14 April 2008

Unique opportunity for law students at Dundee

The University of Dundee is to offer all law students the unique opportunity to become qualified to practice in all of the UK’s jurisdictions.

Dundee is already the only Law school in the UK to offer degree programmes in both Scots and English Law.

From September 2008 students on the Scots Bachelor of Law (LLB) programme will be able to pursue a course of study which will allow them to take all the professional subjects required by the Law Societies of Scotland, England and Wales and Northern Ireland as pre-requisites for qualifying in each country.

"This will give our students a greater understanding of law across the UK and allow them to decide which jurisdiction they wish to go on to qualify in professionally," said Stuart Cross, senior lecturer in the School of Law at Dundee.

"This will open up new avenues for them as they set out on their careers. It makes it far easier for graduates with all the required subjects to become fully qualified as a solicitor in multiple jurisdictions, offering them new flexibility across the UK."

Students on the English LLB programme will be able to continue to select Scottish qualifying modules as part of their programme.

In another development, the School of Law is delighted to announce the creation of a new joint Masters programme with the Law Faculty at the University of Cergy-Pontoise [UCP] in France.

The Joint Masters, which will commence in September 2008, is an exciting new venture which brings together two dynamic and highly rated law schools. Students will be taught through English by acknowledged experts and will gain an in-depth knowledge of a wide range of contemporary commercial law subjects from both a common law and civil law perspective.

Students enrolled on the dual qualifying LL.M. will graduate with a LL.M. in International Commercial Law from Dundee University and an LLM. in Business & Taxation Law or Law & Business Ethics from UCP.

The autumn semester will be spent in Scotland where, after a week long induction session, students will select two modules from the International Commercial Law programme.

For further information see www.dundee.ac.uk/law/.

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