Law LLB (Hons)

The LLB at Edinburgh is designed to prepare you for a career as a lawyer in Scotland, providing the ideal foundation for further professional study. <br/><br/>In accordance with the requirements of the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates, we will ensure you gain the legal skills and knowledge needed for a future as either a solicitor, or as an advocate, in the Scottish legal profession. <br/><br/>**Non-legal career opportunities** <br/><br/>The LLB is not only a gateway to practising law. Many of our graduates choose not to practise law. They find the LLB to be an excellent grounding for many other careers in areas such as: <br/><br/><br/>* financial services <br/><br/><br/>* politics <br/><br/><br/>* journalism <br/><br/><br/>* public policy <br/><br/><br/>* government work <br/><br/><br/>**Learning outcomes**<br/><br/>Our LLB programme will provide you with a range of useful skills in logic and rhetoric, which you can apply to other academic and professional fields. <br/><br/>This programme aims to promote advanced knowledge and understanding of the theory, concepts and rules of law in their socioeconomic, institutional, and historical frameworks.<br/><br/>While the programme is grounded in Scots law and the Scots legal system, you will also learn the law and legal systems in:<br/><br/><br/>* the other parts of the United Kingdom <br/><br/><br/>* the European Union <br/><br/><br/>* the wider world<br/>