Intellectual Property Law with Placement LLM

Brunel University of London

This course is designed for graduates wishing to gain specialist knowledge in the fast-growing discipline of intellectual property law.Our programme, one of the most comprehensive of its kind in the UK, will give you a solid grounding in the fundamentals of intellectual property and the opportunity to develop specialised skills through our wide range of elective modules covering both policy and practical technology-related issues.Students need to have a 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree, or equivalent internationally recognised qualification, in Law or related discipline including: Management, Business Administration, Economics and Finance, International Relations, Political Sciences, Criminology/Criminal Justice. Applicants with other qualifications or with relevant work-related experience, will be considered on an individual basis.As the use of the Internet and other cross-border communications and commercial technologies expands at pace, employers are on the look-out for candidates with the skills and know-how to keep up with complex and evolving legislation at an international level. Your Intellectual Property LLM will do just that and make you a preferred prospect by law firms and businesses.You will leave Brunel with a firm grounding in Intellectual Property law and with solid legal knowledge allowing you to be flexible in your future choices. While you’ll have the foundation to pursue an academic career, you will also be well equipped to get into the specialist area of intellectually property as a practitioner or adviser at national or international levels.Our students in recent years went on to pursue careers in range of high-profile organisations such as White and Case LLP, Trade Mark Wizards, European Parliament, ECDC- Ocean Accelerator Inc. and Patent and Trademark Clinic (PTC).

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