DPT: Law and Economics (LLB Hons) (UTLAWEC)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Students wishing to pursue qualification to progress towards legal practice in Scotland should note the courses required as indicated in the Degree Programme Table for the LLB Honours (years 1 and 2).

Before selecting any optional courses please ensure that you have met your Personal Tutor.

Please note, students who may be retaking a compulsory course, or has chosen to do so for professionally qualifying reasons, it is possible that there may be timetable clashes.

Compulsory courses

Scottish Legal System

Must be passed

Contract and Unjustified Enrichment

Must be passed

Family Law (Ordinary)

Must be passed

Public Law of the UK and Scotland

Must be passed

European Union Law (Ordinary) A

Must be passed

Critical Legal Thinking

Must be passed

Economics 1

Must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Economics 2

Must be passed

Statistical Methods for Economics

Must be passed

Course options

Students wishing to progress towards legal practice should note that passes in the following courses are required to qualify as a solicitor in Scotland: 'Commercial Law (Ordinary) LAWS08131', 'Business Entities LAWS08134', 'Public Law and Individual Rights LAWS08132', 'Evidence (Ordinary) LAWS08141', 'Delict LAWS08135', 'Criminal Law (Ordinary) LAWS08142'; 'Property Law (Ordinary) LAWS08133', and 'Succession and Trust Law LAWS08130'.

Before selecting any optional courses please ensure that you have met your Personal Tutor.

Revenue Law

International Private Law Ordinary

Jurisprudence

Succession and Trust Law

Commercial Law (Ordinary)

Public Law and Individual Rights

Property Law (Ordinary)

Business Entities

Delict

Evidence (Ordinary)

Criminal Law (Ordinary)

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

For candidates entering the third year of the programme, entry into the third year will required (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, (ii) a pass in Economics 2, and (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics.

Students MUST take Essentials of Econometrics, Topics in Microeconomics, and EITHER Applications of Econometrics OR Topics in Macroeconomics, but may defer Topics of Microeconomics until year 4. Several Economics level 10 option courses have Topics in Microeconomics as pre-requisites.

Students who opt to spend their third year abroad will be expected to do the equivalent of 120 credits. All students who spend their third year abroad must also take the compulsory course 'Advanced Legal Writing (Online) LAWS10214'.