| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The LLM in International Environmental Law provides a comprehensive understanding of legal frameworks and instruments governing international environmental protection. Graduates gain expertise in addressing global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The program offers core modules, optional modules, and a dissertation, preparing students for careers in law, government, and consulting.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Program:
LLM in International Environmental Law - M1KG16
Objective:
Equip graduates with the legal knowledge and skills to address global challenges, including environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution.
Overview:
- Offers a comprehensive understanding of the legal frameworks and instruments governing international environmental protection.
- Explores current issues like renewable energy, carbon markets, climate litigation, and the human rights dimension of environmental protection.
- Analyzes the role of science in informing legal development and international treaties on environmental protection.
- Examines the Paris Agreement in detail, focusing on its objectives, concepts, and societal implications.
- Investigates the constant evolution of international environmental law and its interaction with other legal areas.
Outline:
Structure:
- The program consists of core modules, optional modules, and a dissertation.
Core modules:
- International Law on Climate Change.
- Global Environmental Law.
- Applied Research Methods in Law.
Optional modules:
(depending on word count and prior knowledge)
- Advanced Issues in Human Rights
- Advanced Issues in International Intellectual Property Law
- Advanced Issue in International Economic Law
- Frontiers in Biolaw
- Fundamentals of International Law
- Law of the Sea
- Protection of Human Rights in Europe
- Note:
- Other law modules offered by the Law School may be chosen as remaining options.
Dissertations:
- Students can choose to write dissertations of 10,000, 15,000, or 20,000 words, based on their research interest in an area of international environmental law.
Assessment:
- Coursework: Assessed through writing assignments, primarily essays ranging from 3,000 to 6,000 words.
- Applied research methods: Assessed through a research proposal presentation.
- Dissertation: 10,000 to 20,000 words, assessed based on research quality and presentation.
Teaching:
- Teaching methods:
- Lectures introducing key subjects and current debates.
- Smaller seminar classes for in-depth exploration and discussions.
- Independent study for preparing for seminars and developing presentation skills.
- Faculty: Led by academics who are experts in the field, with research expertise feeding into postgraduate programs.
- Research environment:
- Participation in activities within the Sustainable Development Research Centre.
- Opportunities to attend seminars and hear from eminent scholars and practitioners.
Careers:
- Graduates are prepared for careers in a wide range of legal fields, including:
- Solicitors and barristers.
- Judges and members of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
- Consultants and government positions.
- The Law School provides resources to enhance graduates' employability:
- Information about becoming a solicitor or barrister.
- Law firm visits.
- Interview and assessment day preparation guidance.
Other:
- The Law school has a global reputation for legal research and education excellence, reflected in its alumni's career success.
- Located in the award-winning Palatine Centre with modern, purpose-built facilities.
- Offers close proximity to a range of academic departments and University services.
- Provides easy access to the historic city of Durham.
Summary
The LLM in International Environmental Law equips graduates with the legal expertise to make significant contributions to addressing pressing global environmental challenges.
Full Time Fees
Tuition fees
Home students £12,750 per year EU students £26,900 per year Island students £12,750 per year International students £26,900 per year The tuition fees shown are for one complete academic year of full time 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).
