School of Social Sciences

Law LLM

Year of entry: 2026

Course length: 12 months Full-Time

About the course

Skilled, versatile lawyers are in higher demand than ever, driven by an environment grappling with increasingly complex legal and ethical challenges.

Our LLM Law course equips you to navigate today’s evolving legal landscape by giving you a solid grounding in the fundamental principles of law, combined with the flexibility to explore your interests and specialise in a particular area through our impressive range of optional subjects.

You will become part of one of Europe’s leading law schools that produces internationally renowned research. As a student, you will be guided by our diverse academic experts who have research links with overseas organisations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and a number of legal authorities and international skills.

You will graduate with a high-demand skill set enhanced by opportunities to gain practical experience such as offering legal advice at our Legal Advice Centre or promoting positive change in the justice system through the Manchester Innocence Project.

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Benefit from our first-class facilities, including a purpose-built moot court where you can develop your legal skills in practice

Join a university with a strong heritage of providing legal education since 1872, where graduates include Dame Christabel Pankhurst and Lord Stephens, the current Justice of the UK Supreme court

Graduate from one of the UK’s most targeted universities by top employers with the skills needed to make real-world contributions

(High Fliers, The Graduate Market Report 2025)

Compulsory Units

LLM Dissertation.

Optional Units

Academic Skills for Legal Studies;
Postgraduate Competition Law in an International Context;
International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law;
International Sale of Goods;
International Banking Law;
Global Economic and World Trade Law;
Transnational Corporate and Capital Markets Law;
Intellectual Property Law;
Trade Mark Law and Policy.

These are examples of units offered in 2024/25 and are subject to change. See the full list of units and find out more on the full course profile >

Where will your course take you?

Today’s turbulent legal landscape requires graduates with a broad skill set and deep legal knowledge to navigate complexities and drive informed decision-making.

Our courses allow you to develop a variety of both subject-specific and transferable skills suited to a wide variety of roles, such as critical thinking, legal analysis, research, problem-solving and communication.

Most of our recent graduates have gone on to work with leading organisations in law, government, policing, charities, or industry, and at top universities, with job titles such as Lawyer, Senior Policy Advisor, Compliance Officer, Human Rights Advisor, Manager, and Researcher.

Many of our graduates choose to continue their research by studying a PhD in Law, either at Manchester or at another leading university, where they expand the boundaries of our knowledge and pursue careers in research or academia.

Holly Bamber

Law LLM Graduate

“At Manchester I'm surrounded by the best academics in the field they believe in me and treat me not as a student but as a lawyer. It inspires me to learn, alongside students from all walks of life students from all corners of the globe. I’m developing my legal research skills, learning how to apply my knowledge.

I know that a qualification from the School of Law at the University of Manchester already gives me the edge I need."