LLB / LLB (Hons) Law

Bachelor's degree

In Edinburgh

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Edinburgh (Scotland)

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course introduction: Fully accredited by the Law Society of Scotland, the LLB will enable you to apply for the Diploma in Legal Practice (also known as PEAT 1), the next step on the way to becoming a qualified solicitor or advocate in Scotland. The LLB is an excellent qualification if you wish to work in other professions, particularly those related to business and finance. You may also study one of our combined Honours programmes (LLB with Accounting, LLB with Business Management and LLB with Entrepreneurship).

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Location

Start date

Edinburgh (Midlothian/Edinburghshire)
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Craiglockhart Campus, EH14 1DJ

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About this course

Minimum year 1 SQA Higher ABBB to include grade B English or another literary subject*. Standard Grade 3/National 5 C in Maths and English. A Level  BBC to include English or another literary subject*. GCSE grade C in Maths and English. Irish Leaving Certificate  A2, B1, B2, B2 to include English or another literary subject*. Ordinary Level grade C in Maths and English. BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3 Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit) in a related subject.  GCSE grade C in Maths and English. International Baccalaureate Diploma Award of...

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Management
  • Accounting
  • LLB
  • International
  • Accounting MBA
  • Law
  • IT Management

Course programme

This course gives you a broad foundation in the law of Scotland. In the first three years you study all the subjects specified by the Law Society of Scotland to enable you to seek qualification as a solicitor. In fourth year, there is a range of optional law subjects, some focussing on specific areas of law not so far covered in the degree, such as Sports Law, and others being more discursive, enabling you to reflect on the function of law in a wider economic, political, international and social context. You'll also write a dissertation on a legal topic of your choice. Contemporary legal professionals must be business-orientated. Our LLB lets you choose a number of business-related non-law modules, such as Financial Accounting or Exploring Entrepreneurship. You may also study a language. The LLB is a full-time course. You may graduate with an LLB Ordinary degree after three years or an LLB Honours degree after four years. If you already have a first degree you can apply for our graduate accelerated programme and complete an ordinary LLB in two years. It's not possible to graduate with a combined or combined accelerated LLB Ordinary degree. You'll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures and tutorials, and also through interactive practice sessions and independent study. This degree will improve your communication, research, problem-solving and presentational skills. What you study Below is an indication of the compulsory modules you will study. These will be supplemented with choices from a course-specific option pool. Year 1 Scottish Legal System Criminal Law Obligations 1 Constitutional & Administrative Law Family Law One option module Year 2 Law of Human Rights Property Law European Law Business Law Obligations 2 One option module Year 3 Company Law Law of Succession & Trusts Evidence Legal Profession Dispute Resolution & Ethics Corporate Governance or Taxation Law One option module Year 4 Dissertation Two options from (Trimester 1): Sports Law International Law in Contemporary Society Essential Health Law Issues for Practice, Management & Policy Legal Practice in the st Century Leadership in a Changing Environment Corporate Social Responsibility Growing a Business Two options from (Trimester 2): Contemporary Issues in Family Law Law & the Media Contemporary Issues in Criminal Law Current Issues in Business Law International Trade Law International Accounting Business Strategy & Sustainable Development Corporate Social Responsibility Study modules mentioned above are indicative only. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study. You can view a list of all current modules in our module catalogue.

Additional information

Completion of the LLB (Ordinary or Honours) is stage one of qualifying as a solicitor in Scotland. Stage two is the Diploma in Legal Practice (DLP also known as Professional Education and Training Stage 1 or PEAT 1) currently offered by six universities in Scotland. Places on the DLP are allocated according to marks achieved in compulsory modules, typically taken in years of the LLB. The DLP is a vocationally orientated course designed to prepare students for Stage 3 (PEAT 2, also known as the traineeship). Law is a competitive profession and completion of the DLP is no guarantee of a traineeship. Many Law students choose not to enter the legal profession, but use their LLB as a stepping-stone into other professions, particularly banking, finance, the civil service, teaching and the police. Some go on to further study or go into business.

LLB / LLB (Hons) Law

Price on request