Our Master Programme in Environmental Law (EL) provides students with the legal – scientific, methodological and practical – skills necessary to understand and work with environmental law in a transboundary context.

Much welcome to the Stockholm University LL.M. in Environmental Law! 

In the LL.M. in Environmental Law, students will acquire in-depth knowledge of substantive environmental law, and be provided the necessary theoretical and methodological foundations to be able to work independently with research, development or other qualified work in the area of environmental law. Our LL.M. centres on transboundary dimensions and cross-cutting issues, and refer to cases and contexts where the legal approaches, principles and concepts to protect the environment integrate, collide or clash with other areas of law.

And Stockholm is the right place for your LL.M in Environmental Law. In addition to the academic and social reasons for studying the Master Programme at Stockholm University, Stockholm stands out in international environmental law and governance. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment – the first major UN conference on environmental matters – was held in Stockholm in 1972. Since then, new environmental issues have emerged, and have expanded in scale and scope. The way environmental matters interconnect with other issue areas such as human rights, trade and investments, social rights and development, armed conflicts and corporate responsibility, only emphasises the importance of environmental law in transboundary contexts.

These, amongst others, are the topic that you will explore at the LL.M. in Environmental Law at Stockholm University.

Programme overview:

The programme consists of four courses of 15 credits. All courses are mandatory. The general structure of the programme is as follows :

First Semester

• Transboundary Environmental Law, 15 credits.
• Cross-cutting Issues in Environmental Law, 15 credits.

Second Semester

• Methods, Theory and Practice in Environmental Law, 15 credits, half time, in parallel with: 
• Master Thesis in Environmental Law, 15 credits, half time.

The programme is based on academic progression in both scientific and methodological specialisation throughout the courses, while also providing practical skills in environmental law. The programme includes several instances of group work.

The programme starts with a broad advanced introduction to transboundary environmental law, then gives in-depth studies in four cross-cutting areas with transboundary features, relating environmental law to:

• trade and corporate responsibility,
• climate and energy,
• human rights, and
• social-ecological resilience.