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LLM - Master of Laws
John Anderson Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
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LLM - Master of Laws
John Anderson Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
LLM - Master of Laws
John Anderson Campus
Full Time
JAN-26
1 Year
LLM - Master of Laws
John Anderson Campus
Part Time
SEP-25
2 Years
LLM - Master of Laws
John Anderson Campus
Part Time
JAN-26
2 Years
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a blend of legal and technological skills, taught by subject experts and visiting international scholars – the first of its kind in the world
develop coding skills and learn how these can be applied to the legal profession
an opportunity for law and non-law graduates to gain a better understanding of technology that the law regulates
explore the legal ramifications of rapid innovation driven by AI, machine learning and big data
learn how this relates to the work of law firms and multinationals in the fields of regulation, public law, IP law, commercial law, economics and law, human rights and cybersecurity law
combine with modules from other disciplines including Business, Engineering and Science
you can choose to do a 60 credit enhanced technology design project for law and legal application, enhanced research proposal, professional internship or a professional project instead of a traditional dissertation
Why this course
Developed through discussions with a range of international stakeholders, this programme is understood to be globally unique in teaching technological skills, technology law, innovation and leadership. It does not require prior knowledge of coding or law.
Graduates will have the opportunity to build their own technological projects while gaining an understanding of the law that regulates the design, development and distribution of technology internationally.
You will explore legal issues related to innovation and leadership in the context of shifts toward automated decision-making and algorithmic regulation driven by AI, machine learning, big data and other advances in computing power. There will be opportunities to learn coding languages and gain a better understanding of algorithmic bias.
Elective modules include:
Coding for lawyers and legal applications
Statistics and machine learning for lawyers and legal application
Cyber crime, cyber security and anti-theft law
Intellectual property, commerce and innovation
Law, power and accountability in the algorithmic state
Law and economics for digital markets
Human rights and digital technologies
Modules are delivered by an expert team of academics actively researching the field of technology law. Teaching will also be supported by eminent visiting academics who are major names in their field.
Students will have the opportunity to apply to:
undertake placement or consultancy projects to develop their skills through more advanced coding projects, or
explore a technology law issue in detail through a dissertation or enhanced research proposal
First or second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in Law or any other discipline. Other qualifications may be accepted where the applicant has relevant work experience. Please note that a Law or Computer Science degree is not required for entry to this programme.
Students living in
Domestic
£11,900 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£11,900 per year
Students from England
£11,900 per year
Students from Scotland
£11,900 per year
Students from Wales
£11,900 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
£25,000 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£25,000 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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