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For those that do want to enter the legal profession, our Diploma in Legal Practice, which as of 2011 is known as PEAT 1, has an excellent record of graduate employment across the UK and is taught by practicing solicitors.
A number of graduates go on to undertake postgraduate degrees within the School in areas such as commercial, international, human rights and environmental law.
teaching and assessment
Our approach is intended to be both innovative and progressive with a changing emphasis as the student advances through the levels of the degree programme:
• At Levels 1 and 2, teaching consists of a balance between lectures supported by small group teaching in tutorials and independent and group study.
• At Levels 3 and 4 a greater proportion of coursework is conducted independently and classes take the form of seminar discussion.
• Half the coursework at Level 4 involves preparation and presentation of the dissertation, a substantial work of independent, but supervised and supported research on an elective topic.
The form of assessment varies between modules. Presentations may be used to evaluate oral communication of reasoned legal argument and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. Moots may be used to assess court room manner and the ability to argue interactively.
Some modules are assessed by essay or drafting exercises while others involve tests on the comprehension and interpretation of legal sources such as Acts of Parliament or case reports. In no module does assessment depend solely on a final exam.
A small number of modules are continuously assessed, and in the majority of modules the weighting of assessment is 25% for coursework and 75% for the final assessment.
Law undergraduates can also choose to spend a semester or a year at a European university under the Erasmus programme. We have agreements with universities in Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany.
what our graduates say
Chris Browne, from Belfast, graduated in 2010 with LLB English Law and was recently elected as Deputy President of the Dundee University Students’ Association (DUSA). He says,
The best thing about law at Dundee is the high quality of teaching and academic supervision. There are some really eminent lecturers and professors and it is a unique opportunity to have one of these individuals supervise your dissertation.
programme content • typical degree programme example
LLB Honours degree Level 1
Scots Law Stream > Scots Law of Contract * > Scots Law of Delict* > Scots Criminal Law*
Both Streams
> Legal Method and Systems*
> Law and Society* > Constitutional Law *
English Law Stream
> English Law of Contract*
> English Law of Tort* > English Criminal Law*
Level 2
Scots Law Stream > Family Law + > Mercantile Law + > Scottish Property Law > Revenue +
Both Streams > EC Law* > Administrative Law* > Evidence + #
English Law Stream
> English Law of Equity and Trusts -
> English Law of Property - > 20 credit Level 2 subject > 10 credit Level 2 subject
* Compulsory: all other modules can be in another discipline up to 120 credits total (80 in one year) + Scots professional subjects - English and NI professional subjects # NI professional subjects
Level 3
> Choice of 4 subjects (4 x 30 credits)
> Courses on Erasmus exchange equivalent to 120 credits
For dual qualifying degree modules please see the programme webpage.
Level 4
> Choice of 2 subjects (2 x 30 credits)
> Dissertation
For a list of Level 3 and Level 4 options, dual qualifying degree modules and more information on the law with languages option, please visit our programme webpage.
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