LN Law School : University of Kent - Kent Law School

LN Law School : University of Kent - Kent Law School

The University
The Canterbury campus is Kent’s original site, founded in 1965. It is built on 300 acres of parkland overlooking the beautiful, medieval city of Canterbury. Modern buildings are surrounded by open green spaces, courtyards, gardens, ponds and woodland. The Canterbury campus is self-contained, and all facilities are within walking distance, with a Postgraduate College (containing accommodation) located in the heart of campus. Campus life centres round four colleges, the Templeman Library, purpose-built teaching facilities, and the Students’ Centre. The University as a whole has over 11,000 students, including more than 1,500 postgraduates, with over 140 nationalities represented among its students.

The Law School also offers masters programmes at the University’s Brussels campus; the Brussels School of International Studies. Located in the heart of the capital of Europe, the Brussels campus focuses specifically on International Relations, Politics and Law.

The Law School
Kent Law School is a centre of world class research, offering a supportive and intellectually stimulating place to study a variety of taught and research degrees with an international and contemporary focus. Rated as the 6th best Law School in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), much of our teaching and research is based upon a critical and socio-legal approach, viewing the law within the broader social, political and economic context in which it operates.

Our taught LLM programmes cover a variety of international legal areas, and enable students to specialise and develop a particular expertise or to create a bespoke programme to fit their many interests. Many of our programmes are open to non-law graduates and attract professionals looking to develop their legal knowledge, law graduates, and non-law graduates alike. All postgraduate students study within a close knit, supportive and intellectually stimulating environment, working closely with our academic staff and discussing cutting-edge legal developments and theory. Our exceptional culture of world class research is of benefit to all students, but most particularly to our LLM by research, MPhil and PhD students.

Our law library is a leader in the development of electronic resources for legal teaching and research. The extensive and up-to-date law collection in the University’s Templeman Library is particularly strong on electronic material, with the Electronic Law Library containing all of the main relevant databases. In addition, you can access the text of thousands of law journals online. Our law librarian is available to train students to use these resources and runs regular legal research classes with postgraduate students.

All postgraduate students at Kent Law School have access to a postgraduate computing room, study area and common room with wireless internet access. The Law School also has an active and inclusive extra-curricular academic and social scene, with weekly graduate seminars and a postgraduate student group for all students. We also provide a dedicated postgraduate office which supports students from application to graduation.

The Program

The Law School began offering LLM degrees in the early 1980s. It now offers thirteen masters degrees, each of which combines taught modules and a dissertation element. The underlying philosophy is that the degrees should have an international and/ or contemporary focus.

The Law School also encourages postgraduate research, and offers three different degree routes through which it may be pursued. Postgraduate research may be undertaken within a broad range of legal fields, under the supervision of full-time academic staff.

Certain masters programmes are offered on both a full-time and part-time basis. Full time students complete the programme of study over one academic year and part-time students over two academic years.

Entry Requirements
A first or good second class honours degree (or equivalent) in law or a related subject. We also consider applications on the basis of relevant work experience.

Application Procedure
Applications to all of our postgraduate programmes can be made online. Visit: www.kent.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/entryreq.html to apply, and for more information about the application procedure.

Accommodation
Accommodation is provided within the modern and well-appointed postgraduate Woolf College, located in the centre of campus. The College provides academic and social facilities and is the focus of much postgraduate life on campus.

Program Information

Full-Time, Part-Time
Programs	LLM in Criminal Justice LLM in Environmental Law and Policy LLM in European Law LLM in International Commercial Law LLM in International Criminal Justice LLM in International Economic Law (taught at Brussels only) LLM in International Environmental Law LLM in International Law with International Relations (taught at Brussels and Canterbury) LLM in Medical Law and Ethics LLM in Public International Law (taught at Brussels and Canterbury) LLM in Law LLM in Law (Erasmus-Europe) LLM in International Environmental Law Combined Title LLM
Program Features	The LLM in Criminal Justice is taught in parallel with the MA in Criminology taught by the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research As part of the LLM in International Law with International Relations students select modules taught by the Department of Politics and International Relations The Combined Title LLM gives students the ability to choose any two areas of legal interest from the range of taught LLM specialisms available at Kent Law School to create their own personal joint combination LLM The LLM in Law (Erasmus-Europe) enables students to spend one term at Kent and one term at a partner university in Europe.
Language of Instruction	English
Program Website	http://www.kent.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/taught/

By Research
Programs	LLM, MPhil and PhD in Law LLM, MPhil and PhD in Socio-Legal Studies
Language of Instruction	English
Program Website	http://www.kent.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/research/

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