This graduate-entry LLB (Hons) is an accelerated, two-year Qualifying Law Degree which includes a two-week International Legal Studies immersion in Toronto. This degree offers the unrivalled opportunity to study in two of the world’s largest international legal hubs and offers a pathway to study the LLM at Northeastern University in Boston.
Overview
Award: LLB (Hons) Law with International Legal Studies (Senior Status)
Location: St Katharine Docks, London
Study Abroad: Bay Street, Toronto
Study mode: Full-time
Duration: Two years
Faculty & Research: Law Faculty
Programme Specifications: Subject to approval.
Summary
For ambitious graduates, this accelerated LLB provides an intensive, academically rigorous and fulfilling way to start your legal career. It has been designed with the needs of those seeking international qualifications and practice in mind.
Students on the Senior Status LLB will attend a two-week International Legal Studies immersion programme in downtown Toronto, Ontario, the content of which has been informed by the involvement of Magic Circle and Am Law 100 firms. As well as broadening your understanding of the complexities of international legal practice from the setting of a dynamic, international business hub, this immersive learning experience will explore legal career pathways in Canada as a UK-qualified lawyer.
In addition to the courses required for a Qualifying Law Degree, Senior Status students can take a range of optional courses including Company Law, Competition Law, and Legal Research and Advocacy, a course designed to enhance your preparation and presentation of written and oral legal arguments and to develop your understanding and practice of litigation.
The programme offers a breadth of educational opportunity to its students alongside academic depth. Senior Status LLB students are able to maintain their undergraduate academic interests or explore entirely new disciplines, by taking elective subjects from many of the College’s faculties. An interdisciplinary element to your Law degree improves your capacity to appreciate alternative and innovative perspectives and can demonstrate a multi-faceted skill set to future employers.
The College is part of Northeastern University’s global network, which includes a number of campus locations in the US and Canada. Northeastern’s American Bar Association-accredited Law School has been instrumental in developing this programme alongside NCH Law Faculty members with significant professional experience practising in multiple jurisdictions. This Senior Status LLB provides graduates with a legal qualification that has a truly global focus.
Teaching
You will typically experience an average of 10 or more hours of high-quality contact time in each teaching week, in considerably smaller groups than the norm for UK institutions.
Teaching and learning take place in the form of lectures and small group seminars, facilitating the forms of discussion and debate which are advantageous to the study of Law.
Assessment
Students will be assessed through a mixture of examination and written assignments. The exact proportion will depend on the choice of optional and elective courses.
Entry Requirements
Entry requirements for the Law LLB (Hons) Senior Status with International Legal Studies at NCH London.
Graduates
Offers are typically made to applicants holding an upper second-class honours bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a UK university, a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a Canadian university with a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, or the international equivalent.
Professionals
NCH welcomes applications from mature students who may have been out of education for a while who have equivalent professional experience.
Each applicant will be assessed on an individual basis through their application, reference and interview.
Accreditation
The Law LLB (Hons) Senior Status with International Legal Studies is accredited by the SRA (England and Wales) as a Qualifying Law Degree and as such is accepted by the NCA (Canada) as a route to qualification in Canada, in combination with stipulated NCA exams, subject to minimum academic requirements.
This programme is not offered at or supported by a Canadian institution and is not authorised by the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
