The LLM in Law, Banking and Finance at Dundee offers an innovative blend of professional and theoretical training to prepare students for careers in the financial sector. The course is highly focused in nature, and unlike many other LLM courses in the field is taught by both business and legal professionals who have extensive practical experience of banking and finance law, including experience of financial regulatory law practice in both the EU and the USA. Who should study the course? The LLM is designed for graduates who have a law degree or a legal background who wish to develop specialised skills in order pursue a career in the banking and financial services sector. Dundee offers an interdisciplinary approach allowing students to develop business, finance, economics and legal skills, drawing on a range of academic expertise across disciplines. Students will benefit from working with lecturers who have first-hand experience of international legal practice in banking and finance law, who can provide a highly relevant focus to the course offerings. Dundee’s city campus provides a very extensive level of support for law and business students, including outstanding and recently refurbished library facilities. Dundee Law School Dundee Law School is widely recognised as an excellent place to study. Both the Guardian and Times 2017 league tables placed Dundee as the top Law School in Scotland and in the top 10 in the UK, building on particularly strong results in the National Student Survey, which has repeatedly ranked Dundee as first in Scotland. Over the last two national reviews of research, Dundee is the only institution in the UK to have had all of its submissions rated as “internationally excellent” or “world-leading”. Our commitment is to provide high-quality instruction, with a focus on practical relevance, to prepare students for a successful career, at home or abroad. We offer an induction programme at the start of each semester, to ensure that new students have the necessary understanding of the UK and European legal systems and of what is required of them in a study environment seeking to develop independent learning We seek to integrate LLM students into the life of the School, with invitations to guest lectures and seminars. We also have an annual reading party in a beautiful country house, where you are joined by staff to work on academic skills and relax with fellow students.

There are significant opportunities for graduates with specialised knowledge of banking and finance law flowing from very important changes to regulation in recent years. The course is designed with a practical focus with a view to assisting students to engage with such opportunities to the greatest possible extent.