Modules

You will learn through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials, which in total consist of around 10 hours contact each week in year one, increasing to about 12 hours each week in year two. In addition, you are expected to engage in private reading for up to 8 hours per week, per subject, to support your learning and prepare for tutorials. In year one you will study the following core legal subjects:

• Constitutional and Administrative Law (30 credits)

• Contract Law (30 credits)

• Criminal Law (30 credits)

• Tort Law (30 credits)

• Equity and Trusts (30 credits)

• European Union Law (15 credits)

• Land Law (30 credits)

• Advanced Issues in International Law (15 credits)

• Canadian Constitutional Law – Foundational Principles (15 credits)

• Canadian Law of Business Organisations (15 credits)

• Child Law (15 credits)

• Competition Law (15 credits)

• EU Law and the Global Legal Order (15 credits)

• Human Rights Law in the UK (15 credits)

• International Banking Law (15 credits)

• International Commercial Arbitration (15 credits)

• International Criminal Law (15 credits)

• International Economic Law (15 credits)

• International Human Rights Law (15 credits)

• Introduction to the Solicitor’s Professional Qualification (15 credits)

• Justice Law and History (15 credits)

• Law of Evidence - The Evidential Implications of Criminal Investigation (15 credits)

• Law of Evidence: Safeguarding Reliability and Protecting Witnesses (15 credits)

• Global Issues in Corporate Law (15 credits)

• Maritime Law (15 credits)

• The Canadian Charter of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (15 credits)

• Media Law (15 credits)

• Labour Law (15 credits)

• Law of Domestic Sales (15 credits)

• Movement of Products and People into and within the EU (15 credits)

• Cross Border Commercial Law (15 credits)

• Medical Law and Bioethics (15 credits)

• International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law

• Law, Race and Colonialism (15 credits)

Assessment method

On this programme, you will learn in a separate cohort of Graduate Entry LLB students for the core subjects and together with the LLB third year students for the elective modules you will take in your second year. Instruction in the use of legal materials, legal writing, mooting and in legal research (including the use of electronic retrieval systems) is an integral part of the course. You can choose six subjects in your second year from an extensive list of interesting elective courses to suit your interests. Tuition fees include ebooks in all of the seven core subjects. You will also have a wide range of extra-curricular activities to engage in, such as mooting and client interviewing. The Law School has an extensive pro bono programme with a Pro Bono Fair at the beginning of the year to inform you of the options available. Assessment is via a variety of methods, including written coursework, portfolios, multiple choice questions tests, oral and written examinations, as well as project work and activities undertaken as part of a team. In the second year, you have the option to write a 15,000-word dissertation on a legal topic of your choice instead of a taught elective."