MSc Socio-Legal Studies

You will study two core units in the Law School and three core units in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies. 

You will take optional units, chosen from across most of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, as well as units designed especially for this MSc offered by the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, and units in the Law School, which are taken alongside LLM students. 

Methods of assessment will depend on the optional subjects chosen, but could include essays, presentations, or written examinations. 

Your dissertation will build on the optional units you have chosen and develop the approaches taken in the core units. 

Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for our MSc in Socio-Legal Studies. 

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in Law.

OR an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent non-law degree in a related field, such as Sociology, Social Policy, Social Welfare, Public Administration, Social Administration, Demography/Population Studies, Geography, Economics, Political Science, History and Philosophy.

We will also consider your application if your subject is not listed above, if you have at least one of the following:

• evidence of significant academic or professional experience (at least 12 months, paid) in fields including, but not limited to: government departments, NGOs, think tanks.
• a relevant postgraduate qualification.

If this is the case, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications.

If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.

We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.