- SOLM244 Globalisation and the Law
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM275 Taxation and Trade
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
Semester A22
- SOLM026 Animal Law, Media and Culture
- SOLM075 International and Comparative Copyright Law
- SOLM076 European and US Law of Patents
- SOLM078 Licensing Intellectual Property
- SOLM079 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Art and Culture
- SOLM082 International and Comparative Law of Unfair Competition
- SOLM084 Global Intellectual Property Law
- SOLM085 Interactive Entertainment Law
- SOLM086 The Law of Film
- SOLM095 Intellectual Property Law in China
- SOLM096 Trade Secrets
- SOLM098 Law and Practice of the Unified Patent Court
Semester B22
- SOLM077 International Law of Patents and Related Rights
- SOLM083 The Law of Registered Trade Marks
- SOLM090 Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries
- SOLM092 Commercialisation of IP
- SOLM093 Intellectual Property and the Life Sciences
- SOLM094 Competition Law, Intellectual Property and Innovation
- SOLM130 Tax and Technology
- SOLM229 Art and Intellectual Property
- SOLM238 Esports Law
- SOLM239 Interactive Entertainment Transactions
- SOLM267 Trade, Environment and IPRs
Semester C22
- SOLM025 Animal Law, Welfare and Trade
- SOLM080 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Business and Law
- SOLM081 Design and Intellectual Property: EU and United States
- SOLM087 The Business of Film
- SOLM088 Law of Geographical Indications
- SOLM089 Music Industry Contracts
- SOLM097 Digital Intellectual Property
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
Semester A22
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM005 International Finance Law
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM015 Elements of Islamic Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM020 Company Law: Foundational and Constitutional Issues
- SOLM022 Corporate Governance: Foundational and Theoretical
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM029 Chinese Business Law
- SOLM030 Multinational Enterprises: Business and Legal Organisation
- SOLM033 US Federal Constitutional Law: Select Issues (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM035 EU Trade Law
- SOLM045 International Commercial Litigation
- SOLM047 Investement Treaty Arbitration: Foundations, Jurisdiction and Procedure
- SOLM054 International Competition Law
- SOLM075 International and Comparative Copyright Law
- SOLM082 International and Comparative Law of Unfair Competition
- SOLM095 Intellectual Property Law in China
- SOLM118 Principles of Taxation
- SOLM119 International Tax Law
- SOLM123 US International Taxation
- SOLM138 General Principles of Insurance Law
- SOLM139 Insurance Regulation
- SOLM142 Charterparties: Law and Practice
- SOLM158 United States Energy Law, Regulation and Policy
- SOLM161 International and Comparative Petroleum Law and Contracts
- SOLM189 International Investment Law
- SOLM195 International Trade and Investment Law of the EU
- SOLM192 WTO Law: Fundamental Principles
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM199 Law of Economic Crime Proceeds of Crime
- SOLM219 E-Commerce Transactions
- SOLM225 Art Transactions
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM233 US Federal Law: Select Advocacy Issues (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM247 Comparative Corporate Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM248 EU Competition Law
- SOLM249 International Merger Control: The Jurisdictions
- SOLM252 Energy Decommissioning and Waste Management in International Law
- SOLM256 International Commercial Arbitration
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
- SOLM277 Comparative Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
Semester B22
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM006 International Finance Law Applied
- SOLM010 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As)
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM016 Islamic Finance and Commercial Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM017 Corporate Rescue and Crossborder Insolvency
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM019 International Commercial Law
- SOLM021 Company Law: Corporate Finance and Management Issues
- SOLM023 Corporate Governance Operation and Practice
- SOLM024 Comparative Contract Law
- SOLM026 Animal Law, Media and Culture
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM031 Multinational Enterprises: Social Issues (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM034 US State Law and Practice (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM036 Transnational Problems in Commercial Contracts
- SOLM038 Strategic Decision Making for Lawyers
- SOLM040 Alternative Dispute Resolution: Theory and Context
- SOLM046 Commercial Conflicts of Laws
- SOLM051 European Union Competition Law and Practice
- SOLM053 International Merger Control: Special Topics
- SOLM055 Comparative Competition Law
- SOLM060 Competition law in the Cyberspace
- SOLM076 European and US Law of Patents
- SOLM077 International Law of Patents and Related Rights
- SOLM079 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Art and Culture
- SOLM080 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Business and Law
- SOLM083 The Law of Registered Trademarks
- SOLM106 Competition and Regulation in EU Healthcare Markets
- SOLM120 International Tax Law in Practice
