Master of Law - International Commercial Law and Practice

The LLM International Commercial Law and Practice examines the legal architecture of cross-border business: international sale of goods, commercial arbitration and dispute resolution, international trade finance, company law in a comparative frame, and intellectual property in global commerce. Leicester De Montfort Law School is among the UK’s larger law schools, and the LLM cohort shares research training and guest lecture programmes with its other postgraduate law streams.

The “and Practice” in the title is earned through skills content — drafting commercial agreements, negotiation exercises, moot-style advocacy on arbitration problems — rather than doctrine alone. Assessment is by coursework essays, drafting portfolios and a dissertation in a commercial law field of the student’s choosing. Entry per the source data expects a strong undergraduate record, with the CSV export listing a 70% minimum, and the English requirement is an IELTS 6.0 profile.

Leicester De Montfort Law School runs a dedicated legal practice suite — a replica courtroom and client-interview rooms — and LLM students use it for the arbitration and negotiation components rather than working purely on paper. The school’s size also means the commercial LLM shares optional modules with adjacent programmes, letting students bolt on, for instance, an intellectual property or employment law unit where timetables allow.

Be clear-eyed about the pathway: Indian law graduates cannot practise English law on the strength of an LLM, and paralegal or legal-analyst entry pay in the Midlands runs £22,000–£27,000. The degree earns its keep for careers in arbitration hubs, in-house contract teams and trade compliance, and back home an English commercial LLM still carries genuine weight. Graduate Route rights follow completion of this taught programme — 18 months for applications made on or after 1 January 2027, two years before that — with no dependant sponsorship on taught courses.