International Business and Law, LL.M.

Studying on the LLM at CCCU will provide you with an opportunity to gain deeper knowledge of specialist areas in international business and law. We aim to equip you with a core set of skills that will allow you to rationalise complex problems, produce effective solutions, discuss and present work that is relevant, well-reasoned, well researched and compelling. We aim to give you a critical, open mind about the law while at the same time providing insight into the practical aspects of the legal profession. We marry traditional scholarly attributes with more practice led skills so that at the end of the course you are equipped to work in multiple sectors.

Enjoy your time at Christ Church! We are here to help you achieve your personal best.

Looking forward to work with you!

 

The LLM in International Business and Law is designed to enable you to develop critical analytical skills through considering the long-term impact of legislation and regulation on the business environment. Therefore, the modules on this course will introduce you to the relationship between the business environment and the legislative and regulatory mechanisms. The modules also help you consider the practical implementation of these in terms of their wider environmental impact.

We have created a very innovative course of study for you that blends online learning with face-to-face interactions. The course also draws on a diversity of assessments that are geared towards supporting you evidence the skill employers find most desirable, namely: effective oral and written communication skills, problem solving, time-management, prioritisation of tasks, working as part of a team, independence, creativity and commercial awareness.

You will undertake 6 compulsory or “core” modules over the period of 12 months and choose one extra optional module. Each of these modules offer new and exciting areas of learning and will help ground you for a broad range of careers in international business and law. We are helpful and supportive of you during the learning process. We have a student focussed policy whereby we encourage you to chat with us about your goals, work, challenges and strengths freely. We will support you in these areas in the best way we can.

if you would like to start thinking about your work on this programme in advance of starting, we are available for a one on one teams meetings over the summer to chat about the programme and useful preparatory reading. It is not a pre requisite for this course, but if you feel a preparatory chat will support your learning, drop the course team an email and they will set this up.

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 15 September 2025 and you will formally be introduced to different aspects of the course them.

 

Community

On the social side, the Student Union (CCSU) has a huge range of clubs and societies – all of which have unique social calendars of their own and offer endless opportunities to make lifelong friends and discover new hobbies. And you can always create your own society and cultivate your own community!

CCSU will be hosting their Welcome Fayre on Wednesday 17th September 2025. Make sure you keep checking the CCSU website for further details and how to get involved.

We understand that you may be nervous about your first few weeks on campus but rest assured - you'll be joining a nurturing and supportive environment where diversity, equality and individuality are part of everything we do.

You can find out more about our welcoming community and making friends.

If you are an International Student joining us then please see our International Student Support pages for further information and guidance.

 

Public International Law

• Malcolm Evans, International law (OUP 2024)
• Jan Klabbers International law (CUP 2023)

International Investment Law

• Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment (CUP, 2021)
• C. Mclachlan, L. Shore and M. Weiniger, International Investment Arbitration: Substantive Principles (CUP, 2017)

Advanced legal research methods/Dissertation:

• L Lammasiemi ' Writing law dissertations' ( Routledge 2022)
• L Webley Legal Writing (Routledge 2024)
• D Silverman, 'Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook' (Sage Publications 2021)
• Booth, A., Sutton, A. and Papaioannou d. (2016)
• Systematic approaches to a successful literature review, Cryer R, Hervey T and Sohki- Bulley B, Research Methodologies in EU and International Law (Hart Publishing 2011)

AI governance law and policy:

• L DiMatteo, C Poncibò & M Cannars (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence: Global Perspectives on Law and Ethics (2023, Cambridge University Press)
• M Hervey and M Lavy, The Law of Artificial Intelligence (2024, Sweet & Maxwell)