Masters of research courses in law at the University of Reading equip graduates with a sound and thorough understanding of the ways that law and legal knowledge form a part of the political, cultural and economic fabric of local, regional and international entities. They aim to provide you with advanced skills in legal research, the ability to undertake high level analysis of law and legal issues, a grasp of the research methods that underpin the discipline and its places in the humanities and the social sciences, and a grounding in legal research methods. You will complete compulsory modules in Research Methods in in Law (30 credits) and Legal Knowledge & Legal Writing (10 credits). The remaining 80 credits will be chosen from the School of Law's masters level modules. Some of these may be taken as research-based modules where a project is driven primarily by a candidate's research interests. You will also complete a dissertation worth 60 credits on a topic that you develop.

Graduates from our LLM programme subsequently work for various international organisations and NGOs, as well as lawyers for leading commercial law firms and in-house legal teams for large multinationals in the UK and abroad. A good proportion of our recent graduates are working with the European Union, the International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY), and International Police (INTERPOL), among others. Some of our international graduates are also engaged in work leading to careers in foreign and diplomatic affairs in their different countries or are working with non-governmental organisations. Many of our UK and international graduates have pursued careers as academic lawyers in the UK and overseas.