About this guide

Branch campuses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, common law courts in DIFC and ADGM, and a large market for Indian lawyers. What a Gulf LLM can and cannot do for your career.

The Gulf is one of the largest markets for Indian lawyers outside India. Several foreign universities run branch campuses there, and Dubai and Abu Dhabi host English common law courts in their financial free zones. An LLM here can help you get a foothold. It will not, on its own, let you practise in local courts.

What is inside

1. The Honest SummaryAn LLM in the Middle East
2. Section 01Programmes worth knowing
3. Section 02What it costs
4. Section 03Applying
5. Section 04Working and practising afterwards
6. Section 05Before you apply: a checklist
7. Section 06The downsides, stated plainly
8. Section 07Sources