Law

The LLB requires three years to complete, during which students must give a satisfactory performance in a broad selection of law subjects. The LLB curriculum does not assume that a student necessarily wishes to enter the legal profession. Students are nevertheless given the opportunity to include in their course of study those courses which will give full exemption from the professional examinations of the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates.

In their second year undergraduates may apply for admission to the Degree of LLB with Honours.

Undergraduates may attend courses in other disciplines and receive a Combined LLB Degree. Undergraduates may also earn some of their law credits abroad through one of the Foreign Study Programmes.

Programme Structure & Content

The LLB degree requires a student to gain at least 360 credits.

The courses in List A below, totalling 155 credits, are compulsory and a further 85 credits must be gained by taking an appropriate number of courses from List B.

For the LLB degree, a student must also gain at least another 120 credits by taking additional courses from List B or List C.

List A
Foundations of Private Law, Legal System and Method, Foundations of Public Law, Criminal Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Contract, Non-Contractual Obligations (Delict), Legal Research and Writing, Property Law, Jurisprudence, and Legal Argument.

List B
Family Law (15), Commercial Law (15), Commercial Organisations (15), Conveyancing (20), Succession and Trusts (10), Evidence (20), Revenue Law (20), European Union Law - Institutions and Judicial System (10), Substantive European Law (10), Private International Law (15), Forensic Medicine 1 (10), Forensic Medicine 2 (10), Public International Law (15), Introduction to French Law (15), Introduction to German Law (15), Alternative Methods of Dispute Settlement (15), Competitive Mooting 1 (5), Competitive Mooting 2 (5), Introduction to European Legal Systems (5), Introduction to Spanish Law (5), and Employment Law (10).

List C
Any course offered in the University for any degree, e.g. Psychology, Philosophy, Politics (credits vary according to course chosen).