To apply you’ll need to:
Have further questions? How to apply | Entry requirements
*These fees are for the 2024-25 academic year and are provided as a guideline. Fees for 2025-26 have not yet been set.
Do you want to be one of the UK’s first Law and Climate Justice LLB graduates?
Being the first of it’s kind, you will study the core law modules to get your qualifying law degree but with a specialism in climate justice.
Expect to explore legal rules, principles, reasoning and ideas in comparative, social, political, economic, historical, philosophical, and practical contexts while being encouraged to apply this in the context of struggles and debates on climate justice.
By reflecting on the core law modules with a climate justice perspective, you will be armed with the tools to interpret legal scholarship through the lens of environmental and climate concerns.
In your final year, you’ll work closely with a NGO or civil society organisation to design and conduct a 'Climate Justice Research Project’ with the aim to produce a research report of publishable standard.
If you’re seeking a career in environmental and climate law and policy, looking to work for environmentally focused civil society organisations or you view law as an important site of social and environmental change, this could open the doors you’re looking for.
Students who gain a place on the Law and Climate Justice LLB will study three years at Queen Mary with compulsory modules and elective modules available to enable students to cover a wide variety of subjects to reflect their interests and aspirations.
In year one, there are three 30-credit compulsory modules:
and two 15 credit compulsory modules:
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
In the second year there are two 30-credit compulsory modules:
and three 15 credit compulsary modules:
In addition, students select 15 credits of elective modules from wider areas of interest.
In the final year, there are two 30-credit compulsory modules:
In addition students select 30-credits of elective modules.
This cutting-edge programme offers students a unique chance to specialise in a crucial area. Alongside core law subjects, students will be able to explore topics of climate and environmental justice from multiple perspectives, allowing them to critically reflect on law’s importance to both understanding and addressing the pressing challenges of climate change and ecological collapse.
Law and Climate Justice students will be taught through a combination of lectures or seminars and tutorials. For each module there is usually a two-hour lecture or seminar supplemented by a one-hour weekly or fortnightly small group tutorial.
For every hour spent in class, students are expected to complete a further two to three hours of independent study. This time is spent reading cases, legislation and academic texts as well as working in informal study groups with peers. In the final year, independent study will involve co-learning with an external partner organisation.
Each individual modules’ assessment is varied and may include one or more of written exams, oral presentations, midterm essays and coursework.
In the final year of all our law programmes, students have the option to research and write a dissertation on a legal topic in place of a taught module.
The School of Law offers excellent on-campus resources to aid your studies, including:
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications. Please visit International Admissions for full details.
If your qualifications are not accepted for direct entry onto this degree, consider applying for a foundation programme.
Find out more about our English language entry requirements, including the types of test we accept and the scores needed for entry to the programme.
You may also be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree.
See our general undergraduate entry requirements.
UK students accepted onto this course are eligible to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans from Student Finance England or other government bodies.
Queen Mary offers a generous package of scholarships and bursaries, which currently benefits around 50 per cent of our undergraduates.
Scholarships are available for home, EU and international students. Specific funding is also available for students from the local area. International students may be eligible for a fee reduction. We offer means-tested funding, as well as subject-specific funding for many degrees.
Find out what scholarships and bursaries are available to you.
We offer specialist support on all financial and welfare issues through our Advice and Counselling Service, which you can access as soon as you have applied for a place at Queen Mary.
Take a look at our Student Advice Guides which cover ways to finance your degree, including:
A degree from the School of Law opens up an enormous pool of roles for our graduates. Many apply their degree knowledge directly, entering legal roles such as barrister, solicitor, paralegal and legal adviser. Others use the broad range of skills gained during study in other sectors, such as public administration and business.
Recent graduates from the School of Law have been hired by:
During your time at the School of Law you will have access to a bespoke careers programme, including:
Learn more about career support and development at Queen Mary.
The Discover Uni dataset (formerly Unistats)
Law is taught to the highest of standards at Queen Mary. The School of Law was ranked 7th in the UK and 32nd in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023, and 10th in the UK and 50th in world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 by subject.
Located on the doorstep of London’s legal district, we have links with major law firms and frequently host visiting lecturers at the forefront of legal practice in the City. Our academics are some of the UK’s top legal minds, including a number of QCs, who advise high-profile international organisations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the British Parliament and foreign governments.
The School is home to the Legal Advice Centre (LAC), through which students work alongside solicitors to offer free legal advice to the local community.
We have a lively and engaged student body, who run several law-based societies.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 3924
Contact us