MLaw

Our MLaw programme combines globally recognised research and teaching with expertise in professional practice to prepare you for qualification as a solicitor.

This programme, delivered in partnership with The University of Law, combines The University of Reading’s LLB Law with The University of Law’s professional SQE1 and SQE2 preparation provision, preparing students to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE).

The School of Law at the University of Reading has staff who are experts in their field, from barristers who are King's Counsel, to experts in International Law and Commercial law. Their expertise is embedded in the curriculum, with many of our teaching staff incorporating their research interests into their teaching. This provides you with the opportunity to be totally immersed in a subject specialism, learning from passionate educators.

The University of Law provides excellent preparatory modules for the SQE exams, teaching is undertaken by experienced practitioners who understand what the SQE exams are looking for and aid the students understanding of the assessed questions.  Additionally, students will undertake a final capstone project building on the preparatory knowledge of SQE which affords them a Masters in Law.

Learn from experts 

Our staff include legal practitioners, who advise government and policy-makers, international organisations, and civil society organisations.

We have scholars who are experts in Commercial Law. They have a distinctive legal and multidisciplinary perspective of commercial law issues and are active researchers:

• Professor James Devenney is a leading scholar in Transnational Commercial Law, who has published extensively in the areas of contract law, consumer law, commercial law and corporate governance
• Professor Robert Merkin KC is a leading scholar in the areas of insurance, reinsurance and arbitration
• Professor Gerard McMeel KC is a qualified barrister at a leading commercial chambers in London, with more than 20 years of experience of legal practice.

Our specialists in International Law are active in advising and influencing the practice of international organisations and states around the world:

• Professor Michael Schmitt, the pre-eminent authority on cyber warfare, co-directs the Tallinn Manual on International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations - the manual has been transformative on the approach of NATO to cyberspace
• Professor Marko Milanovic has advised the Prosecutor General of Ukraine regarding accountability for crimes committed during the Ukrainian conflict and was a high-level expert appointed by the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights to assist in conducting a comprehensive examination of alleged human rights violations committed in Belarus
• Professor Rosa Freedman, a leading authority on international human rights law, is a member of the UN Secretary-General's Civil Society Advisory Board on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse. She is a member of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's Women, Peace and Security Steering Committee
• Professor Russell Buchan is a leading authority on the application of international law to new and emerging technologies and recently completed a secondment to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office where he worked on cybersecurity"

• Dr Alexander Gilder's research on human security is influencing the way in which NATO provides security for civilians during its operations.

Find out how our academics are changing the world for the better.

Choose the MLaw programme at the University of Reading

• You will benefit from the combined knowledge of the University of Reading’s internationally recognised research expertise and practice-based teaching with The University of Law’s tailored specialist SQE preparation
• The course is eligible for undergraduate loans from the Student Loans Company. If you’re eligible, you will receive funding for all four years of study and gain all the academic knowledge you need to prepare for the SQE assessments. Please note: the cost of the SQE exams themselves is additional to the course fees and not covered by the Student Loan Company.
• Gain access to ULaw’s bespoke SQE revision app. Find out what it’ll really be like to sit the SQE1 assessments, and improve your success. With this intelligent revision tool, you can draw on an extensive bank of questions mapped to the SQE syllabus.

Join a vibrant research environment

This programme strongly aligns with the research and teaching expertise of the School of Law, where 99% of our research is of international standing (Research Excellence Framework 2021, combining 4*, 3* and 2* submissions – Law).

Our research reflects the breadth of our academic expertise, spanning commercial, international human rights, security, global law, financial regulation and law in society with a strong concern for social justice matters.