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/>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/><br/><br/><strong>Programme benefits</strong><br/><br/><br/>* Edinburgh Law School has been educating and training some of the world’s finest legal minds for more than 300 years.<br/><br/><br/>* Studying in Scotland’s capital, you will be at the heart of Edinburgh’s legal centre, with the highest courts in Scotland a five-minute walk away.<br/><br/><br/>* You will benefit from access to some of the best academic law materials in Europe in our law library.<br/><br/><br/>* You will join a supportive law community and be assigned to a LawPALS group. This is our peer-assisted learning scheme, which is designed to help you adapt to the study of law.<br/><br/><br/>* You will have access to a number of events and opportunities through the Law Schools Career Opportunities Programme.<br/>