Common Law/English Literature - LLB (Hons)

University of Glasgow

The Common Law degree is designed for you if you plan to practise law in common law jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada and India. It is not suitable if you wish to enter the legal profession in Scotland. The Common Law curriculum offers intellectual depth and has a range of flexible options. The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Common Law programme is an exacting intellectual discipline and offers a thorough grounding in key areas of the law. The degree can be studied to Ordinary level, requiring three years of full-time study, or to Honours level in four years of full-time study.The flexibility of the LLB (Common Law) at Glasgow, together with the emphasis on developing the key skills required by employers and the opportunities available to study abroad and to take part in placement opportunities, means that the degree provides a sound general foundation for a range of careers. These include the Civil Service, local government, journalism, industry and commerce, international institutions, administration, banking, insurance, social work and the police service. For those seeking to work as a lawyer in England and Wales, or Northern Ireland, the LLB (Common law) will provide an invaluable foundation in the academic study of law.If you intend to become a barrister in England and Wales, the LLB (Common Law) satisfies the Bar Standards Board requirements regarding the academic component of training based on a law degree. After completing our degree, you would then undertake the ‘vocational stage’ of training, which requires completion of a postgraduate Bar course. The final step in qualifying as a barrister involves a period of full-time training for one year (‘pupillage’). The LLB (Common law) is also a recognised degree for the purposes of qualifying in Northern Ireland (the Bar course at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Belfast).

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