Career prospects

(Image: Headquarters of the Dutch natural gas company N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, located in Groningen)

The Energy and Climate Law programme is designed to equip its graduates for a career as in-house lawyer in an energy company, but it is also suitable for those who are interested in a career working as an energy expert for major law firms. Likewise, a career as an energy lawyer in governmental institutions and ministries, inter- and non-governmental organizations and academic institutions would be very likely. To see if this LLM will qualify you for "civiel effect" in the Netherlands, please read here (in Dutch).

Below you will see a distribution of the different arenas where past students are currently working. And here you can read about the career paths of our Faculty international graduates, for example a graduate of this programme who became a Corporate and Legal Affairs Advisor, and another who works as an Associate Lawyer. If you are considering pursuing doctoral research after completing the LLM, please have a look at the Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability. You can also see what graduates have to say about the programme in general here.

Further, all students have access to the university Careers Services Law which can help them in finding and preparing for internships and employment.

If you'd like to know more about the Energy and Climate Law LLM programme, you are welcome to particpate in our free online webclass, and/or join one of our Masters Week presentations for the programme. You can also watch a recording of our most recent (online) masters week presentation here.

Do you have a question about an LLM programme? Contact the Faculty of Law directly through our information request form .