The sea constitutes two-thirds of the entire planet and is of fundamental importance to human activity, sustaining life, providing commerce and navigational routes and a substantial proportion of our natural resources. Taking into account the need to regulate such a wide range of sea-related transactions, this specialized LLM has been developed with a view to providing students with a sound and relevant body of information and understanding of various aspects of maritime law, from the different contracts for the carriage of goods to marine insurance, international trade and law of the sea. All LLM modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination, with an equal weighting of 50% normally given to each component in the final total assessment. To that end we organise a number of initiatives for enhancing our LLM students' employability. These include: tailor-made employability advice by two dedicated Employability Officers; a series of guest lectures delivered who give our LLM students an insight of the practice; the unique opportunity to get involved in mooting; close links with the legal practice and various elements of the shipping and business sectors; the annual LLM Careers Fair, which gives the opportunity to our students to meet and discuss their future aspirations with representatives from an array of local and international law firms.