LLM International Commercial Dispute Resolution (Part Time)

This course will give you a strong theoretical and practical foundation in private international commercial dispute resolution, including traditional national court litigation and international arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). You will also gain a good foundation in some of the public law aspects of international dispute resolution such as Investment arbitration under the Washington Convention.

By becoming an expert in this challenging and complex specialist area of law, you will gain a clear understanding of why a predictable and clear legal framework for cross-border dispute resolution is essential to encourage efficient and effective cross-border trade, both between individual corporate bodies, and individuals and states.

You will learn to think from an international, rather than national, legal perspective, and gain comparative knowledge of various approaches to international commercial dispute resolution, as well as developing your research and analytical skills.

Most international law firms have a department dedicated to international dispute resolution and are constantly looking for talented dispute resolution lawyers. By studying this course, you will increase your chances of working with such firms, and in such an exciting area of work. It also increases your opportunities to work in in-house legal departments, and government legal teams that focus on international trade/business. 

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This course is ideal if you have an analytical mind and a curiosity about how law can assist and facilitate the resolution of international disputes and thus world trade.

International trade/business has increased significantly over the last few decades, and with this increase there has been a corresponding increase in commercial cross-border disputes.  Studying the management and resolution of international or cross border commercial disputes (which is very different from the resolution of purely domestic disputes) is essential if you intend to enter a career in cross border dispute resolution or international trade and commerce, or indeed in a trade-related government department.

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Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the courses listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the regular review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. Changes may for example consist of variations to the content and method of delivery of programmes, courses and other services, to discontinue programmes, courses and other services and to merge or combine programmes or courses. The University will endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum, and will inform students.

Entry Requirements

Degree classification

Good 2.2 pass or international equivalent

Degree subject

Law or cognate degree

Additional entry requirements

Applicants should normally have a good undergraduate degree in Law, or, exceptionally, in a related subject from a recognised higher education institution in the UK or overseas.

The Law School will also take into account the employment experience of applicants where relevant and encourages applications from those wishing to return to academic study to further their knowledge, or those planning to study for a degree while remaining in full-time employment.

It is normal for undergraduate students to apply for entry to postgraduate programmes in their final year of study. Applicants who have not yet been awarded a degree may be offered a place conditional on their attaining a particular class of degree.

Students for whom english is a foreign language

We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:

IELTS: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in only two components with 6.0 in the others)
PTE (Pearson): 64 (minimum 59 in only two components with 64 in the others)

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

Other tests, including Cambridge English exams and the Trinity Integrated Skills in English are also accepted by the university. The full list of accepted tests can be found here: Accepted English Language Tests

INTO University of East Anglia

If you do not meet the academic requirements for this course, you may be able to study one of the International Graduate Diploma programmes offered by our partner INTO UEA. These programmes guarantee progression to selected masters degrees if students achieve the appropriate grade. For more details please click here:

International Graduate Diploma in International Development

INTO UEA also run pre-sessional courses which can be taken prior to the start of your course. For further information and to see if you qualify please contact intopre-sessional@uea.ac.uk