Colchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
LLB English and French Law (Licence)
Our challenging and competitive course gives you the rewarding intellectual experience of discovering the richness of both the French and English legal cultures. We are one of only a few universities in the UK which put students on the right path to qualify for legal practice in both the UK and France. We also offer a valuable scholarship, specifically for students on this course.
Your first two years on our prestigious LLB English and French Law course are spent at Essex, where you take the required modules in English Law, meeting the requirements for the academic stages of training to become a solicitor or barrister in the UK. During this time in the UK you also learn French law, which is taught in French.
After two years at Essex, your third year is spent at one of the following partner institutions in France, where you follow modules in French law to obtain the Licence en Droit:
- Paris-Nanterre University
- Toulouse Capitole University
- Lyon III Jean Moulin University
- University of the French Riviera
Students will pay University of Essex tuition fees for the first and second year of study and will pay tuition fees to their French university for their third year.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Curriculum
Year 1
- French Constitutional Law
- French Private Law I
- Contract Law
- Foundations of Public Law
- Criminal Law
- Career Management and Personal Development Skills I
Year 2
- Tort Law
- Equity and Trusts
- Land Law
- Legal Research
- Criminal Law
- French Administrative Law
- French Private Law II
- Career Management and Personal Development Skills II
Year Away
Licence
Program Outcome
At present, to qualify as a solicitor or barrister you need to meet the requirements for the academic stage of training for the respective profession, before entering into the vocational training stage. Our LLB degrees meet the requirements for the academic stages of training to become a solicitor or barrister:
Solicitor
From 2021 there is a new route to qualification for solicitors, the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). This includes a requirement to undertake 2 years of ‘qualifying work experience.’ This can be accumulated across four different organisations. Please contact us if you require any further information.
Barrister
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) regulates training to become a barrister. New qualification rules are currently being introduced (between 2019-21). The new framework for qualifying to become a barrister will continue to require an undergraduate law degree (or an undergraduate degree in a different subject area followed by a Graduate Diploma in Law). The requirements for the academic stage of training are set by the BSB. Our LLB degrees meet these requirements and, therefore, meet the academic component of training to become a barrister.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
We maintain close and well-established links with the legal profession.
Our recent graduates of LLB English and French Law have progressed towards various legal careers:
- World Health Organisation (legal consultancy)
- Jones Day
- Slaughter and May, London
- Lovells Law, Washington DC
- SBKG, Paris
Others have secured positions across the spectrum of the legal profession, from multi-national city firms, through to large national and regional firms, to local high-street solicitors. Some have gone on to train for the French Bar and Judiciary, or to pursue their studies at Science Po Paris or in Écoles de commerce in France (such as HEC, EDHEC).
We also work with the university's Student Development Team to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities.
Program delivery
- For most modules, you attend two lectures a week and one fortnightly tutorial
- Tutorials provide the opportunity to discuss the law, apply the law to factual problems, and develop legal arguments
- Basic IT skills training is available and training in the use of LEXIS and WESTLAW (legal research tools) is also given
- You are encouraged to take part in moots (mock trials), negotiation competitions and other practical exercises
- Your third year is taught at one of three partner institutions in France