 Welcome to the School of Law. Here at SOAS, our postgraduate programs, the LLM and MA, offer you the chance to specialize in your chosen area of study, whether that's international law, commercial law, Islamic law, gender and law, human rights, or environmental law and sustainable development. You'll be taught by academic thought leaders, practicing lawyers and experts on the legal systems in their social and political contexts in regions covering Asia, Africa, and the Middle East and beyond. And you'll be a part of a research-led department with publications ranked first in the UK according to the latest research excellence framework. Studying at SOAS means joining a diverse community of people in an intellectually stimulating environment. Our students go on to achieve great things. Our law graduates work at the UN, in NGOs, government, private practice as policy experts, and as academics all over the world. Study law at SOAS to gain a thorough understanding of the legal dimensions underlying many of today's global challenges as well as the critical and practical skills to help solve them.