Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Law Tripos, 2025–26: Half-papers and seminar courses

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 373)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that, in accordance with Regulation 17, the subjects prescribed as half-papers for Paper 49 of the Law Tripos and seminar courses for Paper 50 in Part II of the Law Tripos in 2025–26 are as listed below:

Half-Papers for Paper 49

Banking law

European environmental and sustainable development law

Landlord and tenant law

Law of succession

Personal data protection law

Topics in European legal history

Topics in legal and political philosophy

Animal rights law

Comparative law

Topics in Roman law

Seminar courses for Paper 50

Select issues in criminal law and criminal justice

Family in society

Law and ethics of medicine

Public law

Select issues in international law

Tax law and policy

Master of Corporate Law (M.C.L.), 2025–26: Designated papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 459)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that, in accordance with Regulation 6, the following designated papers have been prescribed for the Master of Corporate Law Examination in 2025–26:

Paper no.	Paper title	Form of examination
8	International financial law	3
9	Corporate finance law	3
10	Corporate governance law	3
14	Competition law	3
M1	The legal and economic structure of corporate transactions (deals)	c
M2C	Comparative corporate governance	2
M2D	Corporate taxation	2
M2E	International merger control	2
M2G	The law firm as a business	2
M2I	Law and the digital economy: The corporate dimension	2
M2J	Shareholder activism	2
M2K	Private equity	2

Explanation of forms of examination:

‘3’indicates a subject in which a three-hour final examination is required; a candidate has no option of substituting a dissertation.

‘2’indicates a subject in which a two-hour final examination is required; a candidate has no option of substituting a dissertation.

‘c’indicates a subject in which candidates will be evaluated by coursework prescribed by the Faculty Board from time to time.

Master of Law (LL.M.), 2025–26: Designated papers and prescribed subjects

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 460)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that, in accordance with Regulations 1 and 2, it has prescribed the following papers and forms of examination for the Master of Law Examination in 2025–26:

Paper no.	Paper title	Form of examination	Designation(s)
1	Law, medicine and life sciences	d	ip
2	International commercial tax	d	c, i
3	International dispute resolution	3	c, i
4	Law of restitution	3	c
5	Economics of law and regulation	d	c, e
6	Law and information	3	c, e, ip
8	International financial law	3	c
9	Corporate finance law	d	c
10	Corporate governance law	3	c
12	Intellectual property	d	c, e, ip
14	Competition law	3	c, e, ip
15	International law, climate change and the environment	d	i
16	Constitutional law of the European Union	d	e
17	Digital law	3	e, i
18	EU trade law: Internal and international dimensions	d	e, i
20	Law of armed conflict, use of force and peace keeping	3	i
22	Advanced labour law	d	e, i
23	The law of the WTO and free trade agreements	d	i
24	International criminal law	d	i
25	International human rights law	d	i
30	Jurisprudence	3
31	Topics in legal and political philosophy	3
34	International law of global governance	d	i
35	History of English civil and criminal law	d
36	International intellectual property: Progress, property and sovereignty	d	c, e, i, ip
38	Public law (seminar paper)	d	*
38	History and theory of international law (seminar paper)	d	i
39	Legislation	3
43	Criminal justice and human rights law	3
44	International law as a legal system	d	i
45	Advanced public law	3
46	Law, technology and society	3	ip
48	Race, gender and the law	d
49	Comparative legal history	d
51	Advanced obligations and remedies	d	c
52	Advanced property and trusts law	d	c

* To be determined on an individual basis per dissertation once students’ topics and titles have been finalised.

Explanation of forms of examination:

•A candidate may take a written paper of three hours’ duration in all the subjects listed above, other than Paper 38.

•Paper 38: Seminar Paper. Paper 38 shall be examined by the submission of a dissertation which shall not exceed 12,000 words including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the scope of the following seminar course prescribed for 2025–26:

(a)Public law;

(b)History and theory of international law.

‘d’indicates a subject in which a candidate may submit a dissertation in lieu of a final examination. The dissertation shall not exceed 12,000 words including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography. It shall be on a topic approved by the Faculty Board falling within the field of the subject.

‘3’indicates a subject in which a three-hour final examination is required, the candidate having no option of substituting a dissertation.

Explanation of designations:

cCommercial law

eEuropean law

iInternational law

ipIntellectual property, technology and information law

Chancellor’s Medal for English Law, 2025–26: Eligible papers

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that the following papers prescribed for the LL.M. Examination in 2025–26 are deemed to be papers in English Law and Legal History for the purpose of the award of the Chancellor’s Medal for the encouragement of the study of English law (Endowments, 1904, p. 398):

Paper no.	Paper title
1	Law, medicine and life sciences
4	Law of restitution
6	Law and information
8	International financial law
9	Corporate finance law
10	Corporate governance law
12	Intellectual property
22	Advanced labour law
30	Jurisprudence
35	History of English civil and criminal law
38	Public law (seminar paper). Eligibility to be determined on an individual basis once students’ topics and titles have been finalised.
39	Legislation
43	Criminal justice and human rights
45	Advanced public law
51	Advanced obligations and remedies
52	Advanced property and trusts law

Whewell Scholarship and Clive Parry Prize in International Law, 2025–26: Eligible papers

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that the following papers in 2025–26 are deemed to be papers in international law for the purposes of the Whewell Scholarship in International Law and the Clive Parry Prize in International Law (Endowments, 1904, pp. 136–40):

Paper no.	Paper title
3	International dispute resolution
15	International law, climate change and the environment
18	EU trade law: Internal and international dimensions
20	Law of armed conflict: Use of force and peacekeeping
23	The law of the WTO and free trade agreements
24	International criminal law
25	International human rights law
34	International law of global governance
36	International intellectual property law
38	History and theory of international law (seminar paper)
44	International law as a legal system