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LAW Undergraduate Studies 2021
Law at Glasgow
ONE OF THE 29,000 IN THE TOP
TOP 100 STUDENTS 5 OF THE Which law degree is right for me?
The School of Law offers
putting them into context to be able to provide a
reasoned argument about what the law is on a matter.
UNIVERSITIES FROM MORE RUSSELL
Solving a legal problem requires close attention to
• Scots Law LLB detail, an excellent grasp of legal principles and
appropriate legal authority, clarity of thought and the
IN THE WORLD THAN 140 GROUP FOR If you intend to practice in Scotland as a solicitor or
advocate you should apply for the Scots Law LLB. ability to think logically and communicate effectively.
COUNTRIES STUDENT • Common Law LLB
If you intend to practice law in a Common Law
Throughout our law degrees you will develop skills in
research, managing information, writing, oral
A MEMBER OF
presentation, providing critical analysis of law and
SATISFACTION jurisdiction such as England & Wales, Northern
Ireland, Canada or India you should apply for the legal policy, problem solving and working
independently and with others.
THE RUSSELL WE ARE (NSS 2019) Common Law LLB.
What kinds of opportunities does the
GROUP OF RANKED
Why study Law?
Law School offer?
250+
Law is a subject that is relevant to everyone because
RESEARCH- 2ND IN THE it affects all our daily lives. It is an academic discipline
that attracts students who are interested in how
As well as benefiting from excellent teaching, our law
students are able to take advantage of many other
INTENSIVE UK RUSSELL CLUBS AND society is regulated, what the aims of regulation
should be and how successful it is in achieving them.
opportunities to widen their skills and experiences.
These include study abroad for the whole or part of
UNIVERSITIES GROUP FOR SOCIETIES The University of Glasgow prides itself on
developing world changers and a knowledge and
third year. We have strong links with employers and
offer a number of events involving law firms and other
organisations who are invited to provide information
TEACHING understanding of law and legal systems is one of the
important ways in which people can seek to make a
and advice. It is also possible to take part in voluntary
placement schemes in the community such as in the
RANKED 1ST IN (NSS 2019) difference. This might be through changes to legal
policy or practice, or in helping people to solve
Citizens Advice Bureau and Law Centres. We have a
very long and successful tradition of competitive
SCOTLAND AND everyday problems or avoid future disputes. mooting (presenting arguments in mock trials),
nationally and internationally.
5TH IN THE UK What kinds of skills do I need to study
law? About the Law School
FOR LAW You will need to be prepared to read a lot of material.
Studying law involves reading cases, legislation,
The Law School is located in the Stair Building on the
main University Campus on University Avenue, where
(COMPLETE UNIVERSITY official reports and academic opinion about them. you will find academic and administrative staff. Some
This will require you to be able to find relevant classes are held here, although a wide range of
GUIDE 2021) information quickly, to pick out what is important and teaching rooms is used across the campus. The Stair
to remember it. Building also houses the Sir Alexander Stone Court
Room (which is used for mooting) and the Law
Studying law is not, however, just about gathering Workshop (a study space and an additional library
information. It is also about analysing facts and resource to the main library).
How to apply
For full-time study you must apply through the
Universities & Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
See ucas.com.
LAW: SCOTS LAW
The Scots law degree is the required degree for those Programme structure Law with Languages
planning to enter the Scottish legal profession. It is There are many opportunities for you to study law with
Entry requirements
The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is an exacting
also an excellent foundation for students who wish intellectual discipline and offers a thorough grounding in languages. A language may be studied for three years of Our programme webpages advertise the most
to work in legal practice in other countries and in the principles of basic areas of the law. The degree can the Honours degree (the Law with Legal Studies up-to-date detail on our entry requirements for
many other careers. The Scots law curriculum offers be studied to Ordinary level, requiring three years of full- programme) or throughout the four years of the degree 2021-22 entry at glasgow.ac.uk/undergraduate.
intellectual depth and has a range of flexible options. time study, or to Honours level in four years of full-time (the Law with Languages programme). Due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic
study. During the first two years of the degree, language skills has had on grades certified in 2020, we are
STUDY PROFESSIONALLY
95% LAW STUDENTS
SATISFIED * ABROAD ACCREDITED will be carefully developed. This will prepare you to make currently assessing the flexibility that we can
Year 1
the most of the opportunity to increase your fluency in a offer in the consideration of academic entry
Initially you will study Constitutional law, Introduction to foreign environment while advancing your knowledge of requirements. We will publish any changes on
legal study, Obligations (contract, delict and unjustified law. our webpages.
