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New LLM Programmes

Bangor Law School has launched nine new LLM degrees which are specifically tailored to meet the needs of prospective students and to prepare them for employability in the global market place.

These challenging programmes reflect the latest demands in industries worldwide for graduates in the following fields: International Law, International Intellectual Property Law, Law and Banking, Public Procurement Law and Law and Criminology.

Teaching will be led by subject experts who have substantial professional and research experience in their respective fields.

International Law

Students can choose to study the general LLM in International Law or one of three specialised programmes (European Law, Global Trade Law, and International Criminal Law & International Human Rights Law).  Students will develop, to postgraduate level, knowledge, expertise and skills in International Law, and selected disciplines within it, learning how to operate as lawyers in an increasingly globalised world.

Employment opportunities for graduates of the programme will include work with international law firms, international organisations such as the United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organisation and European Union, international courts and tribunals, ‘think tanks’ and research centres, non-governmental organisations and government (e.g. Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs). 

The following programmes are available in this area:

International Intellectual Property Law

This programme is designed to equip students with a comprehensive and specialist education in a range of areas within International Intellectual Property Law. The course will enable students to master the basic principles of the four main ‘pillars’ of Intellectual Property Law, namely Copyright, Patents, Trade marks and Industrial Designs.

Employment opportunities for graduates of the programme will include work with international law firms; patent and trade mark attorneys; local Intellectual Property Offices; international organisations such as the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and World Trade Organisation (WTO); and specialist bodies within the EU e.g. the Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM) and the European Patent Office (EPO). Other potential employers include international courts and tribunals, think tanks and research centres, non-governmental organisations and government.

The following programme is available in this area:

Law and Banking

This programme is designed to equip students with a general yet comprehensive education in a range of areas within International Banking Law. Through carefully designed course work and varied teaching approaches, students will acquire the intellectual open-ness, technical expertise and critical thinking abilities that are necessary for effectiveness in a globalising world.

Employment opportunities for graduates of the programme will include work with international law firms; banks or investment firms (as in-house counsel); specialised banks or central banks e.g. European Investment Bank, EBRD, the ECB (the EU’s central bank), the African Development Bank, the IMF and the World Bank; national financial regulatory authorities and international organisations such as the World Trade Organisation, the European Union, international courts and tribunals, ‘think tanks’ and research centres, and government (e.g. Ministry of Finance).

The following programme is available in this area:

Public Procurement Law

Bangor Law School is a major international research centre in relation to the operation of national and European law and policies on public procurement law.

A strategic element of the programmes is the presentation of learning from the perspectives of both the public procurement function and private sector supplier organisations, to help advance understanding of the complex issues organisations involved in public sector tendering face, and to develop more creative legally compliant public procurement solutions.

Employment opportunities for graduates of the programmes include opportunities with public and private sector organisations (all of which have a procurement function); law firms; research centres; international organisations such as the United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organisation and European Union; and Social and Environment Rights Groups, many of which see procurement as a way of advancing social and environmental agendas.  Candidates who are already working will develop expertise on procurement law issues which would advance their career prospects and upgrade their skills in this extremely complex and rapidly changing area of law.

The following programmes are available in this area:

Click here to view the eProspectus for our two LLM programmes in Public Procurement Law and Strategy.

Law and Criminology

Run in conjunction with Bangor School of Social Sciences, this programme will provide students with knowledge and skills in the interdisciplinary area of criminology and law, providing specialist training in criminological, criminal justice and legal research. Students will develop an international perspective on crime, justice and law through national and cross-national approaches and case studies of other societies, and/or ‘cutting edge’ issues in contemporary criminology and law.

Graduates will be sought after by law-enforcement agencies such as the police. Other employment opportunities include public administration (e.g. crime prevention units, offender management, general administration, and international institutions), political associations and NGOs. Graduates may take up work for members of parliaments, for lobby groups related to the criminal justice system and to issues of social justice and law broadly conceived.

The following programme is available in this area: