Law with Global Political Economy (Taught)

This LLM Law with Global Political Economy gives you the opportunity to focus on the operation and relationship of the systems of public international law and international economic law in the post-colonial context.

Why choose this course?

• You can look forward to a stimulating learning environment, alongside others with diverse backgrounds and professional experiences.

• The course is led by academic staff with extensive research expertise and publications in their field. They are part of a proud tradition of critical scholarship in law addressing issues of law through power and inequality and led by principles of social, economic, political, environmental and racial justice.

• It is ideal if you would like to advance your existing career or are ambitious to carve out a new career path. Our students include those with pre-existing knowledge or experience of law, and those with a desire to pursue a specialism in this area.

What you will learn

This LLM Law with Global Political Economy will equip you with a solid conceptual understanding of the systems of public international law and international economic law and, whether you are from a law or non-law background, will enable you to engage with questions of international justice.

During the course you will:

• gain an understanding of the intersection between law and other societal challenges, as well as the interaction between multiple areas of law

• learn how to transfer your understanding of complex problems and regulatory responses to different contexts

• critically evaluate legal, regulatory and policy proposals regarding law and the global political economy.

How you will learn

Our teaching is underpinned by legal, critical, policy, social sciences and humanities-oriented perspectives. You will be taught via a combination of pre-recorded lectures and seminars. Lectures are designed to engage you in an outline or overview of the topic, and seminars are group sessions in which you are encouraged to contribute to discussion or group work around the topic.

You will be able to choose between full- and part-time study. This course has an evening timetable with classes taking place in the evening.

Highlights

• The Birkbeck Law School is internationally renowned for its pathbreaking theoretical, political and humanities-based scholarship.

• Our Centre for Law and the Humanities attracts notable guest speakers and public intellectuals to our lecture theatres.

• You will be able to attend our Law School Annual Lecture and specialist research seminars which feature international scholars speaking on current issues and their interdisciplinary research.

• We are home to the Birkbeck Law Press which publishes Law and Critique: The International Journal of Critical Legal Thought. You can also take advantage of the rich research collections nearby, including those of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Senate House Library, the British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE Library) and the British Library.

Careers and employability

On successfully graduating from this LLM Law with Global Political Economy, you will have gained an array of important transferable skills, including:

• the ability to work as part of a team

• high-level oral and written communication skills

• proficient research skills

• skills in evaluating and assessing types of information.

Graduates can pursue career paths in: the legal profession, advocacy, policy analysis, NGOs, the civil service, academia, research or journalism. Possible professions include:

• barrister

• solicitor

• researcher

• journalist

• chartered legal executive

• licensed conveyancer

• human resources officer

• patent attorney.