Study options
- Starting in
- September 2025
- Location
- Paris
- Fees
- Home/Overseas: €23,750
What you'll study
You will be offered an extensive choice of modules in commercial law, which can lead to specialist LLMs in the following areas:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Comparative and International Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Business and Commercial Law
- Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law
If you opt to take a specialism, you’ll have 60 credits of 'free-choice' modules, which can be from any legal field outside your specialism.
Courses are taught in English by Queen Mary faculty, in collaboration with distinguished guest lecturers. The programme and our student community are supported by alumni and several local partnerships.
For many students, improving their legal English is a vital part of undertaking an LLM. We therefore run an in-sessional academic and legal English language support programme alongside our LLM course. It is an opportunity to focus on your academic writing, research methodology, and critical and analytical skills.
We also offer Introduction to Common Law classes at the start of each semester, which provide valuable insights, particularly if you come from a civil law jurisdiction.
Find out more about studying your LLM in Paris.
Additional costs
Depending on your module choices, you may incur some additional costs to cover course textbooks, a Navigo travelcard (the Parisian equivalent of London’s Oyster card) and social activities.
It may be necessary to include English translations of documents with your application.
Structure
The Paris LLM programme starts in January and September each year, with exam periods in January and July each year.
You will take 180 credits in total. 30-credits of this can be an optional dissertation of 10,000 words.
Modules
Assessment
- The Paris LLM is taught and assessed entirely in English.
- Taught modules are usually assessed by unseen written examinations, coursework essay, in-class presentations, or Final Assessment Exercises.
- You also have the option to undertake a dissertation.
FAQs
Dissertation
All Paris LLM students have the option to complete a 30-credit dissertation in English of 10,000 words. You’ll have a personal dissertation supervisor.
Recent titles include:
- ‘Copyright cumulation in three-dimensional objects: the former 50 plus test, rationales, and economic context’
- 'The Development of the Implied Terms of Merchantable and Satisfactory Quality'
- ‘A Question of Neutrality: Transparency and the Effects of Algorithmic Decision Making on the Legal Sector'
Teaching
You’ll study in a diverse, high-calibre classroom environment and benefit from the international outlook and experiences of your lecturers and peers.
You’ll be taught through a variety of methods, including traditional and interactive lectures, small group teaching, tutorials and online learning.
This innovative LLM is taught in intensive module blocks, allowing you to incorporate other elements – such as an internship – into your time on the course. You’ll generally be taught in intensive daytime, evening or occasional Saturday classes.
Should you undertake an internship alongside your studies, you’ll also learn through direct experience. This will introduce you to the expectations of the working environment, where you will apply your legal skills.
Find out more about teaching and learning in Paris.
If you are working full-time, we strongly advise you to take the part-time LLM. It is not advisable to both work and study full-time.
—I feel really fortunate to have had the opportunity to benefit from such a high-quality education from one of the top Common Law universities. Students will find a true international environment and shall benefit from the teachings of outstanding practitioners and academic experts coming from all continents. For law students who are about to enter the labour market or counsels who are willing to give an international dimension to their career, I can personally attest that the Paris LLM is a true asset.
Alexandre Salami, In-house Counsel, IBM France. Read more testimonials from the Paris LLM programme.
Where you'll learn
Facilities
- Access to University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP) facilities
- Access to Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) Library databases, including research skills training induction in Paris
- A full range of online resources, including LexisNexis, Westlaw and a wide range of online journals
- Access to a wealth of Parisian libraries and university libraries, notably CUJAS.
Campus
This degree is taught at the University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP), in premises shared with the British Council in central Paris, a short walk from the Champs-Elysées and close to the political and educational centres of French life. You’ll study in a picturesque environment, with views of the Esplanade des Invalides and the Eiffel Tower. Find out more about studying in Paris with us.
We strongly encourage you to take advantage of the student environment in Paris and take up opportunities to attend seminars and networking events in Paris.
About the School
The School of Law
The School of Law is part of Queen Mary University of London, a member of both the University of London and the Russell Group. The School was ranked 7th in the UK and 32nd in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023, and 10th in the UK and 50th in world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 by subject.
The School of Law has consistently been ranked in the top 10 law schools in the UK for the quality of our research and teaching, and many of our internationally recognised staff act as advisers to governments, industry and NGOs, both nationally and internationally.
The School's central focus is on the role of law and its institutions in contemporary international society. The School of Law is divided into two organisational units: the Department of Law and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). The School of Law hosts the largest and most diverse LLM programme in the UK.
Career paths
Over the past 40 years, CCLS has contributed to the postgraduate education of over 10,000 lawyers, launching them into successful careers in law firms, international and governmental organisations and academia.
If you choose to secure an internship, you’ll also be fully supported by our Professional Development team, who also help to produce the necessary paperwork.
Through our networks, alumni and events in Paris, we facilitate your integration into the wider legal community in Paris, so you can meet prospective employers.
Graduates of the LLM have started, returned to, or progressed their careers in:
- firms such as LPA-CGR Avocats, Paris
- acting as in-house counsel in companies such as HSBC and Sanofi
- acting as consultants to the European Commission and OECD.
- 96% of our graduates are in full time employment/further study 15 months after graduation - Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020/21
—The LLM programme in Paris has helped me in numerous ways to get the best of both worlds of civil and common laws. The tools I learned during the course are extremely useful for my current work in a multinational oil and gas company.
Mauricio Rodrigues Coura, Alumnus , Senior Legal Counsel, TechnipFMC. LLM International Business Law (2015-2017), Paris. Read more testimonials from the Paris LLM programme.
Fees and funding
Full-time study
September 2025 | 1 year
- Home/Overseas: €23,750
Full-time study
January 2026 | 1 year
- Home/Overseas: €23,750
Part-time study
January 2026 | 2 years
- Home/Overseas: €11,900
Part-time study
September 2025 | 2 years
- Home/Overseas: €11,900
Queen Mary alumni can get a £1000, 10% or 20% discount on their fees depending on the programme of study. Find out more about the Alumni Loyalty Award
Funding
Please note, this programme is ineligible for UK Postgraduate Loans.
School of Law scholarships
The School of Law offers a range of scholarships for Law Masters programmes each year. Full details are made available on the law funding page from October – November each year.
Other sources of funding
Our Advice and Counselling service offers specialist support on financial issues, which you can access as soon as you apply for a place at Queen Mary. Before you apply, you can access our funding guides and advice on managing your money:
Entry requirements
UK
Degree requirements
A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in Law or a degree with substantial law content.
Law graduates with a 2:2 honours degree who also have other legal qualifications and/or substantial professional legal experience may also qualify.
Other routes
Non-law graduates with a minimum second class honours degree, that have also obtained a Merit (or 60 per cent) in the Common Professional Examination (CPE) or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) recognised by the UK professional bodies, may also qualify. Non-law graduates may also be considered on the basis of exceptional professional experience (of at least five years) in a legal area or an area directly related to their programme of study.
Additional information
Important note: To join the programme, applicants must allow enough time to meet both the academic and English language (if applicable) entry requirements before the start of your studies, and allow enough time to organise a visa (if applicable). Applications are considered on a rolling basis and we aim to respond within two to four weeks.
Find out more about how to apply for our postgraduate taught courses.
International
English language requirements
All postgraduate programmes in this school have non-standard English language requirements.
For the English language requirements for this course, see programmes with non-standard English language requirements .