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A one-year LLM at City St George's in litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation, studied in person in London or online, starting in September or January.
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This LLM, taught at The City Law School, is about managing disputes strategically, from international litigation to alternative dispute resolution. Students study the rules of litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation within the frameworks of procedure, evidence and ethics that govern them, and with a practitioner's eye: the course is built around how disputes are actually run, in commercial practice and beyond it.
The full LLM is 180 credits. Students take five elective modules of 30 credits each, then either a 30-credit dissertation or research project, or a 15-credit research project together with the 15-credit module Achieving Your Career Potential. Each taught module runs across one ten-week term, September to December or January to April, so a full-time student takes three modules in one term and two in the other. The dissertation is written in the summer term, in dispute resolution, with skills workshops in the teaching terms to prepare for it. A student who completes 120 credits can leave with a Postgraduate Diploma in Law, and one who completes 60 with a Postgraduate Certificate in Law.
At least two of the five modules come from the course's own compulsory electives, and the other three from the wider lists, technology modules among them. The choice includes International Commercial Arbitration, International Arbitration in Practice, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Options and Money Laundering. Not every module runs every year: each depends on enough students choosing it and on staff being available.
Classes are taught in a hybrid way: each one can be attended in person on campus in London or online through Teams, and every student takes part in the same discussion either way. Classes are recorded and backed by full online materials, so the course can also be followed in a student's own time. It can be studied full time over one year or part time over two, starting in September or January.
Advanced legal research, structured career support and the chance of a placement on a live project with an employer are part of the course, and the placement project can become the student's dissertation or research project. Outside the classroom, City's LawIRL programme offers mooting and pro bono work.
It suits graduates aiming at litigation, arbitration or mediation practice, in-house legal roles or commercial law in private practice, and those planning an academic career in dispute resolution. Graduates of the course have gone on to Capco, United Trust Bank, the Turkish Football Federation, Acen Corporation and Aphentica Marine Insurance Brokers.
Manage international litigation and alternative dispute resolution strategically
Work with the rules of litigation, arbitration and mediation within procedure, evidence and ethics
Research and write a dissertation or research project in dispute resolution
Take a placement on a live project with an employer, if you choose to
A 30-credit dissertation or research project in dispute resolution, written in the summer term, with or without a project for an employer; or a 15-credit research project taken with Achieving Your Career Potential.
An elective of 30 credits, taught over one ten-week term.
An elective of 30 credits, taught over one ten-week term.
An elective of 30 credits, taught over one ten-week term.
An elective of 30 credits, taught over one ten-week term.
A 15-credit module on professional readiness, confidence and impact, taken with the 15-credit research project in whichever term suits you.
The course leads to work as a dispute resolution specialist, as in-house counsel or as an academic, or in litigation and commercial law in private practice. City also advises its students on training as a mediator or an arbitrator, in the UK or internationally.
A PhD at The City Law School, or training as a mediator or an arbitrator, on which City advises.
City St George's offers bursaries, loans and scholarships, and takes 20% off the tuition fee for its own graduates who fund themselves, as its Graduate Loyalty Discount.
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