Law and Social Justice LLM
Welcome to LLM Law and Social Justice 2025.
This LLM is about exploring how law can shape struggles for justice, equality, and social change. It asks how legal frameworks work in practice, how they reflect wider power relations, and how they might be reimagined to challenge inequality and exclusion.
You will be encouraged to bring your perspectives and experiences into the classroom. Teaching is collaborative and critically engaged, giving you the space to debate difficult questions, test ideas, and connect law to real-world problems. Together we will explore how law intersects with race, gender, class, disability, migration, the environment, and other dimensions of social life.
By the end of the programme, you will not only have developed advanced knowledge of law in its social and global dimensions, but also the confidence to apply your skills in academic, professional, or advocacy settings. Whether you are aiming for careers in research, international organisations, NGOs, or legal practice, this LLM will help you navigate law as a tool for both understanding and shaping social justice.
Your Course Leaders
Dr Parthiban Babu
Lecturer in Law
Parthiban.Babu@northampton.ac.uk
Ms Georgia Boyd
Lecturer in Law
Georgia.Boyd@northampton.ac.uk
Welcome and Induction Sessions
This is your induction timetable with in-person sessions starting on Friday 26 September 2025. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the programme leaders.
Monday 22 September – Friday 3 October
From karaoke to outdoor cinema, wellbeing walks to Silent Disco, and much more – there is something suitable for everyone.
See our Welcome timetable to find out more.
Thursday 25 September
Session: Business & Law Welcome Fair
Do not miss the fun of the fair! Music, games, sweet treats and more (including prizes to be won). Join our business and law student and staff community for an afternoon of fun, friendship, and first-year festivities. No need to book, just turn up!
- Time: 12 – 4pm (BST)
- Location: Town Hall, Creative Hub, Waterside Campus
Friday 26 September
Session: Introduction to the LLM
- Time: 9am – 5pm (BST)
- Location: Learning Hub (LH125 & LH120), Waterside campus
Morning (LLM only) (LH125)
- 9 – 9:20am – Welcome & Introductions
- 9:20 – 10am – Programme Overview
- 10–11:15am – Interactive Session: Case Discussion
- 11:15–11:30am – Break
Afternoon (Joint session with MA students) (LH120)
- 11:30am – 12pm – Intro to Cumberland Project (Online – MS Teams)
- 12 – 1pm – Lunch (Informal Networking opportunity)
- 1 – 1:30pm – Library Introduction
- 1:30 – 2pm – SEAT Introduction
- 2 – 2:30pm – Careers and Employability
- 2:45 – 3:45pm – Activity – Building Our Learning Community