LL.B. Law with European Legal Studies
The Law with European Legal Studies degree allows you to combine the study of law with the study of a language. The languages currently available are Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish. Study for this degree also involves study abroad in the language of your choice in your third year. The difference between this and the Law with Languages degree is that students graduating with a degree in Law with European Legal Studies do not continue their study of languages into their final year
The structure of the degree for someone wishing to enter the legal profession as a solicitor is:
Year 1
Principles of Property and Obligations (30 credits)
Sources and Institutions of Scots Law (40 credits)
Family Law (10 credits)
Criminal Law and Evidence (20 credits)
Language 1 (20 credits)
Year 2
Law and Government (20 credits)
Commercial Law (10 credits)
Business Organisations (10 credits)
Property Law (40 credits)
Tax Law (10 credits)
European Law (10 credits)
Language 2 (20 credits)
Year 3 (Spent abroad)
Jurisprudence (20 credits)*
A further 100 credits as approved by the School of Law, including the equivalent of two level 3 courses
Year 4
Dissertation (30 credits)
Law Honours paper 1 (30 credits)
Law Honours paper 2 (30 credits)
Law Honours paper 3 (30 credits)
*Equivalent course normally taken whilst studying abroad.
The courses in bold are compulsory courses for the LL.B. Those in italics are required by the Law Society of Scotland for the solicitor branch of the legal profession. If you wish to become an Advocate you must take two additional subjects: Roman Law of Property and Obligations, and International Private Law. These subjects can be taken after you have graduated, either at the same time as the Diploma in Legal Practice or later (and this is quite common for solicitors who wish to become advocates and who take these courses while in practice). Alternatively you could take Roman Law as an additional subject in second year, subject to approval from your Adviser of Studies, and study a course in International Private Law whilst abroad which had been selected after discussion with the Faculty of Advocates as to whether they would regard this course as satisfying their requirements. A final alternative would be to take courses in both Roman Law and International Private Law abroad having first confirmed their suitability with the Faculty of Advocates.
It is, of course, possible to take a degree in Law with European Legal Studies without taking all the courses required for professional entry. This degree would be in the following form:
Year 1
Principles of Property and Obligations (30 credits)
Sources and Institutions of Scots Law (40 credits)
Family Law (10 credits)
Option 1 (20 credits)
Language 1 (20 credits)
Year 2
Law and Government (20 credits)
Jurisprudence (20 credits)
Language 2 (20 credits)
Option 1 (20 credits)*
Option 2 (20 credits)*
Option 3 (20 credits)
Year 3 (Spent abroad)
120 credits as approved by the School of Law, including the equivalent of two level 3 courses
Year 4
Dissertation (30 credits)
Law Honours paper 1 (30 credits)
Law Honours paper 2 (30 credits)
Law Honours paper 3 (30 credits)
* or one 40 credit option.
In addition to the compulsory subjects in bold you would need to take at least another 80 credits of law subjects. Optional courses could come from within the School of Law or from other Departments in the University. The main School of Law options suitable for study in all of the first three years of the LL.B. are Criminal Law and Evidence, Roman Law of Property and Obligations, Public International Law and Forensic Medicine. Labour Law and International Private Law are options only suitable for study after first year.