A Master of Laws (LLM) in Environmental Law is a postgraduate degree designed for law and non-law graduates to enhance your academic legal knowledge. This internationally recognised Master’s will give you the skills to progress within the environmental industry and can open up pathways to a career in Engineering, Clean Energy Investment, Energy Trade, International Trade, Project Management and more.

This course provides an overview of foundational themes, principles and sources of law for environmental protection. You will also consider some of the key legal mechanisms for achieving environmental objectives, and focus on climate change, habitat loss and nature conservation, water quality and biodiversity.

When you study the LLM Environmental Law programme with us you will:

• Be taught by subject matter experts, former and current practitioners and research and teaching focused academics.
• Benefit from strategic partnerships with firms, regulators and accreditation bodies, which inform our programme development.
• Improve your employability by gaining important transferable skills and mapping your career with our careers team.
• Strengthen your network - connect with other students, faculty and industry professionals on an international scale, and seek out opportunities for future placements and job opportunities.
• Increase your earning potential - the 2020 Graduate Labour Market Statistics found that postgraduates earn on average £7,000 more than their graduate counterparts.
• Get ahead of the competition - gain in-depth knowledge of your topic of interest and become a subject expert, which will provide you with a competitive edge in the job market.
• 94% of postgraduate students in employment were in highly skilled occupations 15 months after graduating (2019/20 Graduate Outcomes data).
• Prepare for the future of Legal Technology – study modules in legal technology and gain insight into this emerging area of law.