LLM
LLM Corporate Law
Develop the skills and confidence to enter the complex and fast-moving world of companies and corporations and help ensure their management and conduct is legal and correct.
How to apply Apply via UCAS
Course details
Start date
Degree Type
LLM
Program Code
M1KB16
Course length
1 year full-time
Typical offer
Tuition Fees
- Home (Full-time): 13,600 per year
- Overseas (Full-time): 29,600 per year
Overview
Our LLM in Corporate Law brings together the complex and fast-moving worlds of business and law. The course will equip you with the skills and confidence to play a key role in the management and conduct of companies and corporations, helping to ensure they operate in a legal and correct way against a backdrop of ever-changing business legislation. You will gain a comprehensive knowledge of both the fundamental and the more advanced areas of corporate law – the latter being studied in-depth from a theoretical research perspective. The course will cover a wide range of topics that are relevant in the ever-evolving corporate landscape such as corporate compliance, mergers and acquisitions and environmental regulation. The course is presented in taught modules and delivered by a mixture of stimulating lectures and smaller, student-led, dynamic seminar or tutorial groups. You will also be required to research and produce a substantial dissertation in an area of corporate law of your choosing, for which you will receive individual supervision. The Law School is home to the Durham Institute of Commercial and Corporate Law, and you will be encouraged to join its many activities during your time as a student, while the law library holds an extensive range of corporate law material, to which you will have access as part of your studies. Nationally and internationally, the corporate law sector is constantly seeking legal experts who will be able to understand the growing complexities of business activity and governance and our LLM in Corporate Law will give you the knowledge and insight to be able to help meet that demand.
Course details
Start date
Degree Type
LLM
Program Code
M1KB16
Course length
1 year full-time
Typical offer
Tuition Fees
- Home (Full-time): 13,600 per year
- Overseas (Full-time): 29,600 per year
What you'll study
Core modules
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Advanced Issues in Corporate Law
allows you to carry out a more in-depth study of the legal issues which corporations generate. The module is selective in terms of the legal issues it addresses but is designed to explore those issues at a deeper, and more theoretical, level.
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Applied Research Methods in Law
provides specialised knowledge on the latest research methods and skills available in legal studies as well as an advanced understanding of their strengths and weaknesses and of their relevance for different forms of legal research. The module also creates a framework within which you will be able to critically assess potential research topics and, importantly, where you will be able to design, discuss and develop a detailed research proposal of the appropriate standards for your dissertation.
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Dissertation
The is based on your particular research interest in an area of Corporate Law and can be of one of two lengths – 10,000 or 15,000 words. The dissertation is equivalent to 2 or 2.5 modules, depending on word count.
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Fundamentals of Corporate Law
is an introductory module that covers the basics of company and corporate law if you are new to the field. You will gain an understanding of what companies are, their main legal features, the economic role they play, and some of the key regulatory challenges they present through their activities. Those who have previously studied company/corporate law may be granted exemption from this module.
Optional modules
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Depending on the dissertation length and prior subject knowledge, you can choose up to 1.5 optional modules (* indicates half modules) which in previous years have included: Comparative Corporate GovernanceCompetition LawCorporate Compliance*Corporations in an EU ContextCross-border Commercial LitigationInternational and Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law*International Commercial Dispute ResolutionInternational Tax Law*Introduction to Corporate Governance*Introduction to Corporate Insolvency Law*Mergers and Acquisitions*Securities Law and Capital MarketsTakeover Regulation in the EU*US Business Associations Your remaining options can be chosen from a wider selection of law modules (* indicates half modules) which in previous years have included: Advanced Issues in Human Rights*Advanced Issues in International Economic LawAdvanced Issues of Intellectual Property Law*Advanced Law of ObligationsChina and the International Legal Order*Commercial Fraud*Comparative and Transnational Law*Consumption Tax Law and Policy*Current Issues in Commercial LawCurrent Problems of International LawElectronic Commerce*Free Speech Problems in International and Comparative Perspective*Frontiers in Biolaw*Fundamental Issues in International Legal Governance*Fundamentals of International Law*Global Environmental Law*Global Financial LawGlobal InstitutionsHorizontal Human Rights*International Banking LawInternational Counter Terrorism: Theory and Practice*International Humanitarian LawInternational Investment Law*International Perspectives on Law and Gender*International Protection of Human RightsInternational Sales LawInternational Trade Law and PolicyIntroduction to EU Law*Introduction to Intellectual Property Law*Introduction to International Criminal JusticeLaw of Oil and Gas Contracts*Law of the SeaMedical Law and Ethics*Multinational Corporations and Human Rights*Private International Law and China*Protection of Human Rights in EuropeRenewable Energy Law*International Law of Peace and SecurityInternational Perspectives in Cartel Control*The Law of Subsidy and State Aid Control*Current Issues in International Law and Governance*US Corporate Law*Modules offered by another Board of Studies (subject to approval)
Learning
You will find the course is both challenging and hugely rewarding with taught modules delivered via a combination of lectures and seminars. Lectures will provide you with a framework for further learning on a range of topics while seminars are smaller-sized classes where you will be given set questions or problems to which you will apply the findings from your preparatory work. Contact time for each module in total is 15 hours or 30 hours, depending on the modules chosen. You will also write a dissertation which will be the outcome of your own independent research in an area of interest to you. You will have four one-to-one meetings about the project in an academic year with your supervisor whose area of expertise is the field you have chosen.Assessment
The assessment regime is rigorous and carried out through writing tasks with the majority of the modules you will choose assessed through essays of 3,000-6,000 words in length. The core module on applied research methods will be assessed on a proposal you will present for a research topic. Finally, you will present a dissertation on an area of corporate law of interest to you of up to 15,000 words.Entry requirements
Fees & Funding
Choose which fees you want to see:
Home / Island students
13,600 per year
International / EU Students
29,600 per year
Home / Island students
Part Time - per year
International / EU Students
Part Time - per year
The tuition fees shown are for one complete academic year of study, are set according to the academic year of entry, and remain the same throughout the duration of the programme for that cohort (unless otherwise stated).
Find out moreDepartment Information
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Durham Law School is a global leader in the development and framing of law. Led by academics who are experts in their field, we carry out cutting-edge legal research that feeds into our Masters and research qualifications, building knowledge and nurturing the skills needed to help shape law in the future. The reputation of the School means our legal know-how is respected by parliamentarians and policy makers around the world. Our academics have been called to give evidence in Parliament and have had their research work quoted by courts and international bodies. International law and questions of global policy and governance are an area of special interest at Durham, but our expertise extends to other areas including criminal law and criminal justice, ethics, human rights, European law, gender and law, Chinese law, Commercial and Corporate law and Global Justice. The research-led learning environment in the School is one of commitment, innovation and passion for the subject. Our highly respected research groups organise lectures and seminars offer opportunities to hear from eminent scholars and practitioners. Speakers have included judges from the UK Supreme Court, from the European Court of Justice and leading officials from national and international institutions.
Read moreFacilities
Situated close to a number of academic departments and University services with views of the magnificent Durham Cathedral as well as offering easy access to the historic city, we believe that we have one of the most striking and best-equipped law buildings in the UK. The Law School is located in the University’s award-winning flagship Palatine Centre, part of a £48.4m sustainable building development. The School’s facilities are purpose-built and state-of-the-art, featuring a moot court, pro bono room, Harvard-style Hogan Lovells lecture theatre, spacious dedicated work suites and modern wireless and audio-video-enabled research spaces and attractive social areas.
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