English Law & Spanish Law

Course detail Description

Our LLB English Law & Spanish Law course is a dual degree leading to two separate awards from two leading law schools. You will get the opportunity to study for two years at King’s College London, followed by two years at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona. On successful completion of the course you will be awarded with an LLB from King’s and Grado en Derecho from UPF.

By studying this course you will gain exposure to two legal systems with the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of a number of areas of the law involved in the English and the Spanish legal systems.

We have a strong tradition of excellence in teaching, with consistently high student satisfaction ratings for Law in the National Student Survey. All required modules are taught through lectures, small group tutorials and seminars. These tutorials and seminars will give you the opportunity to apply the general legal principles you have learnt to specific problems and allow you to engage with our academics and explore issues further in depth. Students on this programme will also have the opportunity to study modules on Spanish Law which will be taught and assessed in Spanish prior to studying Spain.

You will be assigned a personal tutor, who will advise on academic and personal issues and offer some careers assistance. We attach great importance to maintaining good relations between staff and students and our Staff-Student Liaison Committee meets regularly.

Assessment of required modules will typically consist of an examination supplemented by written coursework, such as a written essay, where applicable. Assessment in optional modules varies and may encompass, for example, examinations, essays, moots, or a negotiation exercise.

King’s College London is regulated by the Office for Students.

This course is further regulated by the:

• Law Benchmark Statement (2015)
• Criteria for degrees (King’s College London)
• Joint Statement of the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar (1999)
• H-level descriptors of the framework for higher education qualifications (2014).

Years 1 and 2 of the course are primarily taught at the Strand and Waterloo campuses with your third year and fourth years taking place at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the optional modules you select.

Students can engage in real client work through the School’s Legal Clinic established in April 2017. Students who spend their final year of their degree at King's can select the Student Law Clinic module, while students of all years can apply to volunteer with the clinic during the academic year or over the summer holiday. Supervised by the Clinic's in-house solicitor as well as solicitors from high street and corporate/commercial law firms (e.g. Duncan Lewis and Farrer), students learn transferable skills such as effective communication and teamwork and see the law in a practical context. Through the Clinic students can also engage with third sector partners such as the Personal Support Unit at the Royal Courts of Justice or participate in its Mediation project or public legal education activity).

We have many highly active student-run societies as well as King's award-winning students’ union, KCLSU, who organises a wide variety of social, sporting and cultural activities. Both the King’s College London Law Society and Bar & Mooting Society organise a number of social and career-oriented functions such as: internal and external mooting competitions; skills workshops; mock interview sessions; lecture series with prestigious barristers and other legal practitioners; as well as the Inaugural Welcome Party at the start of the academic year and the Annual Black-Tie Dinner. The KCL Law Society supports students who wish to pursue careers as solicitors while the Bar & Mooting Society help students understand the path to qualification as a barrister.

The Pro Bono Society supports and promotes legally-related volunteer work and education to the community, and runs many exciting projects, including the Amicus Chapter, Human Rights Project, Junior Lawyers Against Poverty; Law Mentoring; and Legal Outreach. Involvement with the society is a great way to contribute to the community as well as looking great on your CV due to the skills gained in the process.

There are various other societies within the Law School which students can get involved in, such as Lawyers Without Borders, King’s Women in the Law, Intellectual Property and Information Law Society and Criminology Society.

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Structure

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4

Year 1

Currently, students study the modules shown below. King's reviews its modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes and this list is therefore subject to change. Please check here for updates or contact the School for further advice.

Courses are divided into modules. Each year at King's you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

You are required to take the following modules for this course:

• Elements of the Law of Contract (30 credits)
• Criminal Law (30 credits)
• Public Law (30 credits)
• European Law (30 credits)
• Legal Reasoning & Legal Services (non-credit bearing)
• Spanish Law 1 (non-credit bearing)

Year 2 Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules for this course:

• Law of Tort (30 credits)
• Law of Property (30 credits)
• Law of Trusts (30 credits)
• Spanish Law 2 (non-credit bearing)

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

• Public International Law (30 credits)
• Labour Law (30 credits)
• Family Law (30 credits)
• Law of Personal Taxation (30 credits)
• Conflict of Laws (30 credits)
• Commercial Law (30 credits)
• Human Rights Law (30 credits)
• Anti-Discrimination Law (30 credits)
• Advanced Constitutional Law (30 credits)
• Medical Law (30 credits)
• Information Privacy Law (15 credits)
• Copyright & Designs (15 credits)
• Patents & Breach of Confidence (15 credits)
• The Law of Personal Property (15 credits)
• Core Topics in Commercial Law (15 credits)

Year 3 Year 3 is spent at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The marks for modules taken at UPF in the third and fourth years are converted into 120 UK credits, 60 credits for Year 3 and 60 credits for Year 4. Required Modules Optional Modules

Year 4 Year 4 is spent at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The marks for modules taken at UPF in the third and fourth years are converted into 120 UK credits, 60 credits for Year 3 and 60 credits for Year 4. Required Modules Optional Modules