[Gemzaar]

I'm currently doing History and Politics at Uni, going into my 2nd year. Although this is a long way away, I have become interested in Human Rights/ Human Rights Law/ European Law, and wanted to maybe do this as a masters. I have seen on some uni websites that they usually expect a law degree before or at least a number of law modules. I don't think I have that option, their may be the option to do a european law module in 3rd year.

So was interested to know if you can do this without law degree as I have heard of people doing it before.

Thanks

[BO'H]

i know that at least some places will take you for a LLM after the GDL - which is the one year course in law for people without undergraduate law degrees who want to qualify as lawyers

personally i think that you wouldn't get the most benefit from an LLM in human rights law without some grounding in public law. are there other courses with a human rights slant that would let you pursue your interest and not require a law degree?

Edit: i.e. this sort of thing - http://www2.lse.ac.uk/humanRights/te...an_rights.aspx

[tc1991]

I was in the same place as the OP, did a history BA wanted to do an International Law LLM and have decided to do a graduate entry LLB with the Open University, and then do the LLM, mainly because I would hate to struggle with the masters simply because I don’t have a legal background, my advice would be to do an LLB/GDL first

[mariojourn]

(Original post by Gemzaar)
So was interested to know if you can do this without law degree as I have heard of people doing it before.

Yes you can. I have been accepted to a couple of LLM in UK without a law background. But you need to show some work experience or related knowledges.

personally i think that you wouldn't get the most benefit from an LLM in human rights law without some grounding in public law.

I agree.

[flying plum]

There are a few places that will let you without an LLB, Nottingham being one of them (and I think Liverpool). Head's up though, it's a toughy. Why do you want to do law specifically? I agree with B'OH, a course like LSE's, or the similar one at UCL (somewhere on ucl.ac.uk/spp) would probably be better. you get to do human rights from lot of different angles, not just legal.

[Gemzaar]

Thank you for all your advice. I think you may be right, It may be making things harder for myself by going the law route, as its the Political aspect of human rights that I am most interested in.

[sulpicia]

Yes, almost anywhere will take you with a strong enough reference and a beautiful transcript. A First would go down very well indeed.

[CUFCDan]

(Original post by Gemzaar)
Thank you for all your advice. I think you may be right, It may be making things harder for myself by going the law route, as its the Political aspect of human rights that I am most interested in.

You could equally as well go into a form of IR and human rights, focusing on the role of human rights in civil war, for example, I guess?

For example, this course:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spp/teaching/ma...a-human-rights

One of its core modules is International Law and Human Rights (15) and Normative Methods, Legal Analysis and Research Skills (15). And, judging by the optional modules e.g Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union (Laws), it can be very law-based or otherwise.

[flying plum]

Op - that's the one I was talking about.


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[Gemzaar]

(Original post by CUFCDan)
You could equally as well go into a form of IR and human rights, focusing on the role of human rights in civil war, for example, I guess?

For example, this course:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spp/teaching/ma...a-human-rights

One of its core modules is International Law and Human Rights (15) and Normative Methods, Legal Analysis and Research Skills (15). And, judging by the optional modules e.g Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union (Laws), it can be very law-based or otherwise.

yes, this looks just rights, having some law modules in there would give me a mix of skills