Law with Another Legal System (Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sweden)

Overview

This programme is not available through UCAS.

This four-year programme allows you to spend your first two years at UCL, your third year studying overseas in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, or Sweden and your final year completing your studies at UCL.

You will apply in your second year, and selection is based primarily on academic merit, alongside your motivation for applying.

As a UCL Laws student, your modules will be taught through weekly lectures, combined with bi-weekly tutorials or seminars. During lectures, seminars, and tutorials, you’ll have the opportunity to explore the principles of law and understand its role in governing relations between the individual, the state, and society.

Through discussion and debate with your classmates and tutors, written assignments and presentations, you will develop your ability to communicate in a clear and effective way, sharpen your powers of reasoning, and gain the technical expertise to solve legal problems.

Tuition fees are paid to UCL for all four years of study (reduced for the third year). No tuition fees are paid to the overseas university.

Please note: 

• Partner institutions and available destinations may change each year, and specific placements cannot be guaranteed.
• Following an offer of a study abroad place, admission to your host university is subject to completing a formal application and meeting their academic requirements. Partner institutions reserve the right to decline applications. 

Highlights

• Learn directly from world-renowned academics and practitioners in the legal field.
• Be a part of our global student community and benefit from UCL Law Society, which, together with the Faculty, delivers an outstanding programme of activities and events each term.
• Develop your skills and legal knowledge by taking part in activities such as mooting, client interviewing, debating, and negotiating competitions.
• Get involved in pro-bono opportunities, allowing you to provide legal advice and give back to the local community. The Centre for Access to Justice (CAJ) provides Faculty-level oversight and management of the UCL Laws Pro Bono Programme, facilitating a broad range of projects for you to get involved.
• Access specialist careers support from our in-house Careers Consultant.
• Work in our state of the art Faculty, Bentham House, which provides an inspiring home for our staff and students.
• Spend the third year of the programme studying in either Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong or Sweden and gain a better understanding of another legal system.
• The year spent abroad studying another legal system will enhance your critical analysis skills and equip you for your fourth and final year at UCL

Programme structure

The structure of the programme during Years 1, 2 and 4 will be the same as Years 1, 2 and 3 of the LLB Law programme. The third year of the programme will be spent abroad, and the structure is dependent on the chosen partner university - see below for further details.

Modules

Assessment

You will be assessed through a variety of summative assessments (e.g., written examinations, take-home papers, coursework essays, presentations, or a combination of methods).

You will be assessed according to the regulations of the overseas university where you are studying in the third year.

Accreditation

All of our programmes are compliant with the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Law and contain the Foundations of Legal Knowledge subjects as well as the skills associated with graduate legal work, such as legal research.

Students will not receive a degree from the partner university, but the UCL degree will reflect the study abroad experience. You must complete all four years of the programme to be awarded a Bachelor’s Degree with honours. Still, the classification of your degree will be determined by results in the second and fourth years (credits are weighted at 3 and 5, respectively). 

Professional qualification

The LLB Law degree provides the academic foundations required for those wishing to pursue a qualification as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales, subject to meeting the requirements of the relevant professional regulators.

Graduates may proceed to the next stages of professional training, including the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) or Bar training, depending on their chosen career pathway. Further training and assessments are required to qualify, and requirements may change over time. Find out more about qualifying as a solicitor or barrister.