Law with American Legal Studies

King’s College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Overview
Our Law with American Legal Studies LLB is an exciting way to obtain an understanding of the law of England and Wales, while also having the opportunity to learn more about the sources of the law in America; its legal concepts, institutions and how it is administered. The first two years of this course are based in London, the third year is spent at one of our partner Universities in the United States and the fourth year is spent back at King's. Selection for transfer is made after completion of the first year of the King's Law LLB.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
Recognised globally as one of the UK's premier law schools.
Teaching by internationally respected, leading academics and visiting lecturers and practitioners from City law firms.
Unrivalled location for law, based in the East Wing of Somerset House on the Strand, with the Royal Courts of Justice, Law Society and Inns of Court all on your doorstep.
Consistently high student satisfaction ratings in the National Student Survey.
Excellent legal research resources at the College's impressive Maughan Library.
Active student-run societies organising social and career-oriented functions as well as mooting competitions.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

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  • IT Law
  • LLB
  • International
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  • University
  • Property

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1

Currently, students study the following 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 you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Legal Reasoning and Legal Services (non-credit bearing)
  • European Law (30 credits)
  • Public Law (30 credits)
Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course in Year 1.


Year 2

Year 2

You are required to take the following modules:

Required Modules
  • Law Of Property (30 credits)
  • Law Of Trusts (30 credits)
  • Law Of Tort (30 credits)
Optional Modules

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

• Advanced Constitutional Law (30 credits)

• Anti-Discrimination Law (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)

• Criminal Law Theory (15 credits)

• Environmental Law (30 credits)

• Family Law (30 credits)

• Finance, Credit and Security (15 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)

• Medical Law (30 credits)

• Moral Philosophy (15 credits)

• Principles of Enterprise Governance (30 credits)

• Public International Law (30 credits)

• Russian Legal System (30 credits)

• Transnational Company Law (15 credits)


Year 3

Year 3 Required Modules Studying approved modules at either University of North Carolina, Cornell University or University of San Diego in the US. Optional Modules


Year 4

Year 4

You are required to take the following module:

Required Modules
  • Jurisprudence and legal theory
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 90 credits from a range of optional modules. These may typically include the optional modules listed in Year 2, along with the following modules:

• Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property (30 credits)

• British Legal History (30 credits)

• Comparative Private Law (15 credits)

• French Legal System and Laws (15 credits)

• Hot Topics in Law, Technology & Society (15 credits)

• International Commercial Arbitration (15 credits)

• Machine Intelligence, Surveillance & Society (15 credits)

• Private International Law (30 credits)

• Student Law Clinic (15 credits)

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