In a time of accelerating environmental crises, individuals and societies have increasingly turned to the law for solutions to environmental problems.

While legal responses have been innovative and creative, challenges persist in the use of law to respond to complex environmental problems. Birkbeck’s LLM pathway in Environmental Law, Policy and Governance is an innovative, research-led pathway offering postgraduate students the theoretical and practical knowledge crucial for a nuanced understanding of the ways in which policy, the law and governance structures respond to environmental problems.

We focus on a critical understanding of environmental problems and responses to them as well as their intersection with other challenges such as racial and economic inequalities

CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Graduates can pursue career paths in the legal profession, government, the private sector, and research or journalism. Possible professions include:

barrister

solicitor

researcher

journalist

chartered legal executive

licensed conveyancer

human resources officer

patent attorney.