English Law with Hong Kong Law

Course detail Description

Students on the Law LLB (M100) course may apply during their second year to transfer to this course.

The English Law with Hong Kong Law LLB is an exciting three-year degree course offering you a fantastic opportunity to gain international experience by spending one year studying law abroad at one of our partner universities in Asia.

Our partner university for this course is currently The University of Hong Kong (HKU).

During the first two years of this course you will study the Law LLB at King’s. Your third year will be at HKU, where you will study on their LLM programmes.

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.

You will be assigned a personal tutor, who will provide academic and pastoral support during your studies. We attach great importance to maintaining good relations between staff and students and our Staff-Student Liaison Committee meets regularly to discuss how we can collectively enhance the student experience.

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 Higher Education Funding Council for England.

This programme is further regulated by the:

• Law Benchmark Statement (2015)
• Criteria for degrees (University of 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 (2001)

This course is primarily taught at the Strand and Waterloo campuses.

Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the optional modules you select.

Years 3 and 4 are taught at The University of Hong Kong (HKU).

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 1

The first year will be the standard LLB course stucture and modules as students will not be able to apply for this course until after the completion of year 1 LLB.

Each course is divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

• Criminal Law (30 credits)
• Elements Of The Law Of Contract (30 credits)
• European Law (30 credits)
• Public Law (30 credits)
• Legal Reasoning and Legal Services (non-credit bearing)

Year 2 Required Modules You are required to take the following modules:

• Law of Property (30 credits)
• Law of Tort (30 credits)
• Law of Trusts (30 credits) Optional Modules In addition you will take 30 credits from optional modules, which may typically include:

• Advanced Constitutional Law (30 credits)
• Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property (30 credits)
• Anti-Discrimination Law (30 credits)
• British Legal History (30 credits)
• Commercial Law (30 credits)
• Company Law (30 credits)
• Competition Law (30 credits)
• Consumer Protection: Advising Global Businesses and Their Customers (30 credits)
• Criminology and Criminal Justice (30 credits)
• Environmental Law (30 credits)
• Family Law (30 credits)
• Human Rights Law (30 credits)
• Intellectual Property Law (30 credits)
• Labour Law (30 credits)
• Law and Economics (30 credits)
• Law and Social Theory (30 credits)
• Law of Personal Taxation (30 credits)
• Principles of Enterprise Governance (30 credits)
• Private International Law (30 credits)
• Public International Law (30 credits)
• Russian Legal System (30 credits)
• Student Law Clinic (30 credits)
• Banking Law (15 credits)
• Comparative Private Law (15 credits)
• Criminal Law Theory (15 credits)
• Environmental Law (15 credits)
• Finance, Credit and Security (15 credits)
• Hot Topics in Law, Technology & Society (15 credits)
• International Commercial Arbitration (15 credits)
• Machine Intelligence, Surveillance & Society (15 credits)
• Moral Philosophy (15 credits)
• Transnational Company Law (15 credits)

Year 3 In Year 3 you will study at The University of Hong Kong. Required Modules You are required to take 120 UK credits from modules at HKU. Optional Modules