There is no such thing as a ‘one size fits all’! What worked for someone else may not necessarily work for you; the same logic applies for an LLM as well!
First Person Accounts: Vishal Sharma on the LL.M. at Cardiff University
I choose Cardiff University as the framework of the course was based on a combination of International Law and International Relations which aims at analysing the legal and political aspects of international affairs affecting public systems all across the world
First Person Accounts: Poornima Balasubramanian on the LL.M. at LSE
Do a masters if you believe it will truly add value to you. If along the way you do get a job abroad, give yourself a pat on the back and grab it!
First Person Accounts: Aakash Kumbhat on the Competition Law LL.M. at University College London (UCL)
Aakash Kumbhat is currently an LL.M. candidate at the University College London, where he is specialising in competition law.
First Person Accounts: Monika Thangavelu on the LLM in Human Rights at Essex University
My first advice would be “Start early” ! Secondly, look for the top universities in your field of interest rather than a general search for top universities.
First Person Accounts: Abhilasha Ramakrishnan on the LL.M. from King’s College London
A master’s is an all-round enriching experience that forces one to broaden one’s horizons and think outside the box.
First Person Accounts: Rishabh Sheth on the LL.M. from the University of Durham
I have seen students burning their parent's cash in London and then at the end of the course they are extremely worried about recovering the costs specially with the pay-scale in India.
Amicus Interviews: Nishant Gokhale on Indian law schools, legal education & more (Part II)
Law schools need to create incentives to enable students to take up work that they are passionate about, rather than doing a bewildering number of internships for the sole reason that other law students are.
The Amicus Interviews: Nishant Gokhale on Harvard Law, Gates Cambridge & more (Part I)
The LL.M. is a broad-ranging experience so the purpose cannot be anything but subjective. Ask yourself why you want to do it and this will likely yield answers to when and where you would like to pursue it.
First Person Accounts: Param Pandya on the MSc in Law & Finance, Oxford University
The MLF programme at the University of Oxford is a unique blend wherein the candidates are taught basics of finance while the law subjects focus on these basic concepts and explain how law and policy would attempt to address gaps.
SomeExpertAdvice: How to approach the Chevening Scholarship essay
If you are not truthful in your application process, you may not be able to show your passion in the interview stage or get caught by the Interviewer as they are highly experienced people.
First Person Accounts: Krishan Insan on the Chevening Scholarship, QMUL LL.M.
The Chevening Scholarship provides you with a platform to connect with the global community of more than 50,000 scholars around the globe in diversified domains.
First Person Accounts: Bikram Chaudhuri on the Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LL.M., QMUL
For me, the fact that a candidate has an LLM degree is not automatically impressive. What matters is whether the degree and the experience have added any real value to him/her.
First Person Accounts: Umika Sharma on the PhD at National University of Singapore NUS (Part II)
Just make sure that your topic is of interest to you. Not something that’s popular or which others think should be researched on.
The #LLM Admission Interviews: Prof. Douglas Brodie, Strathclyde University
our Law School is not “ancient” nor would we want to be. We’ve been educating lawyers for 50 years and our teaching is informed by current research.
First Person Accounts: Umika Sharma on the LL.M. from QMUL, PhD at National University of Singapore (Part I)
Here at NUS, the research community is vibrant and very active and invites all the doctoral students to research workshops where doctoral candidates as well as faculty present their research and seek comments.