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LLM (Marine and Maritime Law)

University College Cork


Level Postgrad Diploma / Masters (level 9)
Duration 1 year (full-time), 2 years (part-time)
Faculty Focus Law and Governance
Course Director Professor Owen McIntyre
Email o.mcintyre@ucc.ie
Website https://www.ucc.ie/en/ckl46/

The LLM in Marine and Maritime Law is offered by the College of Business & Law at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. The programme brings together the best legal expertise in Marine Law in Ireland. It covers a range of legal topics including shipping and maritime law, marine environmental protection, and international law of the sea.

This LLM programme gives students the chance to work with the best maritime and marine lawyers in the country, under the academic overview of the globally-recognised UCC School of Law. The LLM (Marine and Maritime Law) programme integrates theoretical and practical learning of relevant law modules with marine and maritime activities taking place in Cork, such as marine environmental research, marine renewables, law enforcement at sea, fisheries management, shipping and port activities. This programme is based on flexible workload arrangements and is suitable for both law graduates and marine and maritime professionals alike. 

Whether you are a law graduate or a marine/maritime professional, this programme provides an in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge, and analysis, of Marine and Maritime Law.  

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