International Law

International law is an exciting and ever changing area of law. you’ll study international law from a theoretical perspective, helping you to understand and contextualise the law and the international legal system. you’ll learn from today’s leading lawyers – our world-leading research underpins our teaching – and gain a strong basis in the foundations of international law and the international legal system. you’ll have the opportunity to explore specialist areas of the law that seek to regulate, for example: the use of force armed conflict international crimes and terrorism human rights and human migration the protection of the environment. sussex law school provides an international, stimulating and engaging learning environment for you to build a rich base of knowledge. we’ll also prepare you for your future career – our courses have skills training at their core, enabling you to approach legal problems logically.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

On this llm, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue and advance in careers in international law – from legal practice, to government and diplomacy, to international organisations and tribunals, to advocacy and campaigning, to further research. the llm has skills training at its core, enabling you to approach legal problems logically. you’ll: develop your legal drafting and argumentation skills develop your research skills learn to analyse international situations from a critical perspective. this will provide a strong basis for further study or work in a variety of global contexts. the llm’s emphasis on comparative, international examples will help if you are interested in looking to work in both the uk and overseas in: law firms agencies and organisations governments ngos.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Sussex has partnerships with the following companies: