University of Reading, LLM, International Commercial Law

The School of Law is part of the world-ranked University of Reading, rated among the UK's most research intensive institutions and one of the UK's largest, best-known and most successful campus universities.

Foxhill House is the home of the School of Law. This beautiful building was built in 1868 by Alfred Waterhouse, one of the most successful Victorian Architects, who also design National History Museum in London. The house, with grounds of twenty acres, was built on a portion of the Whiteknights estate belonging to Waterhouse’s father.

Rankings for the School of Law

The School of Law reputation, our research and the quality of the experience enjoyed by our students are consistently recognised in the annual UK university league tables:

• 4^th in the 2013 National Student Survey for student satisfaction with the course (with 96% satisfied)
• 7th (of 67 universities) in the UK for world-leading research and international excellence and 11th (out of 67 universities) in the UK for across all research categories: Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
• 11th in the Times Good University Guide 2014

LLM International Commercial Law: Law and Business Intertwined

The LLM in International Commercial Law is unique, in that LLM students can take some core and optional modules at the Law School and ICMA Centre, Henley Business School providing them with an invaluable opportunity to acquire a unique legal and financial perspective of commercial and corporate law issues.

The LLM International Commercial Law provides an overview of the main commercial law issues that arise in a multiplicity of transactions. It covers those aspects of law that commercial law practitioners could expect to encounter on a regular basis, including contract law, employment law, competition law, intellectual property and environmental law.

Graduate career prospects

Graduates from our programmes have gone on to work in various capacities, in major national and international law firms, as in-house lawyers, in international organizations in the UK and abroad. While many law graduates take professional exams in law and go on to practise law either in the UK or abroad, many others pursue alternative careers. A postgraduate law degree will open many doors not only in specialised areas of employment, such as law firms, European and intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, but also in academia (with further postgraduate study), the media (journalism and broadcasting), the civil service and other branches of public service.

Interviews with students and faculties