If you want to ...
- graduate with a qualifying law degree
- think like a lawyer
- cover the seven foundations of legal knowledge
- have a basic grounding in French law
- develop high-quality linguistic skills in French
- spend a year in France and experience French culture and legal culture first hand
... then choose LLB Law with French Law from University of Leeds.
This four year programme which leads to a qualifying law degree, which allows you to obtain maximum exemption from the academic stage of training of both the Bar Council and the Law Society of England and Wales. This allows you to progress directly to the vocational stage of training. It also offers the opportunity to develop language skills and learn about a different legal system.
Over your first and second years, as well as studying foundational Law subjects, you are also introduced to the French legal system. In your third year, you study aspects of French law in France. Our partner universities are UniversitŽ Lyon III, UniversitŽ Toulouse I, UniversitŽ de Lorraine (Nancy II).
The study of law involves much more than learning legal principles and rules.
A central aim of LLB Law with French Law is to develop the traditional skill of 'thinking like a lawyer'. However, we recognise that to understand, use and apply the law involves the development of many transferable intellectual skills.
We promote expertise in analysis, synthesis, logical argument, research techniques and methodology, organisation of information, and oral and written presentation of materials throughout the degree programme.
A broader contextual approach, where we examine the law as a social institution and in its relationship with the real world, also complements our legal programme.
LLB Law with French Law is demanding: you need to be both enthusiastic and dedicated to your studies. You will do much of your preparatory work independently, and there is a large amount of reading and information to assimilate.
While we provide learning support through an induction week for new students and subject tutors offers structured guidance about study skills, LLB Law with French Law is geared towards the self-motivated and independent learner. You will also carry out a substantial piece of independent research in your final year.
The Law Library within the Brotherton Library is integral to the working life of both students and staff in the School of Law with over fifty thousand volumes, and extensive holdings covering Commonwealth, American and European Law as well as English law.
The library offers further support through electronic access to legal materials through networked databases, journals and the internet; the library has plenty of workspace and includes large computer clusters.
