How is the LLM in Media and Communications Law delivered?

The LLM in Media and Communications Law is delivered on-campus in central London, live online and by structured distance learning. All three modes share the same senior-seminar and moot timetable.

Is the LLM in Media and Communications Law recognised in the UK?

The LLM in Media and Communications Law is a UK Level 7 Master's degree aligned with BSB, SRA, CILEX and IBA media-law themes. It is a strong foundation for senior media-law practice but qualification as a solicitor or barrister requires separate SRA and BSB-regulated steps.

What are the entry requirements for the LLM in Media and Communications Law?

A UK Bachelor's at 2:2 or above, IELTS 6.5 for non-native speakers, references and a 500-word research proposal. Applicants with 5+ years of senior media or regulator experience without a Bachelor's are considered on portfolio for the LLM in Media and Communications Law.

What does the LLM in Media and Communications Law cost and is funding available?

Fees for the LLM in Media and Communications Law are published on the LSLPE fees page and admissions offers staged payment plans and international scholarships. Contact admissions for a costed offer.

LLM in Media & Communications Law | LSLPE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The LLM in Media and Communications Law at LSLPE is a UK Level 7 Master's degree running one year full-time or two years part-time across on-campus, online and distance routes. The programme takes the fast-moving field of media, telecoms and platform regulation seriously as a distinct branch of UK law, and covers defamation, privacy, data protection under the UK GDPR, contempt of court, broadcasting regulation, Ofcom practice, and the emerging Online Safety Act regime.

By graduation you will have produced LLM-standard case notes on the leading media cases, drafted a regulatory reform proposal, prepared a defamation-and-privacy litigation strategy, and completed a dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project of around 15,000 words for a media firm, regulator or reform body.

Key Features

UK Level 7 LLM with dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project.
Reading list aligned with Bar Standards Board (BSB), Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), CILEX and International Bar Association (IBA) media-law themes.
Senior seminars set in a case-room tradition led by tutors from media chambers, City firms and reform bodies.
Optional strands in defamation, privacy and data protection, platform regulation, and broadcasting.
Live-client sponsor projects with regulators, media firms and the reform community.
Dissertation supervision by tutors with practising media-law backgrounds.

What You Will Learn

Read and apply the Defamation Act 2013, the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Analyse Article 8 and Article 10 ECHR jurisprudence.
Interpret Ofcom broadcasting-code decisions.
Read the Online Safety Act 2023 and platform-regulation cases.
Draft defamation, privacy and data-protection litigation strategies.
Prepare an LLM-standard dissertation on a media-law question.
Run a moot on a live media-law question.
Present findings at senior-seminar standard.

Who This Course Is For

Working solicitors and barristers in media, telecoms and IP-adjacent practice.
In-house counsel at broadcasters, newspapers and technology platforms.
Regulator staff at Ofcom, ICO and adjacent bodies.
Journalists and communications staff moving into legal-advisory roles.
International applicants preparing for cross-border media-law practice.

Career Pathways

In-house Counsel
Compliance Officer
Solicitor (subject to separate SRA qualification)
Barrister (subject to separate BSB qualification)
Legal Adviser
Legal Researcher
Corporate Counsel
Legal Analyst

The LSLPE careers service links LLM in Media and Communications Law students with media chambers, City media-law departments, regulator recruitment and the reform-body community.

Entry Requirements

A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in law or a media-adjacent 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 media, broadcasting or regulator work are considered on portfolio.
One academic and one professional reference.
A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement.

Why Study at LSLPE

LSLPE reads media law inside a school where the political, economic and free-expression dimensions of media regulation are taught alongside doctrine. The LLM sits in small senior-seminar cohorts led by staff drawn from media chambers, City firms and regulator practice.

Central London puts the Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court, Ofcom, ICO and the leading media chambers within a short tube ride of every seminar. Three parallel study modes let senior practitioners complete the LLM without leaving employment. The programme is a strong foundation for senior media-law practice but qualifying as a solicitor or barrister requires separate SRA and BSB-regulated steps. The careers service refreshes curriculum alignment annually against BSB and SRA guidance.

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