Energy Law with Professional Skills

Energy Law with Professional Skills, _LLM

Introduction

Study this specialised programme in Aberdeen – Europe’s largest energy hub and at a Top 10 UK Law School (Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023). Designed with inbuilt professional qualifications, you’ll develop a set of highly in-demand skills and the expertise to gain a true competitive advantage in the industry.

Study Information

Study Options

Learning Mode: On Campus Learning
Degree Qualification: LLM
Duration: 12 months or 24 months
Study Mode: Full Time or Part Time
Start Month: September or January

The LLM Energy Law with Professional Skills offers a practical, highly regarded qualification that includes hands-on learning and job-focused training in lieu of a dissertation. You’ll gain the knowledge and skills required to play a key role in the coming decades as the world seeks to meet growing energy demand and the consequent need for unprecedented levels of investment. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of Energy Law and policy, as well as knowledge of corporate governance and responsibility.

You’ll also benefit from structured course content designed to support the development of broader personal and professional competencies. Opportunities to develop concrete, industry-sought skills are incorporated into the degree course and acquired alongside and during the study of Energy Law. For example, intensive case-study based exercises in the fields of project finance and project management add relevance and prominence to your CV, whilst the ability to demonstrate a range of professional skills will further enhance your employability prospects. Upon completion of the Professional Skills course, graduates demonstrate understanding of a range of professional communication issues, including; intercultural and interdisciplinary communication, leadership and hierarchy and gendered discourse. Our graduates are well-placed to operate in a complex, globalised working environment and are able to progress quickly to leadership roles.

The programme's hallmarks include strategically using professionals as adjunct faculty, as well as on-the-ground industry contacts. The classes and workshops in the Professional Skills course are practice-oriented and built around actual projects. In the past years, such projects included offshore wind developments in the North Sea.

Qualification: LLM
Duration: 12 months or 24 months
Learning Mode: On Campus
Study Mode: Full Time or Part Time
Start Month: January

Semester 1

Compulsory Courses

Critical Legal Thinking and Scholarship (LS551T)

This course provides students from diverse legal and educational backgrounds with a common understanding of the core research, analytical, and writing skills which will be required for LLM-Taught courses. It begins with a series of lectures and progresses to working in a workshop environment and finally to the submission of an individual assignment. It also incorporates a library workshop to provide students with hands-on experience with the resources available for course and dissertation work.

Fee category	Cost
EU / International students	£27,000
Tuition Fees for 2023/24 Academic Year	£27,000
Home / RUK	£13,184
Tuition Fees for 2023/24 Academic Year	£13,184