LLM Child Law
This LLM is for graduates who want to develop specialist knowledge of child law and the legal issues affecting children and families. It covers parental responsibility, child arrangements, domestic abuse in children’s proceedings, advocacy and legal research. The course may suit those interested in legal practice or related work involving children, families and support services.
About this course
This LLM explores child law through practical, legal and policy-focused perspectives. It considers how decisions affecting children and families are made, including questions of parenthood, parental responsibility, child arrangements and the removal of a child from the jurisdiction.
You will examine the treatment of domestic abuse within children’s proceedings, the enforcement of child arrangements, and the role of contract and advocacy in child law matters. The course also places child law within wider economic and political contexts, helping you consider how law, public policy and social issues shape outcomes for children and families.
Alongside specialist child law study, you will develop legal research skills, build knowledge of the English legal system and consider the use of legal technology. A dissertation enables you to undertake sustained research on a child law topic of your choice. Study is available full-time, part-time or online.
What you will study
Topics include child law in practice; parental responsibility; the concept of parenthood; removal from the jurisdiction; domestic abuse and children’s proceedings; enforcement of child arrangements; and contract and advocacy in children’s proceedings.
You will also study child law in the context of economics and politics, legal technology, research methods and key principles of the English legal system. The course concludes with dissertation research in Child Law.
Core modules include Child Law, Research Methods Training, Key Principles of the English Legal System and a Dissertation in Child Law.
Modules
Terms 1 & 2 (full-time) or 1-4 (part-time)
- Child Law (core)
- Research Methods Training (core)
- Key Principles of the English Legal System
Term 3 (full-time) or 5 & 6 (part-time)
- Dissertation in Child Law (core)
Assessment
Assessment includes a three-hour unseen written examination, a 4,500-word coursework assignment and a 15,000-word thesis.
Entry requirements
A minimum second-class honours degree is required.
Careers
This course may support progression into areas such as social work, child custody mediation and charity advice work.
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