The LLB Law with French Law and Language is a four year full-time course. Students must have or be studying towards an appropriate qualification in French when they apply (such as A-level). French cannot be substituted for another language as you will be studying French Law and Language, not French as a subject.

The University of Leicester’s LLB is a Qualifying Law Degree – this means that once you graduate you can go on to further training to become a solicitor or barrister. The LLB is not just for potential lawyers – this course will leave you with highly transferable skills such as analyzing complex documents, reasoning, critical thinking and effective researching.

Modules taught

The modules that you will take in the first year are designed to provide you with a solid foundation of English and French legal knowledge and develop you French language skills, which you then build upon in subsequent years. In the first year you will cover modules on Learning Legal Skills and Analysing Law, which will to enable you to learn the necessary skills to succeed in you Law degree and beyond. Further modules studied in the first year include the Criminal and Civil Justice Systems, Introduction to French Legal System and Modern French Language, as well as the professional exemption subject modules of Constitutional & Administrative Law and Contract Law.

In your second year you will study the professional exemption subjects of European Union Law and Law of Torts, as well as French Legal Studies and Modern French Language. If you wish to gain a qualifying law degree, then you must choose Land Law as one of your other modules. Your third year is spent at a French University (in Strasbourg, Paris or Lyon). Upon returning to Leicester for your fourth year, you will study the professional exemption subject of Criminal Law, as well as Modern French Language (styles and registers) and Legal Translation. In addition, you will study two other modules of your choosing. If you wish to gain a qualifying law degree, then you must choose Equity and Trusts as one of your other modules.

During your degree programme, you will:

• Develop a knowledge and understanding of Law
• Develop an appreciation of the social and policy issues underlying the law
• Develop a critical understanding of the national, French, European and international legal orders
• Develop skills in legal reasoning, including problem solving, synthesis and logical analysis.
• Develop legal research skills
• Develop transferable skills, particularly in oral and written communication, independent learning and information handling.
• Develop an awareness of legal education in another country’s jurisdiction
• Develop an appreciation of the different approaches to the study of law adopted by different types of legal scholars both in the United Kingdom and France
• Develop and appreciation of the breadth of the common law tradition in comparison with law traditions in other countries.
• Develop your oral and written communication skills in the French language.

Teaching and assessment

• Large group lectures
• Small tutorials (7–8 students)
• 11 hours of teaching time per week (approximately)
• 15 hours of self-study time (approximately)
• Assessment by essay and/or exam
• Teaching methods and workloads at the French university may vary.
• Assessment methods at the host university may vary. Students will be required to pass their year in France according to the assessment rules of the host university, however the results will not count towards the final degree result.

Career prospects

A Year Abroad can enhance your career prospects, demonstrating independence, wider knowledge, and language skills.

The LLB law degree fulfils the academic stage requirements of the Bar Standards Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. If you wish to qualify as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales after graduation you will need to complete the LPC (Legal Practice Course) or BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course) along with a training contract as a trainee solicitor or pupillage as a trainee barrister.

Applicants wishing to become lawyers outside of England and Wales should consult the appropriate country’s legal statutory body to check the requirements. Information for Canadian applicants

Entry requirements

Students should apply for the three year LLB (M100). Find out more about our entry requirements

Applications

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