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explores the differences between them and the approaches taken within legal and political thought. It also allows you to develop a critical awareness of the nature of law within its social and political contexts.


LLB Law and Human Rights This four-year course provides you with training in the discipline of law, with a detailed focus on human rights. It enables you to engage in a discourse on human rights law, informed by thinking on rights from political, sociological, philosophical, economic and historical perspectives.


You will be presented with the theoretical foundations, substantive knowledge, and evaluative tools for you to understand, respond to, and help shape national, regional, and international legal and political developments. It also develops your critical awareness of the nature of law within its social, political, sociological, philosophical, economic and historical contexts.


In addition to compulsory modules, we offer a wide range of law options, and an additional Legal Skills module in the first year. Non-law options, including opportunities to study a foreign language, are available in other schools, departments and centres on certain courses.


Can I study abroad? LLB English and French Laws (with Maîtrise/Master 1) The first two years of LLB English and French Laws are spent at Essex, where you will take those modules necessary to ensure that your course is a ‘qualifying’ law course for the purposes of practice in the UK (with the exception of Law of the European Union, which is studied abroad). You will also take French Law and Methodology in both years. The French Law and Methodology module is taught exclusively in French by three full-time academics. The third and fourth years are spent at one of three partner institutions in France, where modules are taken to permit you to obtain the Licence en Droit and Maîtrise/Master 1.


LLB Laws (International Exchange) LLB Laws (International Exchange) is a four-year course which enables you to spend your third year at one of our partner universities. We have a number


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of partners (arranged through the ERASMUS programme) in the following countries: Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. We also have partner universities in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.


Modules are taken in English in Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden and our non-European partners, and thus you will not need any language qualifications to study there.


If you wish to study in any of the other countries you must possess an A-level or equivalent in the relevant language. You will receive two years’ language tuition at Essex before going abroad, unless you are already fluent in that language. Please note that a year abroad does not qualify you to practise law in that country.


What about


interdisciplinary study? We run joint honours LLB Law and Philosophy, and LLB Law and Politics courses. These courses allow you to experience both disciplines, explore the synergy of the subjects, and graduate with strong competence in both. The four-year courses are qualifying law courses – enabling you to proceed to the one-year professional stage of training for solicitors and barristers. Three-year ‘non-qualifying’ versions of these courses are also offered.


We also offer the joint honours ‘qualifying’ course LLB Law and Human Rights. Taking a core spine of human rights modules which explore the legal, political, philosophical, sociological, economic and historical elements of human rights, you will combine these with modules in law which provide the fundamental foundations of legal discipline and a deeper understanding of UK, European and international human rights law. A three-year ‘non-qualifying’ version is also offered.


How will my work be


taught and assessed? You will be taught principally by lectures and tutorials. For most modules you will attend two lectures a week and one fortnightly tutorial. During tutorials, you will have an opportunity to discuss the law, apply the law to factual problems, and develop legal arguments. Legal skills (eg legal research, legal writing and oral presentation) are considered to be an important part of all our teaching.


During your first year, in addition to the core modules, you will take a Legal Skills module, including an intensive induction week at the start of the year, to give you a grounding in the basic techniques for studying law. Basic IT skills training is available and training in the use of LEXIS and WESTLAW (legal research tools) is also given.


You will also be encouraged to take part in moots (mock trials), negotiation competitions and other practical exercises, as this will help develop your oral and legal reasoning skills. You will be able to participate in national and international mooting competitions and in the annual mooting competition organised by the University of Essex Law Society. The Law Society also runs an award-winning ‘Street Law’ project, which gives you the chance to gain further useful experience and develop your skills.


We have recently established a Law Clinic in collaboration with the student Law Society and the Students’ Union – you will have the opportunity to work with practising lawyers to advise real clients. The Students’ Union also runs a Model United Nations in which you will be encouraged to participate.


Assessment in virtually all modules is by a combination of written examination and coursework. Examinations are held at the end of each academic year. You must pass the first-year qualifying examinations to


We are strongly committed to providing a legal education of the highest quality.


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