LLB Law with German Law

Overview 

UCAS course code: M142 

You should review the information provided below in conjunction with the UCL Prospectus page for this degree before applying.

This four-year degree equips you with the skills to reflect critically on your understanding of the law, how it works, and how and if it can be changed. This course includes a year at the Universität zu Köln or the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München* and leads to the award of a Bachelor of Laws degree from UCL.

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.

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

Highlights

• Learn directly from world-renowned academics and practitioners in the legal field.
• Be a part of our global student community and take advantage of our 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.
• The year spent abroad studying German Law will enhance your critical analysis skills and equip you for the fourth and final year at UCL.
• You will spend your third year abroad studying German law at one of UCL’s partner universities in Germany: the Universität zu Köln or Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

 *Please note this is subject to change, and specific placements cannot be guaranteed.

Course structure

The structure of the course during Years 1, 2 and 4 (when you will be based at UCL), is similar to Years 1, 2 and 3 of the LLB Law course, with the exception of an additional module which is taught in German and is focused on German law.

The German Law module in Years 1 and 2 will provide you with the skills needed to study at our partner institutions during your year abroad in Germany.

For all courses with one year of study abroad, the overseas university will also send you information regarding term dates, student registration, and enrolment.

Throughout Year 2, you will have opportunities to meet returning fourth-year students who have completed their year abroad and current visiting students from overseas universities.

Please note that you will not receive German language tuition as part of the course and are expected to develop your language skills alongside your studies.

Modules

Assessment

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

You will also submit and receive feedback on formative assessments throughout each academic year.

Assessment at our partner universities

You will be assessed according to the regulations of the overseas university where you are studying in the third year. Assessment is based on written or oral examinations.

You must study and pass the required number of credits for your ‘Laws With’ Study Abroad Programme, in order to pass the Study Abroad element of your degree programme. If you fail a module, and do not therefore secure the required credits, you must make the necessary arrangements via the host university to re-sit the module wherever this is possible. Please contact the Undergraduate Office to discuss. We are always there to assist and support students. As soon as your results/re-sit results are available, your marks must be forwarded to the Undergraduate Office, and provided you have satisfied UCL Laws’ requirements, you will pass the Study Abroad element of your degree programme.

Students who do not pass the year abroad will automatically transfer to the final year of the three-year LLB programme in the next academic year, following the year abroad BUT students who transfer from a Laws with programme to the straight LLB programme must study and pass Jurisprudence in their final year and will therefore choose only three additional 30 credit modules (or equivalent) in their final 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 successfully complete all four years of the programme to be awarded a Bachelors Degree with honours, but 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 with German Law degree provides the academic foundations required for those wishing to pursue 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 in order to qualify, and requirements may change over time. Find out more about qualifying as a solicitor or barrister.