Best LLM Programs

KU Leuven - Faculty of Law and Criminology

Leuven, Belgium

LLM / Master of Laws: Master of Laws - International & European Law (LL.M.)

KU Leuven's LL.M. in International and European Law is offered by its Faculty of Law and Criminology, with an LL.M. Legal Clinics series held in Brussels and Leuven. The page we could read is brief, so this entry rests on the programme's subject focus and the clinics rather than on detailed curriculum evidence.

On campus

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

LLM / Master of Laws: LLM (Research)

Osgoode runs two distinct LLM routes: a funded, thesis-based Research LLM and a course-based Professional LLM delivered through its Professional Development arm for practising lawyers. The split lets applicants choose between academic research and a practice-oriented part-time or full-time course of study.

On campus · English

Tsinghua University School of Law

Beijing, Beijing, China

LLM / Master of Laws: Juris Master (LL.M.) in Chinese Law

A programme taught in English for foreign law students and professionals who want to learn the Chinese legal system from inside China. The listed curriculum covers civil procedure and conflict of laws, constitutional and administrative law, company and securities regulation, foreign trade and investment law, and legal history. The school also offers separate English-taught LLMs in international arbitration and in intellectual property.

On campus · English

The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

LLM / Master of Laws: Master of Laws (LLM)

HKU offers a general LLM built from course clusters (for example arbitration, Chinese law, corporate and financial law, human rights, IP and technology) and two named specialisations, Competition Law and Policy and Maritime Law, both open to applicants without a law degree. The general route requires courses from at least four clusters, which gives breadth with a comparative, East Asian emphasis.

On campus · Full-time 1 year; part-time 2 years · English

School of Law, Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

LLM / Master of Laws: LL.M

A one-year, in-person general LL.M. combining three taught modules per semester with a 30-ECTS dissertation. The module range spans national, European and international law, with examples on the page including aviation, international trade, privacy, refugee and humanitarian law, so it suits students who want breadth rather than a single specialism.

On campus · One academic year full-time · English

Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

LLM / Master of Laws: LLM in European Business and Social Law

Bocconi's 12-month, English-taught LLM is organised around four named areas: digital law, foundations of law, public and social law, and business law. It centres on EU law and institutions together with international law, which places it as a European-law programme with a business and regulatory emphasis.

On campus · 12 months · English

Keio University Law School

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

LLM / Master of Laws: Global Legal Practice Major (LL.M.)

Keio's Global Legal Practice major, started in 2017, is described by the school as Japan's first professional graduate master's programme taught entirely in English. It is small (30 places), taught by a faculty that includes practitioners, with a business-law focus, an exchange link with partner law schools and a double degree option listed on the page.

On campus · 標準修業年限1年 · English

A corporate and commercial specialisation within Maastricht's Globalisation and Law master, aimed at students interested in rules governing international corporations, corporate governance and cross-border dispute resolution. Teaching is by problem-based learning in small groups, and the page states NVAO accreditation and the CeQuInt internationalisation certificate.

On campus · one-year · English

University of Amsterdam – Amsterdam Law School

Amsterdam, Netherlands

LLM / Master of Laws: Law & Finance (LLM)

A 12-month, 60-ECTS LLM at the junction of law, economics and finance, covering financial markets regulation and corporate finance. Some teaching staff are members of the Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, the research centre named on the page, which gives the programme an interdisciplinary rather than purely doctrinal character.

On campus · 12 months · English

A dedicated human-rights LLM that can be taken over one year full-time or two years part-time, with options from criminal justice and other disciplines. Students take part in the Global Justice Academy's engagement work, and the programme includes a Human Rights Clinic course and a work-based project mentioned on the page.

On campus · English

UC Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley, California, United States

LLM / Master of Laws: Master of Laws

Berkeley offers a nine-month on-campus Traditional Track and a flexible online/on-campus Executive Track. Certificates of specialization are available in business, technology, international, public interest, energy and clean technology, environmental, and AI law and regulation, depending on track, giving a US LLM with named focus areas rather than a general course.

On campus · English