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Bachelor of Law (LLB)  
     
  In a world where degree providers are proliferating, the University of London LLB offers the security of an internationally recognised 'gold standard' established for over 100 years. The University of London was the first to offer a degree in English Law, in the 1890s. Upon graduation you will be joining a distinguished group of solicitors, barristers and judges around the world who began their careers by obtaining their law degree through the External Programme. The academic direction of the LLB and Diploma in Law is provided by a Consortium of outstanding University of London Law Schools - Birkbeck, King's, LSE, Queen Mary, School of Oriental and African Studies and UCL.  
     
  Application deadline  
  You can apply throughout the year but applications must be received no later than:  
 
17 September (students resident outside the EU)
17 October (students resident within the EU)
in the year before you intend to sit your first examinations
 
     
  Course Structure  
  LLB degree is offered under four schemes of examination:  
     
  Scheme A  
 

12 subjects taken in 3 years - study period: 3-8 years
 
     
  Scheme B  
 
12 subjects taken in 4 parts - Study period: 4-8 years
Intended for students who wish to study at a more measured pace. Unless you are studying full time at
  an institution we strongly advise you to choose Scheme B
 
     
  Graduate Entry Route A  
 

9 subjects taken in 2 parts - Study period: 2-8 years
 
     
  Graduate Entry Route B  
 
9 subjects taken in 3 parts - Study period: 3-8 years
Unless you are studying full time at an institution we strongly advise you to choose Graduate Entry
  Route B
 
     
 

Scheme A (12 subjects)
Intermediate examination (4 subjects)
Criminal law
Public law
Common law reasoning and institutions
Elements of the law of contract

Final Examination Part I (4 subjects)
Law of tort
Law of trusts
Land law

AND one optional subject
Final Examination Part II (4 subjects)
Jurisprudence and legal theory

AND three optional subjects
Scheme A optional subjects Part I or II
Administrative law
Commercial law
Criminology
EU law
Evidence
Family law
Company law
History of English law
Labour law
Public international law
Introduction to Islamic law
International protection of human rights

Part II only
Conflict of laws
Succession
Intellectual property

Graduate Entry Route A (9 subjects)
Level 1 (4 subjects)
Criminal law
Public law
Common law reasoning and institutions
Elements of the law of contract

Final Examination (5 subjects)
Law of tort
Law of trusts
Land law

Plus any two of the following subjects:
Administrative law
Commercial law
Criminology
EU law
Evidence
Family law
Jurisprudence and legal theory
Company law
Conflict of laws
History of English law
Labour law
Public international law
Succession
Intellectual property
Introduction to Islamic law
International protection of human rights

 



   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       

Scheme B (12 subjects)
First Year (3 subjects)
Any three of the following subjects:
Criminal law
Public law
Common law reasoning and institutions
Elements of the law of contract

Second Year (3 subjects)
The remaining subject from the first Year list year not already taken plus two of the following subjects:
Law of tort
Law of trusts
Land law

Third Year (3 subjects)
The remaining subject from the second Year list not already taken plus two optional subjects

Fourth Year (3 subjects)
Jurisprudence and legal theory

AND two optional subjects
Scheme B optional subjects (Third/Fourth Year)
Administrative law
Commercial law
Criminology
EU law
Evidence
Family law
Company law
Conflict of laws
History of English law
Labour law
Public international law
Succession
Intellectual property
Introduction to Islamic law
International protection of human rights









Graduate Entry Route B (9 subjects)
First Year (3 subjects)
Any three of the following subjects:
Criminal law
Public law
Common law reasoning and institutions
Elements of the law of contract

Second Year (3 subjects)
The remaining subject from the first Year list not already taken plus two of the following subjects:
Law of tort
Law of trusts
Land law

Third Year (3 subjects)
The remaining subject from the second Year list not already taken plus two of the following subjects:
Administrative law
Commercial law
Criminology
EU law
Evidence
Family law
Jurisprudence and legal theor