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Scholarship Opportunity from 2010-2011 for the LLM in European Law!
The School of Law is delighted to announce The Binks Trust Scholarships to support students taking the LLM in European Law.
Read more about funding opportunities and how to apply.
| Introduction to the Programme |
As a research centre within the School of Law, the Europa Institute has developed as one of the pre-eminent centres in Britain for the study of the institutions, policies and law of the European Union. To request a brochure about the Europa Institute to be sent to you by post, please email europa@ed.ac.uk with your postal address.
Read more about the Europa Institute.
The aim of the LL.M. in European Law, taught primarily by staff working within the Institute, is essentially twofold; first, to provide an established core of European law subjects at an advanced level and, second, to apply and broaden this knowledge via study of specialised optional courses. The programme offered at Edinburgh thus reflects the rapid evolution of contemporary European law and, against the backdrop of international law more generally, its unique bearing on domestic legal orders.
The interdisciplinary ethos of the Europa Institute also provides a unique environment for advanced study of EU law in its political and economic contexts; we offer courses in the Law School on both policy implications and applied economics, and we have links with courses offered by our colleagues in the School of Social and Political Studies. We also involve legal practictioners and policy-makers working at the highest levels of the development of EU law in our LLM teaching, thereby offering our students a broad range of perspectives on EU law and practice.
What our graduates say ...
"Inspiring classes taught in an international atmosphere and a beautiful city provided me with one of the best years in my life and proved to be a valuable asset in my later job in an international law firm." Sebastian Reinsch, LLM in European Law 2003
"The LLM in European Law has equipped me with skills I need for the European Commission where I am currently working as a trainee: a thorough knowledge of European Law and a broad range of interesting perspectives offered by lawyers and prominent public figures. The opportunity to meet these people combined with the attention students receive from committed and caring academic staff has been a highly valuable experience which can enrich the career/life of any ambitious and intellectually curious person." Mina Andreeva, LLM in European Law 2007
You may take the LLM in European Law either full-time (over one year) or part-time (over the course of two years).
Students are required to complete 180 credits of study: this includes a dissertation to be submitted at the end of their studies (60 credits). The remaining 120 credits must be made up from taught LLM courses. Each curriculum for an LLM in European Law student will resemble one of the following options:
Option 1
Three full-year courses over two semesters of the academic year, each course carrying 40 credits (i.e. 120 credits)
Option 2
Two 40 credit courses and two 20 credit courses (i.e. 80 credits plus 40 (20+20) credits, = 120 credits)
Option 3
One 40 credit course and four 20 credit courses (i.e. 40 credits plus 80 (4 x 20) credits, =120 credits)
Option 4
Six 20 credit courses (i.e. 6 x 20 credits = 120 credits)
Read more about the degree structure
Table A: LLM in European Law 40 credit courses (i.e. full-year courses that run for both semesters)
- EC Competition Law
- European and International Human Rights Law
Table B: LLM in European Law 20 credit courses (i.e. one-semester courses)
Semester One
- EU Immigration Law and Asylum Law
- European Media Law and Policy
- EU Constitutional Law
Semester Two
- EC Environmental Law (new course!)
- EC Labour Law
- EU and Domestic Parliamentary Governance
- EU in International Affairs (please note: School of Social and Political Studies course)
- European Tax Law
Click here for course descriptions
Funding
Read more about available funding opportunities.
| How to Apply and Further Information |
Applications for admission to the 2010-2011 LLM European Law programme are now welcome. Should you wish to discuss any aspect of the LLM degree or your application, please do not hesitate to contact Lene McCool in the School of Law Postgraduate Office.
Contact Lene McCool
Apply to the LLM in European Law
The Europa Institute offers a rich programme of visiting speakers and lecturers. All our postgraduate students have the opportunity and are encouraged to attend these events, and can thereby benefit from access to a wide variety of international academics and other EU practitioners and experts.
The Europa Institute
| 21 Jan 2010 Europa Institute | EUCITAC Plenary Conference in Edinburgh Playfair Library 13:00 to 18:00 |
| | 22 Jan 2010 Europa Institute | EUCITAC Plenary Conference in Edinburgh Raeburn Room 09:00 to 18:00 |
| | 11 Mar 2010 Europa Institute | Details to be confirmed Advocate General Miguel Maduro LT 175, Old College, South Bridge 18:00 to 20:00 |
| | 10 Dec 2010 Europa Institute | Europa Institute Workshop Speakers TBC Lorimer Room, Old College, South Bridge 10:00 to 17:00 |
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