LLB (Hons) (M114): Four years enrichment) and Family law.
LLB (Fast Track) (M115) – graduates only You will spend your third year studying Law in a partner
You will also have the opportunity to take options such university abroad, where teaching and learning take
Joint Honours as Roman law of property and obligations and Criminal place in French, German, Italian, Portuguese. Russian or Applying to Law
Joint Honours options with Scots Law are currently law and evidence. Spanish. With the exception of applicants to the LLB (Fast Track),
offered in: Year 2 In the fourth year, students may continue to study applicants to all LLB degrees who do not already hold
• Business & Management (MN12) language as an Honours subject and will graduate with an undergraduate degree are required to take the Law
In the following year, you will study Jurisprudence, and National Admissions test (LNAT) by 20 January 2021.
• Economics (ML11) Law and government. a Law with Languages degree or concentrate solely on
• English Literature (MQ13) law subjects and graduate with a Law with Legal Studies The LNAT results of students will be taken into account in
• Gaelic Language (MQ15) If you intend to enter the Scottish Legal Profession you degree, for example, Law with French Legal Studies. deciding whether to make offers of places on the Scots
• History (MV11) must take the following courses during your degree and Law LLB along with the entry requirements described
• Philosophy (MV15) these are normally taken in Year 2: Two year LLB (Fast Track) above.
• Politics (ML12) • Business organisations The accelerated LLB allows graduates in other disciplines The LNAT is run by a consortium of UK universities and
• Social & Public Policy (ML14) • Commercial law to obtain a degree which will qualify them for entry to the comprises a two-hour on-screen test (95 minutes) and
Scots Law with Languages • European Union law Diploma in Professional Legal Practice and the solicitor essay questions (40 minutes). It is designed to assess
• Law with French Language (M1R1) • Property law. branch of the legal profession in two years. The two-year verbal reasoning skills and command of written English.
• Law with German Language (M1R2) degree is available to all applicants holding a first degree. The test can be taken by applicants at centres throughout
In addition there is a range of optional courses to choose
• Law with Italian Language (M1R3) the UK and overseas.
from, covering topics such as International private
• Law with Portuguese Language (M1R5) Career prospects For information on how to sit the test, together with
law, Environmental law, Labour law and Advanced
• Law with Russian Language (M1RR) international law. If you intend to become a solicitor or advocate in practice papers, see lnat.ac.uk.
• Law with Spanish Language (M1R4) Scotland you must, in addition to the professional
Years 3 and 4 subjects taken as part of the Scots Law LLB, complete a Accreditation
Scots Law with Legal Studies
Admission to Honours takes place at the end of the one-year postgraduate vocational qualification – All Scots Law LLB degrees allow entry to the Diploma
• Law with French Legal Studies (M121) second year. If you progress to Honours (years 3 and 4) the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. There is then
• Law with German Legal Studies (M122) in Professional Legal Practice and thereafter to become
you can choose from a wide range of individual courses a period of full-time training for two years to become a either a solicitor in Scotland (under the Law Society
• Law with Italian Legal Studies (M1M9) available each year and you will have the opportunity to solicitor, and up to two and a half years to become
• Law with Spanish Legal Studies (M123) of Scotland) or to be called to the Scottish Bar (by the
specialise in a chosen area of law. an advocate. Faculty of Advocates). The Scots Law LLB degree and the
Students taking a Joint Honours degree can Graduates of the Scots Law LLB are regularly recruited Diploma in Professional Legal Practice are fully accredited
complete all the courses necessary to apply for entry Our international links
by international firms and may go on to practise law in by the Law Society of Scotland.
to the next stage of professional training for a career We have an extremely successful and popular study England and Wales, the USA, Australia and elsewhere.
in Scottish law, the Diploma in Professional Legal abroad programme. Currently 60% of our Honours Qualification in other countries involves additional study
Practice. A Joint Honours degree does not involve students take the opportunity to spend all or part of the and examination in the law of the relevant legal system.
a period of additional study but please note that in third year studying law in another country or participate Why choose Glasgow?
some cases timetabling issues may arise. in a summer school or other academic activity abroad. The flexibility of the Law degree at Glasgow, together with Glasgow School of Law has a hugely successful
the emphasis on developing the key skills required by study abroad programme with more than 60%
Applicants should apply for either the Scots Law These options are available through our Law with employers and the opportunities available to study abroad
Languages or Legal Studies programmes (see next of students undertaking international mobility.
