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University of Birmingham: Law and Social Justice
| Institution | University of Birmingham |
|---|---|
| Department | Birmingham Law School View department profile |
| Web | www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law |
| Study type | Taught |
LLM
Summary
**Explore how the law helps societies achieve social justice. Discover legal solutions to tackling global challenges, including racial and gender inequality and the climate crisis.**
Learn practical skills from experts working at the forefront of social justice. Gain experience applying the law to real world challenges. You’ll develop your understanding of legal theories and consider the potential and limits of the law when responding to social justice issues.
As a Top 10 UK Law School (Birmingham Law School is 9th in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework exercise 2021 based on research rated 4*) you'll learn from experts at the forefront of this legal sector. This course mixes the latest academic theory with real world relevance and professional opportunities.
- Choose from a range of modules. Specialise in topics such as Human Rights and Health Law, Law of Renewable Energy and Climate Change, and Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice.
- Join our diverse community of staff and students from around the world.
- Get access to the BARBRI SQE1 Prep course, with a 20% discount for Birmingham Law School graduates.
- Stand out from the crowd by undertaking research internships, pro bono activities and work experience opportunities through our Centre for Employability, Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER).
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You should have, or expect to get, a 2:1 Honours degree in Law. Relevant equivalent study or professional experience can also be considered for entry. |
| Location | Main Site Academic and Student Division Birmingham B15 2TT |
Summary
**Explore how the law helps societies achieve social justice. Discover legal solutions to tackling global challenges, including racial and gender inequality and the climate crisis.**
Learn practical skills from experts working at the forefront of social justice. Gain experience applying the law to real world challenges. You’ll develop your understanding of legal theories and consider the potential and limits of the law when responding to social justice issues.
As a Top 10 UK Law School (Birmingham Law School is 9th in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework exercise 2021 based on research rated 4*) you'll learn from experts at the forefront of this legal sector. This course mixes the latest academic theory with real world relevance and professional opportunities.
- Choose from a range of modules. Specialise in topics such as Human Rights and Health Law, Law of Renewable Energy and Climate Change, and Race, Ethnicity and Criminal Justice.
- Join our diverse community of staff and students from around the world.
- Get access to the BARBRI SQE1 Prep course, with a 20% discount for Birmingham Law School graduates.
- Stand out from the crowd by undertaking research internships, pro bono activities and work experience opportunities through our Centre for Employability, Professional Legal Education and Research (CEPLER).
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You should have, or expect to get, a 2:1 Honours degree in Law. Relevant equivalent study or professional experience can also be considered for entry. |
| Location | Main Site Academic and Student Division Birmingham B15 2TT |
Summary
**Social injustice is a defining feature of the 21st century, with issues dominating global headlines, but solutions to these challenges seem impossible.**
Our LLM Law and Social Justice programme pulls together expert legal knowledge and practice to explore the role of law in achieving social justice. The programme will provide innovative and critical theoretical and doctrinal tools to tackle the pressing contemporary challenges, including racial and gender inequality, the climate crisis and poverty.
The programme does not only take a high-level theoretical approach to issues of social justice and the law but connects to the practice of law by bringing into the classroom civil society partners and campaigners working on the front line of intersectional and structural inequality.
The programme will connect social injustices at the micro, miso and macro level and consider how local, national, regional and international legal systems can respond also carefully considers what might be the limits of the law.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Applicants should have a good Honours degree in law, or a degree in another discipline augmented with a pass in the Common Professional Examination. International students: Academic requirements: we accept a range of qualifications from different countries use our handy guide below to see what qualifications we accept from your country. |
| Location | Main Site Academic and Student Division Birmingham B15 2TT |
Summary
**Social injustice is a defining feature of the 21st century, with issues dominating global headlines, but solutions to these challenges seem impossible.**
Our LLM Law and Social Justice programme pulls together expert legal knowledge and practice to explore the role of law in achieving social justice. The programme will provide innovative and critical theoretical and doctrinal tools to tackle the pressing contemporary challenges, including racial and gender inequality, the climate crisis and poverty.
The programme does not only take a high-level theoretical approach to issues of social justice and the law but connects to the practice of law by bringing into the classroom civil society partners and campaigners working on the front line of intersectional and structural inequality.
The programme will connect social injustices at the micro, miso and macro level and consider how local, national, regional and international legal systems can respond also carefully considers what might be the limits of the law.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Applicants should have a good Honours degree in law, or a degree in another discipline augmented with a pass in the Common Professional Examination. International students: Academic requirements: we accept a range of qualifications from different countries use our handy guide below to see what qualifications we accept from your country. |
| Location | Main Site Academic and Student Division Birmingham B15 2TT |
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