How long does the LLM in Contract Law take?

The LLM in Contract Law runs one year full-time or two years part-time. Online and distance modes of the LLM in Contract Law follow the same weekly seminar and drafting-workshop timetable.

How is the LLM in Contract Law delivered?

You can study the LLM in Contract Law on-campus in central London, fully online or by structured distance learning. All modes of the LLM in Contract Law share the same seminar structure and dissertation supervision.

Is the LLM in Contract Law recognised in the UK?

Yes. The LLM in Contract Law is a UK Level 7 award aligned with SRA, BSB and CIArb technical expectations, and is recognised across City firms, chambers and in-house legal recruitment.

What are the entry requirements for the LLM in Contract Law?

You need a UK Bachelor's degree at 2:2 or above (or international equivalent) for the LLM in Contract Law. Portfolio applicants with five or more years of senior commercial-law experience are considered for the LLM in Contract Law on portfolio review.

What are the fees and funding options for the LLM in Contract Law?

Fees vary by residency and study mode. LSLPE publishes a full fee sheet at application and offers structured instalment plans and early-application discounts for the LLM in Contract Law; contact admissions for a personalised quotation.

LLM in Contract Law | LSLPE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The LLM in Contract Law at LSLPE is a one-year full-time (or two-year part-time) senior-track Master's programme delivered on-campus, online or by distance learning. The syllabus works the whole spine of English contract law and modern commercial-drafting practice, aligned with Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators technical expectations. This programme is a strong foundation for further routes through the SQE and the Bar and for high-value contract practice.

By graduation you will have drafted a full commercial agreement, negotiated schedule and warranty clauses in mock rounds, produced a breach-and-remedies note on a live file, and completed a supervised dissertation defended in oral viva.

Key Features

Case sessions on Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball, Attorney General v Blake, Rock Advertising and modern Supreme Court contract authority.
Alignment with Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), Bar Standards Board (BSB) and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) expectations.
Weekly drafting workshops on schedules, warranties, indemnities and boilerplate.
Guest sessions from City firm partners and specialist commercial-chambers barristers.
Supervised dissertation on a live contract-law file, defended in oral viva.
Three parallel study modes so serving commercial lawyers and progressor students share the cohort.

What You Will Learn

Framing offer, acceptance, consideration and intention in modern commercial context.
Applying remoteness, mitigation and expectation-loss principles.
Drafting warranties, indemnities, limitation-of-liability and boilerplate clauses.
Handling force majeure, frustration and change-in-law provisions.
Advising a client on breach exposure and settlement value.
Handling misrepresentation, mistake and unconscionability arguments.
Understanding boilerplate variations between English, Scottish and international jurisdictions.
Defending a dissertation in an oral viva in front of a mixed academic and practitioner panel.

Who This Course Is For

Solicitors and barristers moving into a commercial practice group.
Company secretaries, contract managers and commercial-legal officers.
In-house counsel strengthening their commercial-drafting toolkit.
International lawyers moving into English-law commercial work.
Portfolio-route applicants with 5+ years of senior commercial-legal experience.

Career Pathways

Contract Lawyer
In-house Counsel with a commercial remit
Corporate Counsel
Solicitor in a commercial practice (post-SQE)
Barrister in a commercial set (post-Bar route)
Compliance Officer with a contract remit
Legal Executive on commercial files
Legal Analyst at a City firm

The LSLPE careers service curates introductions across City firms, commercial chambers and in-house legal teams, and refreshes curriculum alignment annually against Bar Standards Board, Political Studies Association and Royal Economic Society guidance.

Entry Requirements

A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in law or a closely related discipline.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with 5+ years of senior professional experience in commercial law are considered on portfolio.
One academic and one professional reference.
A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement identifying your proposed dissertation area in contract law.

Why Study at LSLPE

LSLPE is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. Central London places the City's commercial firms, the Inns of Court, the Royal Courts of Justice and the London arbitration community within a short tube ride of every seminar room, which matters when the contract-law judgments you will read are handed down a few streets away.

Every intake, on-campus or remote, joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support. Seminars are run in the case-room tradition, evidence-led and argued in public, and the careers service connects students with employers across City firms, chambers and in-house teams.

Apply for LLM in Contract Law

Applications for the LLM in Contract Law are open now, with intakes calibrated to the UK academic year and rolling admissions for online and distance cohorts. Enrol on an LSLPE Master's programme and complete a supervised dissertation on a live contract-law file. Enrol Now