Teaching and assessment for International Energy Law and Policy LLM

You will learn through various teaching and learning methods, including:

• lectures
• student-led presentations
• individual and group study
• role-play exercises
• simulations
• internships.

There is also a wide range of extracurricular activities, such as:

• our visiting speaker series
• intensive master classes
• workshops
• seminars.

This helps you engage with industry, government, consultancy, law firms, or academia experts on timely and topical issues affecting global energy.

As is appropriate at the postgraduate level, your independent study will significantly influence your engagement with the course.

We use a variety of assessment styles including:

• individual essays
• practical assignments
• exams
• group exercises
• peer group assessment
• a dissertation on a topic of your own choice

Dissertations can be very diverse. These include:

• formal hypothesis-led research projects
• theory or literature-based projects
• case-study assessments and advanced professional practice evaluations

Your choice of dissertation is negotiated between you and your academic supervisor.

The 180 credits for the course comprise 140 credits from modules (7 x 20 credits) and 40 credits for the dissertation.