Law with French Law LLB

Course overview

The Law Faculty offers a wide range of subjects and employs a variety of teaching methods. The degree programme provides both a general liberal education and a basis for careers not only in the legal profession but also in fields as diverse as the civil service, local government, the social services, higher education, the armed forces, business, industry, the media, finance and accountancy.

We start the first two weeks of the first academic year with a two-week induction programme: Laws' Connections: Legal Doctrine and Contemporary Challenges. Laws' Connections is designed to be an inspiring introduction to the study of law here at UCL Laws, and to the role of law in addressing social challenges.

You will then study compulsory modules in Public Law, Contract Law, Property I and Criminal Law during Year 1 of the programme. Students on the programme are also required to undertake a European Legal Studies (French) module (taught in French) in both Years 1 and 2 at UCL. In Year 1, the module introduces the French legal system and core concepts of Constitutional Law.

In Year 2 you will take four more compulsory modules: Tort, Property II, European Union Law, and European Legal Studies (French). In Year 2, the European Legal Studies module includes tuition in French about the law and legal system of France.

The third year of study is spent abroad at Paris II Panthéon-Assas. The typical programme of study for this year leads to a Certificat supérieur de droit français et européen and comprises two full-year courses plus six one-semester courses in Civil/Private Law, Public Law and other optional courses in French Law.

Students who have the requisite level in French and French Law may also apply to undertake more courses during their year abroad to gain a licence 3 qualification in addition to their LLB (subject to approval by UCL Laws).

In the Final Year you will return to UCL and will choose 120 credits from a list of optional modules. One of them could be a research essay on a legal subject of your choice, subject to approval by the department. Subject to availability and approval, it may also be possible to take up to 30 credits from modules outside of Laws in place of a Laws module.

The department does not offer language tuition. Throughout the programme, you will be responsible for maintaining (or if necessary, improving) your French language skills in order to meet the academic demands of the degree.

Students enrolled on this programme will only be permitted to transfer to the three-year LLB degree in exceptional circumstances.

Our vision is of a faculty which provides a diverse, inclusive and deeply non-discriminatory home for both staff and students – competitive as well as caring to achieve excellence and to allow all its members to flourish. Within a dynamic and changing European context, knowledge of another European national legal system and its law is a valuable asset, both academically and professionally. This four-year programme includes a year at Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and leads to the award of a Bachelor of Laws degree from UCL.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 4

The foundation of your career

The wide range of skills and subjects learned throughout your degree open up many opportunities when you graduate. Many UCL Laws graduates move directly to further vocational study and train to become solicitors or barristers. Recent graduates have also chosen employment in government, political service and a range of industries. Some have selected to undertake further academic study.

*Please note as this degree programme is small, career data has been aggregated with other LLB programmes at UCL.

Employability

As a law student, you will be encouraged to develop a critical awareness of how the law works and how it may be changed, to sharpen your powers of reasoning, and to develop both the technical expertise to solve legal problems and the capacity to determine whether a solution is fair and just.