When you join our thriving community of postgraduate research students, you'll become part of a supportive and friendly environment where we are dedicated to understanding some of society's most challenging issues. An LLM by Research gives you the chance to pursue a research project based around your own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to doctoral study or boost your career prospects. This is a more flexible route to gaining a master's qualification and is ideal if you are employed full-time or if regular attendance in class would be difficult. You can study the LLM by Research over a year full-time or two years part-time. We have a wide range of expertise, and we invite applications in the following areas: Common, Contract and Commercial Law - particularly Comparative Law of Obligations, Securities, Company Law, IP Law and use of IP assets in securing funding for small and medium sized businesses, E-contract Law, Company Law, Equity Law, Law and Technology, and World Trade Law, Maritime Law - in particular Transport Law, Environmental Protection, Ship Building, Collisions, Law of the Sea, Marine Insurance, Salvage and Enforcement of Maritime Claims, Oil and Gas Law – especially Investment Treaties, Liability Regimes and Investment Arbitration, Public Law across domestic, regional and international levels including: Administrative Law, Medical Law, Children's Rights, Constitutional Law, Devolution, Economic Law, Environmental Law (including Land-use Planning and Nature Conservation), European Union Law, Gender and the Law, Human Rights Law, Investment Law, Minority Language Rights, Multilevel Governance, Socio-economic Law, and Public Procurement Law and Criminal Law and the Law relating to Terrorism, Cyber Terrorism and Counter Terrorism.