This degree aims to enable students to specialise in subjects related to migration law and policy, equipping them with comprehensive knowledge of legal regimes governing free movement of persons under European Union Law, international laws and policies regarding migration, asylum and border management from a European and UK perspective. Students on this course will deepen and broaden their knowledge of law as an academic subject by enabling them to acquire a systematic understanding of legal processes, methods and concepts of the social and political context in which legal processes take place and of appropriate theoretical conceptions of law. By maximising their academic potential and refining their problem-solving skills in a transnational context students will enhance their professional development and horizons, and develop many transferable skills applicable to a variety of professional sectors, including the legal profession, policymaking, corporate sector, governmental bodies or academia.

This programme aims to expand the professional horizons in a growing field for students aiming to work in governmental or non-governmental bodies that are seeking specialist knowledge in the body of international, regional and domestic regulations and policies governing migration, asylum, citizenship and border control. Many have also continued their higher education studies via a PhD. Students have access to the University's Employability Service and are offered assistance by the Programme Leader and other contributors to the programme, including guidance on how to enter and pass recruitment processes for national and international organisations. Students are invited to employability talks organised as part of the Clinical Legal Education programme by the Law and Politics Department as well as events hosted by the School of Law. Staff members teaching in the LLM programme include world-renowned scholars who combine instruction in core topics with the fruits of their current research. Students will benefit from their networks of contacts, notably as regards internship opportunities in national and international organisations such as the United Nations or in our on-campus litigation centre, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, and in the form of placements in a range of local companies providing professional legal services.