- SOLM121 Tax System Design and Policy in Emerging and Developing Economies
- SOLM125 UK Business Taxation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM127 EU Tax Law
- SOLM128 Indirect Taxation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM140 Insurance Contracts (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM148 Legal Aspects of Paperless Trade
- SOLM153 Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM161 International and Comparative Petroleum Law and Contracts
- SOLM190 Foreign Investments and Public Policy
- SOLM191 Legal Aspects of Financing Development (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM193 WTO Law: Domestic Regulations and Trade Remedies
- SOLM200 Law of Economic Crime: Corruption
- SOLM210 Information Security and the Law
- SOLM213 Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
- SOLM219 E-Commerce Transactions
- SOLM220 E-Commerce Regulation
- SOLM236 Risk Management in Law
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
- SOLM250 Advocacy and Mooting (Aviation or Shipping) (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM255 Reinsurance Law and International Risk Transfer
- SOLM269 Sustainability and the Corporation
Semester C22
- SOLM025 Animal Law, Welfare and Trade
- SOLM041 Alternative Dispute Resolution: Selected Issues
- SOLM049 Ethics in International Arbitration
- SOLM081 Design and Intellectual Property: European Union and United States
- SOLM097 Digital Intellectual Property
- SOLM206 IT Transactions
- SOLM244 Globalisation and the Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
Semester A22
- SOLM142 Charterparties: Law and Practice
- SOLM143 Carriage of Goods
- SOLM147 Wet Shipping Law
- SOLM151 Public International & European Air Transport Law
Semester B22
- SOLM144 Marine Insurance Law
- SOLM145 Maritime Arbitration (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM147 Wet Shipping Law
- SOLM148 Legal Aspects of Paperless Trade
- SOLM149 Law of the Sea: Navigational Freedoms and Practice (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM150 Admiralty
- SOLM152 Private International & European Air Transport Law
- SOLM153 Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs
- SOLM154 Maritime Conflict of Laws
- SOLM250 Advocacy and Mooting (Aviation or Shipping) (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM253 Seafarers Law (Not running 2022-23)
Semester C22
- SOLM146 International Regulation of Shipping (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
Semester A22
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM138 General Principles of Insurance Law
- SOLM139 Insurance Regulation
Semester B22
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM140 Insurance Contracts (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM144 Marine Insurance Law
- SOLM153 Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
- SOLM255 Reinsurance Law and International Risk Transfer
Semester C22
Please note that the modules shown here are subject to change. For information on modules offered by the School of Economics and Finance, please consult the module directory.
Compulsory modules
- CCLF001 - Law and Economics
- CCLF002 - Advanced Law and Economics
- CCLF003 - Dissertation in Law and Economics (10,000 words)
Optional modules
A further 90 credits from the optional law and/or economic modules.
Please note: the availability of the modules listed in this section is subject to change.
See the full list of optional modules modules by semester:
Semester A22
Economics
- ECOM001 Macroeconomics A
- ECOM002 Microeconomics A
- ECOM015 Corporate Finance
- ECOM053 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- ECOM105 Valuation (A20 and B20)
- ECOM118 Practical Valuation
- ECOM120 Strategy, Leadership and Management of Investment Banks
Law
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets
- SOLM005 International Finance Law
- SOLM007 Banking Law International
- SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance
- SOLM054 International Competition Law
- SOLM075 International and Comparative Copyright Law
- SOLM076 European and US Law of Patents
- SOLM082 International and Comparative Law of Unfair Competition
- SOLM084 Global Intellectual Property Law
- SOLM119 International Tax Law
- SOLM192 WTO Law: Fundamental Principles
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM211 Cyberspace: Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution
- SOLM212 Illegal Speech, Censorship and Digital Rights: Social Media vs “Old” Media
- SOLM219 E-Commerce Transactions
- SOLM248 EU Competition Law
- SOLM249 International Merger Control: The Jurisdictions
- SOLM256 International Commercial Arbitration
Semester B22:
Economics
- ECOM009 Macroeconomics B
- ECOM010 Microeconomics B
- ECOM032 Econometrics B
- ECOM035 International Finance
- ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions
- ECOM105 Valuation (Sem 1 and Sem 2)
- ECOM137 China and Global Financial Markets
- ECOM138 Real Estate Finance
Law
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation
- SOLM006 International Finance Law Applied
- SOLM008 Banking and FinTech Law
- SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions
- SOLM017 Corporate Rescue and Cross-border Insolvency
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM038 Strategic Decision Making for Lawyers
- SOLM051 EU Competition Law and Practice
- SOLM053 International Merger Control: Special Topics
- SOLM055 Comparative Competition Law
- SOLM057 Cartels, Collusion and Competition Law
