Program Overview

European Legal Studies (LLB)

Award

Bachelor of Laws

Typical Offer

AAA

Duration

4 years

Course Type

Full-time

Campus

Highfield

UCAS Course code

M125

About this course

This 4-year programme gives you the opportunity to gain a rigorous legal education and study law in another European country, broadening your horizons and boosting your employability. Designed to challenge and inspire future legal professionals, this course is formally accepted by the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Council of England and Wales.

Entry requirements

• AAA at A-level
• Pass, with 36 points overall with 18 points at Higher Level (International Baccalaureate Diploma)
• D in the Law or Applied Law BTEC National Extended Certificate plus AA from two A levels (BTEC)
• 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3, all of which must be at Distinction (Access to HE Diploma)
• H1 H1 H2 H2 H2 H2 (Irish Leaving Certificate)
• Offers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6 (Scottish Qualification)
• D3 D3 D3 in three Principal subject (Cambridge Pre-U)
• AAA from 3 A levels or AA from two A levels and A from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate (Welsh Baccalaureate)
• There are no T levels accepted for this programme (T Level)

Course structure

• Year 1:
  • Criminal Law
  • Foundations of Contract Law
  • Legal Skills
  • Legal System and Reasoning
  • Public Law: Foundations
  • Historical Development of the Common Law
  • Philosophical Perspectives on the Common Law
• Year 2:
  • Equity and Trusts
  • Land Law
  • Public Law: Administrative Justice
  • Remedies in Contract and Tort
  • The Law of Torts
  • Commercial and Consumer Law
  • Criminal Justice
  • Employment Law
  • Family Law: Children, Parents and the State
  • Foundations in Data Protection Law
  • Foundations of Marine and Maritime Law
  • Introduction to Commercial Law
  • Introduction to Public International Law
  • Legal Technologies
  • Youth Justice
• Year 3:
  • Spend this full academic year at a partner university in Europe through the Erasmus+ exchange programme
• Year 4:
  • Legal Research and Writing
  • Admiralty Law
  • Advanced Public International Law
  • Advanced Public Law
  • Carriage of Goods by Sea
  • Child Medical Law
  • Commercial Conflict of Laws and International Litigation
  • Company Law
  • Comparative Internet Law
  • Constitutional Law of Canada
  • Crime in Law, Literature and Culture
  • Environmental Justice and the Law
  • Equality at Work
  • Family Law: State Regulation of Adults' Relationship Formation and Breakdown
  • Globalisation and Law
  • Insurance Contract Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International Commercial Sales
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Law and the Human Body
  • Miscarriages of Justice
  • Penal Policy
  • Renting Homes: Law and Policy
  • Theories of Law and Justice

Learning and assessment

• Lectures
• Classes and tutorials
• Coursework
• Individual and group projects
• Independent learning
• Essays
• Individual and group projects
• Oral presentations
• Self-assessment
• Written exams

Careers and employability

• Employability skills:
  • Research
  • Critical thinking
  • Self-management
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Problem solving
• Career pathways:
  • Arbitrator
  • Barrister
  • Barrister's clerk
  • Chartered legal executive
  • Company secretary
  • Costs lawyer
  • Licensed conveyancer
  • Paralegal
  • Solicitor
  • Trademark attorney
• Wider career opportunities:
  • Border force officer
  • Charity worker
  • Local government officer
  • Patent attorney
  • Press officer
  • Police officer
  • Political research assistant
  • Political risk analyst
  • Publishing rights manager
  • Trading standards officer

Fees, costs and funding

• Tuition fees:
  • UK students: £9,535
  • EU and international students: £24,200
• What your fees pay for:
  • Full cost of tuition and standard exams
• Accommodation and living costs:
  • Not included in tuition fees
• Bursaries, scholarships and other funding:
  • University of Southampton bursary
  • Scholarships and grants
  • Funding for EU and international students

How to apply

• UCAS course code: M125
• UCAS institution code: S27
• Apply through UCAS
• What happens after you apply:
  • Assessment of application
  • Notification of decision
  • Opportunity to accept or decline offer

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