Program Description

The LLM course based at the Transitional Justice Institute, with staff expertise across a range of areas offers an LLM degree which is designed to give students a unique lens on the study of human rights in the contemporary international moment. Using the local Northern Ireland political and legal context as a starting point the course will imbue students with a working knowledge of international norms and principles, while at the same time encouraging students to move beyond the local to reflect critically on present international law norms and their application to other situations and contexts. Students are encouraged to develop and transfer knowledge, experience and expertise of the transformative possibilities of human rights law both in respect of societies emerging from violent conflict and in relation to the local and global management of other particular societal problems. This dual focus – from the local to the global and back - is a core part of the course’s aim to equip you with the knowledge and skills base to contribute internationally as well as locally. 

Previous graduates have gone onto positions in the local human rights sector and public sector in Northern Ireland, to legal practice in areas related to the LLM and to PhD research. Further, previous graduates have secured work in the United Nations and in international non-governmental organisations.

Admission Requirements

• Applicant for taught programmes must hold the equivalent of a UK first degree (in Law, Social Sciences, Humanities or a cognate discipline ). We consider students who have good grades in the following: Bachelor Degree 55%- 60%.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6

Remarks:

IELTS Waiver for Indian Student:-A Minimum mark of 70% in English in the standard XII examinations in the Central Boards(CBSE/ICSE or the State boards of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka). No time limit.