Course description
International Commercial and Technology Law - LLM
With game-changing transformation gaining pace across the global economy, the law is reinventing itself to keep up with the digital era.
Along with momentous change comes great opportunity, but also significant and unprecedented risk associated with emerging technologies, including AI, FinTech, crypto economy, Web3 and big data.
This flexible online course will give talented and ambitious professionals like you the specialised knowledge and applied skills needed to step up and navigate the legal intricacies of tomorrow’s commercial landscape.
Suitability - Who should attend?
If you’re a lawyer, or working in a legal environment like contracts or compliance, you’ll be aware of just how significantly advances in technology and the influx of digital systems are changing the way we work. If your role in trade and services has any kind of legal and regulatory focus, you’ll face unprecedented challenges that require new ways of thinking. If you’re a civil servant, researcher or academic, you’ll see how the digital transformation is reframing tech and commerce across the world.
Whatever your role, at a time when technology is defining progress, inquisitive, ambitious and determined individuals like you will shape the future. This prestigious LLM will give you up-to-the-minute specialist knowledge and applied skills to lead with confidence in a changing world.
If you’re a busy professional, keen to excel in your career, this online course gives you the flexibility to take the next steps while you continue to work, the know-how to think differently as you face new challenges, and the international connections to build a sophisticated understanding of the global context.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Qualification: Master of Laws (LLM)
How it will benefit your career:
- As the commerce world goes digital, specialised skills will become indispensable, putting you in prime position for promotion or a higher-level role elsewhere.
- Teaching informed by the latest research will guarantee up-to-the-minute knowledge, and encourage leading-edge thinking and debate.
- Sharpened problem-solving skills and fine-tuned critical thinking will prepare you to address new challenges and shape new approaches.
- The relevance and breadth of the issues covered will help you understand the big picture, enabling you to transfer your skills and adapt to an inevitably changing landscape.
- Build relationships with academics and professionals across the world to create a global network that opens up exciting new opportunities.
Training Course Content
1. Corporations, Technology and Law (30 credits)
2. Online Privacy, Defamation and Data Protection Law (30 credits)
3. Financial Law and FinTech (30 credits)
4. Intellectual Property Law in the Digital Ecosystem (30 credits)
5. Project (60 credits)
Course delivery details
Wherever you are in the world, you can benefit from internationally-renowned teaching at The University of Manchester – the 27th best university in the world according to the latest QS World University Rankings – without going anywhere.
This course is designed for busy working professionals, so it’s 100% online and completely flexible. There’s no campus-based learning, so you can stay where you are. There’s no need to pause your career or interrupt your family or social life while you complete the course. You can study wherever and whenever works best for you.
The highly interactive content is built around our academics’ current research and combines live and interactive lectures with recorded material, balancing independent learning with online collaboration, discussion and group work.
Why choose The University of Manchester
Leading International University, ranked 6th in the UK and 27th globally
Applied & practice-based learning, taking new skills into the workplace immediately
Meet with global experts & build your professional network
Expenses
The September 2023 academic year tuition fee is £19,000 (UK/EU/International).
You can save up to 15% on your tuition fees. Please see our fees and funding section below for more details.
We offerpayment by instalments, so you can spread the cost of studying with us.