LLB or the Common Law LLB, not both, since and to take part in placement opportunities, means that
we will only make an offer of a place on one page) or at English-speaking institutions in Europe, the LLB degree provides a sound general foundation We are ranked 1st in Scotland for Law and in the
LLB degree. Scottish students would normally North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, China for a range of careers. These include the civil service, top five in the UK (Complete University Guide 2021).
be expected to apply for the Scots Law LLB. and Singapore. Students may also take part in summer local government, journalism, industry and commerce,
Scottish students applying for the Common Law schools or the comparative law project. international institutions, administration, banking, insurance,
LLB should make it clear in their application why In all cases study abroad is integrated into the degree social work and the police service.
they wish to be considered for this degree. and does not involve an additional year of study.
w glasgow.ac.uk/ug/scotslaw
e law-ug-admissions@glasgow.ac.uk
* Discover Uni (discoveruni.gov.uk), January 2020
LAW: COMMON LAW
The Common Law degree is designed for students Programme structure Law with Languages
who plan to practise law in common law jurisdictions The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Common Law programme is There are many opportunities for you to study law with Entry requirements
in countries such as England and Wales, Northern an exacting intellectual discipline and offers a thorough languages. A language may be studied throughout Our programme webpages advertise the most
Ireland, Canada and India. It is not suitable for grounding in key areas of the law. The degree can be the four years of the degree (the Law with Languages up-to-date detail on our entry requirements for
those who may wish to enter the legal profession studied to Ordinary level, requiring three years of full-time programme). Language study is an integrated part of 2021-22 entry at glasgow.ac.uk/undergraduate.
in Scotland. The Common Law curriculum offers study, or to Honours level in four years of full-time study. the degree, during the first two years of which language Due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic
intellectual depth and has a range of flexible options. We also offer a two-year accelerated programme for skills will be carefully developed. has had on grades certified in 2020, we are
those who have a previous degree. These programmes require you to spend your third currently assessing the flexibility that we can
year studying law in a partner university abroad, where offer in the consideration of academic entry
STUDY PROFESSIONALLY Year 1*
95% LAW STUDENTS
SATISFIED * ABROAD ACCREDITED teaching and learning take place in French, German, requirements. We will publish any changes on
Initially you will study the following core modules: Italian or Spanish. our webpages.
• Common law system and method
• Constitutional law Two-year Common Law LLB (Accelerated)
Common Law LLB (Hons) (M100): Four years
• Law of tort The Common Law LLB two-year degree is designed
Common Law LLB (Accelerated) (M900): Applying to Law
• Criminal law of England and Wales for graduates who plan to practise law in a jurisdiction
Two years, graduates only. • Law of contract. beyond Scotland. The accelerated LLB allows graduates With the exception of applicants to the LLB (Accelerated),
For graduate entrants wishing to undertake three in other disciplines to obtain a Common Law degree in applicants to all LLB degrees who do not already hold
years of continuous study, the accelerated LLB can Year 2* two years rather than four years. an undergraduate degree are required to take the Law
be followed by a one-year LLM. In the following year, you will study core modules in: National Admissions test (LNAT) by 20 January 2021.
Career prospects
Joint Honours • European Union law The LNAT results of students will be taken into account
• Jurisprudence If you intend to become a solicitor or barrister in England in deciding whether to make offers of places on the
Joint Honours options with the Common Law LLB are and Wales the current requirement is that you must, in Common Law LLB along with the entry requirements
currently offered in: • Law and government
• Land law addition to the Common Law LLB, complete a one-year described above.
