The City Law School is one of London’s major law schools offering an impressive range of academic and professional courses. This is the first law school in London to educate students and practitioners at all stages of legal education. With three levels of study – undergraduate, postgraduate and professional they offer courses suitable for everyone interested in following a career in law no matter what stage they are or where they are from. In addition, the School also offers a wide range of tailored CPD courses for qualified lawyers and those in associated professions.
Courses
Undergraduate
Our LL.B. (Hons.) law degree provides you with grounding in law whilst at the same time allowing you develop your own areas of special interest.
We offer an intimate, friendly, and stimulating environment for you to study in. We encourage our students to take part in all areas of the law outside of everyday teaching. We run annual mooting competitions and offer you opportunities to volunteer to take part in Pro Bonowork.
Our LLB is recognised by the Law Society of England and Wales/Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Council/Bar Standards Board as satisfying the initial or academic stage of legal training. This means that once you complete your degree you can go on to either the Legal Practice Course (LPC) if you want to become a solicitor and the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) if you want to embark on a career at the Bar.
Postgraduate
The LLM at The City Law School can be tailored to your career aspirations. You can either
Complete the general LLM (Master of Laws) by choosing and completing modules (each module carries 30 credits) constituting a total of 180 credits, including a dissertation of either 30 or 60 credits; or Obtain one of the specialist LLMs by achieving a total of 180 credits through taking at least 90 credits and the dissertation (either the 30 credit dissertation or 60 credit dissertation) in the relevant defined specialist area of law:
Explore our specialisms
Our specialist LLMs covers a range of different areas of Law:
• Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Criminal Litigation
• Dispute Resolution
• European Commercial Law
• European Union Law
• International Banking and Finance Law
• International Commercial Law
• International Economic Law
• International Energy Law and Regulation
• International Human Rights
• Maritime Law
• Professional Advocacy
• Public International Law
All LLM applications are assessed for the general Master of Laws programme. Once you receive an offer to study the LLM, you can choose your particular specialisation at the time of accepting the offer.
Law Library
We provide a dedicated, professional and responsive library service across the four campuses of City, University of London.
Our collections of print and online resources support the teaching and research activities of the institution. Our printed collections consist of around 250,000 books with over 25,000 online journal titles and over 1600 study places available in our libraries.
Our Operational Plan and Strategic Vision give a flavour of current projects and work in the libraries and our priorities for the years ahead.
Contact
The City Law School
City University London
Northampton Square
London, EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)20 7040 5060
Email: law@city.ac.uk
Website: www.city.ac.uk
