In the current uncertain financial climate, advanced knowledge of the laws of commerce, competition and consumer contracting is invaluable. This programme will enable you to acquire specialist commercial knowledge before starting your legal career or will allow practising professionals to enhance their commercial familiarity – we particularly welcome legal practitioners, those in business, and people in the private and public sectors who encounter various aspects of commercial law.

Lawyers with masters expertise in European and International Law are increasingly in demand. This programme is designed for recent graduates who want to acquire specialist knowledge before starting their careers and for practising solicitors wishing to complement their work with further study.

This LLM programme examines European, commercial, transnational, comparative and international legal concepts and issues. Subjects included in the degree focus on areas of law that do not simply stop at national frontiers.

This new and distinctive programme allows you to examine the details of a realistic international business to business sale between a UK based legal firm and an international partner.

 The globalisation of medicine and the ever increasing involvement of European institutions in healthcare policies call for a new approach to medical practices within individual European countries. This new programme brings together a range of relevant national and supranational legal specialisms, public health awareness and modern technological knowledge, along with more traditional medical law principles. Students will gain a contemporary understanding of healthcare law in its European contexts.

The LLM in Biotechnology Law and Ethics is a unique course in the UK, based in the law school but drawing on research at the forefront of the biosciences conducted in centres of excellence at the University of Sheffield in stem cell biology, biomaterials and tissue engineering, synthetic biology, computational systems biology and nanotechnology. The focus is on emerging legal and ethical issues in the discovery chain from the lab to the clinic

MAIC provides an in-depth analysis of key issues in both criminology and criminal justice, using a comparative and international perspective. It examines where crime happens in the world, why it's happening and the various responses.

A 2-year qualifying degree that enables you to convert your original discipline to law, while gaining a fully recognised Masters postgraduate degree.

This exciting joint programme offers you the opportunity to undertake a flexible programme of study, and participate in seminars and other activities held by experts from both departments.

A new 2-year collaborative dual award programme between Department of Politics and School of Law at Sheffield and Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. The programme is both a rewarding and stimulating postgraduate experience that will provide you with a breadth of knowledge and life experience.

Are you looking for a Masters course that explores the interface between politics and law? This is an exciting new programme taught jointly by Sheffield Law School and the Department of Politics, and will be of interest if you're a graduate in politics, law, social sciences or humanities.

The Graduate Diploma in Law is a one year full-time postgraduate programme that allows you to "convert" to law if you wish to enter the legal profession in England and Wales.

The Legal Practice Course at The University of Sheffield will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to practice. Highly regarded by the profession and consistently recognised for the quality of its teaching, the course is part of a top ranking university within a vibrant city, and yet is small enough to remain personal.