Energy Law - Taught Programme

Programme Details

PROGRAMME LENGTH
LLM 12 months full-time, 24 or 36 months part-time

Start Dates

September or Janaury

Aims

Among the multiple challenges facing the world today, the provision of sufficient energy at appropriate prices to promote and sustain growth whilst at the same time accommodating climate change concerns, must feature near the top of any list. With a role to play in terms of international agreements among states in relation to both energy security and climate change, in terms of agreements between states and the commercial energy sector, and in terms of agreements among the multiple actors within the that sector, to say nothing of the legislation and regulation that touches every aspect of the energy chain, Law is an inescapable but also indispensible aspect of this sector. This programme is designed to prepare lawyers for working in this challenging context.

Contact Information

Graduate Programmes Coordinator
School of Law

Syllabus

The following courses are available. Students must complete four courses and a dissertation. At least three courses must be taken from the list below. The fourth course can be taken from a different LLM Programme. The number in brackets indicates the semester in which the course is taught.

• Climate Change Law & Policy (1)
• Oil & Gas Law (1)
• Maritime Spatial Planning Law (1)
• Principles of Environmental Regulation (2)
• Renewable Energy Law (2)
• Downstream Energy Law (2)

Courses are offered subject to the availability of staff, sufficent enrolment and to sabbatical arrangements.

For outlines of the above modules, see the Postgraduate Catalogue of Courses

Assessment

Assessment is based on a combination of coursework submitted during the semester and a written examination at the end of the relevant semester. In addition, students must complete a course in research methods and a dissertation on a topic within the specialism. All full time students, both those who begin in January as well those who begin in September, commence work on the dissertation in March, with a final submission date of 1st September each year. Guidance on the writing of a dissertation is given.

Teaching

Teaching is organised on a modular basis. There are two twelve-week semesters, the first beginning at the end of September and finishing at the end of January (1), the second at the end of January and finishing in early June (2). Examinations are held at the end of each semester, in January and May. The dissertation is planned and written between March and September. Students can join either in September or January.

Careers

Graduates of our LLM programmes have gone on to work in academia, legal practice, and in governmental and non-governmental agencies. Many of graduates of the Oil & Gas Law and Energy Law programmes also go on to successful careers in the energy industry both in the UK and abroad.

Requirements

Normally a 2(1) honours degree in Law (or another related discipline) or equivalent.

Fees

Full details of tuition fees is available here

Funding

For details of funding opportunities please visit http://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/graduate/funding

No Boundaries. Just Possibilities.

Thanks to additional funding from the Scottish government this programme has funded places for Scottish and EU Students. More Information.