- SOLM077 International Law of Patents and Related Rights
- SOLM083 The Law of Registered Trade Marks
- SOLM094 Competition Law, Intellectual Property and Innovation
- SOLM120 International Tax Law in Practice
- SOLM206 IT Transactions
- SOLM223 Compliance in Global Markets
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM237 Law and Finance in Practice
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
- SOLM246 International Financial Regulation
Semester C22:
Economics
- ECOM026 Financial Derivatives
- ECOM058 Principles of Accounting
- ECOM095 Mergers and Acquisitions
- ECOM193 Statistical Machine Learning in Finance
Law
- SOLM014 Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- SOLM059 Competition Enforcement: From Investigation to Sanctions
- SOLM097 Digital Intellectual Property
- SOLM235 Derivatives in a Legal Context
- SOLM236 Risk Management in Law
Not running
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance
- SOLM015 Elements of Islamic Law
- SOLM016 Islamic Finance and Commercial Law
- SOLM058 Economics of Competition Law
- SOLM191 Legal Aspects of Financing Development
- SOLM193 WTO Law Domestic Regulations and Trade Remedies
- SOLM214 Telecommunications Policy, Law and Regulation
- SOLM215 European and International Telecommunications Law & Regulation
- SOLM234 Accounting for Lawyers
- SOLM220 E-Commerce Regulation
Semester A22
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM047 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Foundations, Jurisdiction and Procedure
- SOLM069 International Human Rights Law: History, Theory and Politics
- SOLM070 International Human Rights Law: Law, Practice and Institutions
- SOLM071 Terrorism & Human Rights: Constitutional Perspectives (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM072 International Law and Indigenous People (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM074 Secession and Self-Determination in International Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM112 Use of Force in International Law
- SOLM113 Conduct of Hostilities in International Law
- SOLM114 Principles of International Criminal Law
- SOLM116 Fundamental Questions in the Law of Treaties
- SOLM119 International Tax Law
- SOLM131 International Law of the Sea
- SOLM134 International Environmental Law
- SOLM137 Water Law
- SOLM151 Public International & European Air Transport Law
- SOLM157 International Energy Law and Ethics
- SOLM189 International Investment Law
- SOLM192 WTO Law: Fundamental Principles
- SOLM194 International Economic Law
- SOLM211 Cyberspace: Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution
- SOLM241 Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM252 Energy Decommissioning and Waste Management in International Law
- SOLM254 International Natural Resources Law
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
- SOLM270 International Child Law
Semester B22
- SOLM027 Transnational Law and Governance in Practice
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM048 Investment Treaty Arbitration: Agreements and Substantive Protection
- SOLM065 International and Comparative Social Rights
- SOLM115 Enforcement of International Criminal Law
- SOLM117 Special Areas in the Law of Treaties
- SOLM120 International Tax Law in Practice
- SOLM133 Concepts in Natural Resources Law: Biodiversity, Human Rights and Trade (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM136 Climate Change Law
- SOLM149 Law of the Sea: Navigational Freedoms and Practice (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM152 Private International & European Air Transport Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM171 International Refugee Law
- SOLM175 Terrorism, Migration and Human Rights
- SOLM177 Migration and Asylum Law Through Practice
- SOLM190 Foreign Investments and Public Policy
- SOLM191 Legal Aspects of Financing Development (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM193 WTO Law Domestic Regulations and Trade Remedies
- SOLM207 Cybercrime: Substantive Offences
- SOLM240 Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights and Migration
- SOLM250 Advocacy and Mooting (Aviation or Shipping) (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM251 Exploitation of Energy Resources in Disputed Areas (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM261 State Crime
- SOLM264 International Migration Law
- SOLM271 Children, Law and Society
Semester C22
- SOLM066 Social Rights (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM088 Law of Geographical Indications
- SOLM146 International Regulation of Shipping (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM198 Crimes of the Powerful: State Crime
- SOLM208 Cybercrime: Forensic Investigations (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM243 Trade, Climate change and Energy EU and International Perspectives
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
This information is subject to change
Compulsory Modules
SOLM926 Dissertation (5,000 word essay)
- SOLM011 Law and Ethics and Business and Finance
- SOLM018 Principles of Regulation
- SOLM223 Compliance in the Global Markets
- SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice
- SOLM258 Regulation and Compliance Clinic
- SOLM259 Law and Economics of Regulation and Compliance
- SOLM926 Specialist case study (50% of dissertation)
Elective modules
In addition to compulsory modules students will take electives from the following specialisations.
