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School of Law,
University of Leicester,
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Leicester,
LE1 7RH, UK

law@le.ac.uk
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LLB Law with a Year Abroad

Key Facts

  • UCAS Code: M100
  • Duration: 4 years (to include your third year at a foreign University)
  • Typical entry requirements: AAA from 3 A-levels taken at the same sitting 
  • Interview required? No

Want to broaden your horizons and academic experience? Enhance career opportunities? Make new friends and experience life in a different culture? The LLB with a Year Abroad scheme will allow you to fulfil these wishes?

This course follows the LLB but you spend your third year abroad at a University in one 16 different countries. The scheme is open to all students, even if you do not speak a foreign language.

Current partner institutions

Please note that this list is subject to change.

Course modules

Your modules whilst in Leicester will follow the same scheme as the 3 year LLB Law degree (M100) although you will now do the modules that you were due to do in your third year, in your fourth year.

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, 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 abroad
  • Develop and appreciation of the breadth of the common law tradition in comparison with law traditions in other countries.
  • Spanish, German and Italian exchanges: Students will also be able to take part in free language classes to prepare them for their year abroad and whilst on their Year Abroad, further develop oral and written communication skills in a European 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 and assessment methods at the host university may vary. Students will be required to pass their year abroad according to the assessment rules of the host university (although results will not count towards the final degree mark)

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). See our entry requirements

Applications

Find out how to apply