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Contents Introduction The LLB

Introduction 1 Dear Applicant We welcome your interest in The ’s long established LLB (Hons) Year 1 of the LLB course 2 undergraduate degree. We believe in a creative, flexible and relevant approach to learning and are committed to providing you with opportunities to ensure you are Year 2 of the LLB course 3 fully prepared for professional life, whatever it may be. Year 3 of the LLB course 4 Legal training in and Wales will be changing; with this in mind, we have consulted various stakeholders including academics, students, and law firms, as to Pathways 5 how we can best prepare our students for these changes. The result is an enhanced LLB with more opportunities for practical hands-on learning and increased Award classification guidelines 5 assessment variety, whilst retaining the fundamental integrity of the current course. The course continues to cover the key elements for developing your professional life supported by three pillars - creativity, relevance and flexibility. It offers you more flexibility in relation to creating your personal intellectual focus and the option of specialisation through our named pathways and the increased opportunities for development of your professional competencies make it relevant to your future employment prospects. Feedback from our networks of former students and employers has indicated how much more employer friendly the new LLB is, and that these enhancements will help to prepare you for the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) or the new Bar Professional Qualification Training route, for those wishing to pursue a career as a . They have also been impressed at how useful the new course will be in preparing students for a career outside the traditional legal professions. We hope you agree that the refreshed LLB is a more exciting and satisfying prospect under its new structure. In the meantime, we wish you every success with your exams and look forward to meeting you this September Professor Jason Chuah Head of Department The City Law School 2 3 at City at

Year 1 Year 2 The LLB of the LLB course of the LLB course

In year one you will study some of the core In year two you will study the remaining core In addition, you will choose five modules from legal subjects common to all undergraduate legal subjects common to all undergraduate a wide range of elective subjects that allow law degrees: law degrees: you to study in a specialised field and gain important professional skills for your future Legal Systems and Skills Foundations of EU Law career. The range of elective subjects offered, which is subject to availability and demand, Foundations of Public Law Foundations of Land Law includes: Foundations of Contract Law Foundations of Trusts Business Organisation and Private Company Law Foundations of Criminal Law Commercial Awareness and Risk Foundations of Tort Law Contemporary Issues in EU Constitution Contract Law and Practice Family Law Government, Accountability and Foundations of Public International Law Administrative Law Further Issues in Criminal Law Applied Legal Writing and Research. Further Issues in Tort Law Immigration Law Intellectual Property Law Islamic Law Law relating to Domestic Banking Law, Rights and Context Legal Career Exploration, Development and Management Media Law Mediation Regulation of Leisure Industries Small Venture and Social Enterprise Law The UK and The European Union. 4 5 at City at

Year 3 Pathways The LLB of the LLB course

In your final year, you may choose eight Human Rights Law in the UK In addition to the LLB Law degree we provide The additional pathways and respective modules from a wide range of elective the opportunity for you to graduate with degree titles are: subjects (all at 15-credits each) that allow International Banking Law a degree in a specialised area of Law. All LLB Law with Commercial Law you to study in a specialised field and gain International Commercial Arbitration students that enter our LLB Law route can important professional skills for your future apply to specialise in one of the 4 pathways LLB Law with International Law career. The range of elective subjects offered, International Criminal Law below, or continue with their LLB Law degree. which is subject to availability and demand, International Economic Law You can make this choice at the end of your LLB Law with Human Rights includes several electives rarely offered at 2nd year. International Human Rights Law LLB Law with Professional Practice undergraduate level: Introduction to the Solicitor’s Professional If you enter a specialised pathway you will Advanced Issues in International Law Qualification need to study at least four 15-credited modules related to this pathway in your final year. Aviation Law Introduction to Transnational Law Canadian Constitutional Law – Foundational Jurisprudence Principles Justice Law and History Canadian Corporate Law Law and Film Child Law Law of Evidence - The Evidential Implications of Commercial Property Law Criminal Investigation Competition Law Law of Evidence: Safeguarding Reliability and Constitutional Law of the USA – Foundational Protecting Witnesses Principles Law of the European Convention of Human Rights Constitutional Law of the USA – Modern Law relating to Public Companies Controversies Study abroad Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Criminal Justice Legal Skills Discrimination Law Maritime Law Employment Law Medical Law and Bioethics EU Law and the Global Legal Order The enhanced LLB will also result in increased Pro Bono Training (academic) opportunities for students to take part in an Forensic Science and the Legal Process Pro Bono Training (practice) exchange with one of our partner universities. Foundations of Commercial Law The School has established student exchange Sports Law Free Movement of Goods, Persons and Services programmes with universities in Australia, in the Internal Market The Canadian Charter of Rights and Fundamental France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Freedoms Spain. The programme provides you with the Further Issues in Commercial Law opportunity to spend part of your second year, or all or part of your third year at one of our Further Issues in Equity There is also an opportunity to write a partner universities abroad. Further Issues in Land law 30-credit dissertation if you meet certain specified pre-conditions. For more, Gender, Sexuality and Law information please refer to our programme Government, Law and Democracy specification. If you have any queries about the new LLB, please email [email protected] The City Law School Campus City, University of Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB

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