Programme structure The Master's degrees offered within the Law School are taught by seminar and dissertation. You take three modules in each of the first two terms. These are normally assessed by a single essay of 4-5,000 words for each module, but some modules make special arrangements for assessment, for example, by requiring two essays of 2-2,500 words, or by awarding up to 20% of the marks according to the quality of student participation. In the third term and during the summer period, you write a 15-20,000 word dissertation, under the supervision of a member of academic staff. This should be on a specific topic within the field of the degree. For all of the Law taught Master's degrees, there is the alternative of studying for a postgraduate diploma. Students registered for the diploma take the same modules as a Master's student, but do not write a dissertation. Course content Introduction to the Criminal Justice System International Criminal Law Transnational Criminal Justice For students who have not studied international law previously: Public International Law, or Legal Aspects of Contemporary International Problems. Modules drawn from options in the Law School or the MA in Criminology currently including: Crime and Justice in Europe; Crime, Disorder and Community; Crime, Media and Culture; Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice; Human Rights Law; International Protection of Human Rights; Law and Society; Penology; Policing; Research Methods in Criminology; Reading Murder Cases 1860-1960; Terrorism and Modern Society; Theories of Crime and Deviance; Transnational Justice and Rule of Law Programming; Young People, Crime and Place.

Employability is a key focus throughout the University and at Kent Law School you have the support of a dedicated Employability and Career Development Officer together with a broad choice of work placement opportunities, employability events and careers talks. Details of graduate internship schemes with NGOs, charities and other professional organisations are made available to postgraduate students via the School’s Employability Blog. Law graduates have gone on to careers in finance, international commerce, government and law or have joined, or started, an NGO or charity. Kent has an excellent record for postgraduate employment: over 94% of our postgraduate students who graduated in 2013 found a job or further study opportunity within six months.