Financial Institutions specialisation
- SOLM001 Securities Regulation (B22)
- SOLM002 EU Financial and Monetary Law (A22)
- SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets (A22)
- SOLM007 Banking Law International (A22)
- SOLM012 Corporate Governance and responsibility in Finance (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM016 Islamic Finance and Commercial Law (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM139 Insurance Regulation (B22)
- SOLM245 EU Financial and Monetary Law
Data protection and IP
- SOLM075 International and Comparative Copyright Law (A22)
- SOLM077 International Law Patents and Related Rights (B22)
- SOLM081 Design and Intellectual Property: EU and United States (B22)
- SOLM083 The Law of Registered Trade Marks (B22)
- SOLM096 Trade Secrets (A22)
- SOLM209 EU Data Protection Law (A22)
- SOLM210 Information Security and the Law (B22)
Business and Insurance Law
- SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions (B22)
- SOLM029 Chinese Business Law (A22)
- SOLM057 Cartels, Collusion and Competition Law (A22)
- SOLM059 Competition Enforcement: From Investigation to Sanctions (B22)
- SOLM082 International and Comparative Law of Unfair Competition
- SOLM138 General Principles of Insurance Law (A22)
- SOLM139 Insurance Regulation (B22)
- SOLM140 Insurance Contracts (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM144 Marine Insurance Law (A22)
- SOLM182 Law in Asia (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM253 Seafarers Law (Not running 2022-23)
Energy
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied (A22)
- SOLM156 Energy Economics: Legal Perspective (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM157 International Energy Law and Ethics (A22)
- SOLM164 EU Energy Law (B22)
- SOLM165 Current Issues in International Energy Regulation (Not running 2022-23)
Online Learning modules
- CCDM008 Online Banking and Financial Services
- CCDM014 Privacy and Data Protection Law
- CCDM015 Advanced IP Issues: Digital Rights Management
- CCDM018 Internet Content Regulation
- CCDM019 Information Security and the Law
- CCDM021 European Telecommunications Law
- CCDM028 Online Media Regulation
- CCDM031 Information and Communications Technology and Competition Law
- CCDM039 Internet Governance
- CCDM043 Cloud Computing
See our Online Learning module page for more information about these modules.
Semester A22
- SOLM118 Principles of Taxation
- SOLM119 International Tax Law
- SOLM123 US International Taxation
- SOLM129 Transfer Pricing
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM120 International Tax Law in Practice
- SOLM121 Tax System Design and Policy in Emerging and Developing Economies
- SOLM122 Taxation of Individuals
- SOLM124 UK Tax Law
- SOLM125 UK Business Taxation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM127 EU Tax Law
- SOLM128 Indirect Taxation (Not running 2022-23)
Semester C22
Semester A22
- SOLM028 Transnational Law and Governance Applied
- SOLM075 International and Comparative Copyright Law
- SOLM085 Interactive Entertainment Law
- SOLM209 EU Data Protection Law
- SOLM212 Illegal Speech, Censorship and Digital Rights: Social Media vs “Old” Media
- SOLM214 Telecommunications Policy, Law and Regulation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM217 Media Regulation
- SOLM219 E-Commerce Transactions
- SOLM263 International Economic Law Clinic
Semester B22
- SOLM026 Animal Law, Media and Culture
- SOLM060 Competition Law in the Cyberspace
- SOLM079 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Art and Culture
- SOLM086 The Law of Film
- SOLM090 Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries
- SOLM207 Cybercrime: Substantive Offences
- SOLM213 Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
- SOLM215 European and International Telecommunications Law & Regulation (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM216 Media Law: Reputation Management
- SOLM220 E-Commerce Regulation
- SOLM222 International and Comparative Data Protection Law
- SOLM239 Interactive Entertainment Transactions
- SOLM265 Media Regulation
Semester C22
- SOLM080 Intellectual Property and Fashion: Business and Law
- SOLM087 The Business of Film
- SOLM089 Music Industry Contracts
- SOLM097 Digital Intellectual Property
- SOLM206 IT Transactions
- SOLM208 Cybercrime: Forensic Investigations (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM210 Information Security and the Law
- SOLM211 Cyberspace: Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution
- SOLM221 AI, Robotics and the Law
- SOLM238 Esports Law
- SOLM266 Research Seminar
- SOLM273 Legal Tech
- SOLM274 Public Affairs Advocacy (Not running 2022-23)
- SOLM276 Advocacy in Commercial Disputes
If you apply for the Laws LLM your final degree certificate will show Master of Laws. If you wish your degree to show expertise in a specific area of law then you should apply for one of our specialised LLM programmes.
On the Laws LLM you select credits of taught modules from the majority of available LLM modules.
Note: Not all of the modules listed will be available in any one year and semesters listed can be subject to change. Any modules not available in the forthcoming academic session will be marked as soon as this information is confirmed by teaching academics. Modules 225-230 are only available on the Art, Business and Law and specific LLM programmes.
Certain combinations of modules may be restricted or required – see the individual module description for more details. These are also subject to change but will be confirmed prior to module selection.