• Business & Management (MN19) • Equity and trusts postgraduate vocational qualification: the Legal Practice
The LNAT is run by a consortium of UK universities and
• Economic & Social History (ML13) • Foundations of evidence law. Course (LPC) for solicitors or the Bar Professional
comprises an on-screen test (95 minutes) and essay
• Economics (M1L1) Training Course (BPTC) for barristers, and proceed
Students can take option modules in years 1 and 2, questions (40 minutes). It is designed to assess verbal
• English Literature (MQ93) to the remaining requirements of full-time training for
covering topics such as: reasoning skills and command of written English. The
• History (MV91) professional qualification. There is then a period of full-
test can be taken by applicants at centres throughout the
• Philosophy (MV95) • International law time training for two years to become a solicitor or one
UK and overseas.
• Politics (ML92) • Roman law of property and obligations year to become a barrister.
• Commercial law For information on how to sit the test, together with
However, this system is due to change shortly. The
Common Law with Language • Business organisations. practice papers, see lnat.ac.uk.
Solicitors Regulation Authority intends to introduce a
• Law with French Language (M9R1) * Joint degree/Law with Languages/and Accelerated new, independent centralised assessment called the Accreditation
• Law with German Language (M9R2) students will cover some of the core modules at different Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). For information
The LLB (Common Law) is a Qualifying Law Degree in
• Law with Italian Language (M9R3) stages of their degrees. regarding the transitional and future arrangements of
England and Wales, which is recognised by the Solicitors
• Law with Spanish Language (M9R4) both the SRA and the Bar Standards Board please see
Years 3 and 4 Regulatory Authority and the Bar Standards Board. It
Students taking a Joint Honours degree can complete www.sra.org.uk/students/academic-stage/common-
is also a recognised law degree according to the Bar
Admission to Honours takes place at the end of the protocol.
all the courses necessary to apply for entry to the next Council of India, and the Council of Legal Education
second year. If you progress to Honours (years 3 and 4) Our degree will, however, continue to be a Qualifying
stage of professional training for a career in England in Northern Ireland. Accreditation requirements vary in
you can choose from a wide range of individual courses Law Degree for the Bar Standards Board, and
and Wales: the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or the Bar other jurisdictions.
available each year and you will have the opportunity to foundational for those seeking entry to the legal
Professional Training Course (BPTC). A Joint Honours To qualify for legal practice you must pass additional
specialise in a chosen area of law. profession in a range of jurisdictions. The flexibility of the
degree does not involve a period of additional study examinations in the appropriate legal system before
but please note that in some cases timetabling issues Our international links Law degree at Glasgow, together with the emphasis on
proceeding to professional training and qualification.
may arise. developing the key skills required by employers and the
We have an extremely successful and popular study These requirements will vary according to the intended
opportunities available to study abroad and to take part
Note that the Common Law LLB is not accredited abroad programme. Currently 60% of our Honours jurisdiction for professional practice. For information
in placement opportunities, means that the LLB provides
by the Law Society of Scotland and is therefore students take the opportunity to spend all or part of the specific to these, please contact law-ug-admissions@
a sound general foundation for a range of careers. These
not suitable for any applicant who wishes to have third year studying law in another country or participate in glasgow.ac.uk.
include the civil service, local government, journalism,
the option of practising law in Scotland. a summer school or other academic activity abroad. industry and commerce, international institutions,
These options are available through our Law with administration, banking, insurance, social work and the
Applicants should apply for either the Common Why choose Glasgow?
Languages programmes (see below) or at English- police service.
Law LLB or the Scots Law LLB, not both, since
speaking institutions in Europe, North and South Glasgow School of Law has a hugely successful
we will only make an offer of a place on one LLB
America, Australia, New Zealand, China and Singapore. study abroad programme with more than 60%
degree. Scottish students would normally be
Students may also take part in summer schools or the of students undertaking international mobility.
expected to apply for the Scots Law LLB. Scottish
comparative law project.
students applying for the Common Law LLB We are ranked 1st in Scotland for Law and in the
should make it clear in their application why they In all cases study abroad is integrated into the degree top five in the UK (Complete University Guide 2021).
wish to be considered for this degree. and does not involve an additional year of study.
w glasgow.ac.uk/ug/commonlaw
e law-ug-admissions@glasgow.ac.uk
* Discover Uni (discoveruni.gov.uk), January 2020
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