Online law degrees
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Earn recognised qualifications and progress in your career with our online LLMs.
These flexible online law programmes allow you to:
- fit university study around full-time work
- spread the cost of learning, with pay-per-term fees
- set your own pace by choosing how many courses to take each term.
Short online law courses
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Use our short online courses to earn postgraduate law qualifications at your own pace.
We offer flexible online courses for practising lawyers, as well as courses for those without a background in law.
Whether you’re looking for specialist legal training for a career in law or industry, online short courses allow you to:
- earn credits towards an LLM
- learn flexibly around full-time work
- set your own study hours, with 24/7 access to materials.
Enhance your knowledge and skills in weeks. Find your first course to get started.
Join an internationally respected UK law school
Study with us and you’ll be joining an institution where law has been taught for more than five centuries.
Founded in 1495, the University of Aberdeen is one of the UK’s six ancient universities – and we’ve been pioneering online and distance learning for decades.
Today we’re home to one of the largest and most internationally experienced teams of legal experts in any UK or European law school.
Top 10 globally for online LLMs
We’re listed as one of the top 10 providers of online and hybrid LLMs in the world by the LLM Guide 2024.
Top 5 in Scotland for Law
We’re ranked Top 5 in Scotland for Law in two league tables (Guardian University Guide 2025 and Complete University Guide 2025).
One of the UK’s most in-demand law schools
We’re the fourth most searched for law school in the UK for LLM degree courses in Postgrad Solutions’ rankings for 2023/24.
Take the short course route to an LLM
Taking an online short course could be your first step towards earning an LLM – even if your background isn’t in law.
See what the short course route is like
IT manager Simon has taken the short course route to an LLM in Dispute Resolution. One short course at a time, he’s fulfilling his dream of attaining a law degree.
Read Simon’s storyDo law differently with Professional Skills
Our online LLMs offer a practical alternative to completing a traditional dissertation.
Choose the Professional Skills route to join our on-campus summer school and learn sought-after industry skills.
Choose flexible online law courses from the University of Aberdeen
Earn as you learn
We fit around full-time work, so you can earn qualifications while you keep earning a salary.
Respected LLM qualifications
You’ll earn exactly the same globally recognised LLM online as you would on campus.
20% alumni discount
University of Aberdeen graduates enjoy 20% off postgraduate online short courses and degrees.
See what it’s like to study for an online LLM
Meet King Fung, an online student from Hong Kong who’s taking our online LLM Dispute Resolution.
He’s also a practising solicitor, focused on civil litigation and commercial litigation.
Hear King’s story and why he’s chosen to finish his LLM with a Professional Arbitration Skills course rather than a traditional dissertation.
See what it’s like to take our online short courses
A busy dad, engineer and business owner, James has taken two of our online law short courses to build new skills and learn more about the legal aspects of his work that interest him.
Hear what the online short course experience has been like for him.
Check out the School of Law Podcast
Listen in as expert lawyers and lecturers from our School of Law guide you through today’s hottest legal topics.
From energy law and cryptocurrency, to how copyright is changing the music industry, you’ll learn about the latest legal cases that are impacting our world.
Study law on campus instead
If you’d rather study fully on campus, our School of Law offers lots of on-campus options.
See on-campus law courses