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The Buckingham LLB (Full-time)We are unique in being able to provide you with a fasttrack to success by offering:• Small-group teaching in classes of no more than sixstudents.• Single honours LLB programme starting three times ayear in January, July or September.• A degree completed in two four-term years (or in twoyears and three months for September entrants).• The opportunity to continue immediately aftergraduation with our postgraduate LLM programme inInternational and Commercial Law, increasing yourspecialist knowledge and acquiring two degrees inonly three years.• Mooting and negotiating as compulsory elements inour Legal Skills course, with the opportunity to attendother practical sessions and to enter externalcompetitions.• An annual Legal Workshop, organised in conjunctionwith practitioners, allowing you to practise advisingclients and to present short cases as though in court.• Access to advice about opportunities after universityand encouragement to undertake work experience.• The opportunity to engage in practical legalexperience by shadowing judges in court and takingup mini-pupillage opportunities, which the LawSchool facilitates as part of its Street Legalprogramme.• A guaranteed place on our LLM programme and onthe Legal Practice Course at the College of Law if yougain second class honours or better.ProgrammesAll Buckingham LLB programmes (whether singlehonours or combined honours) lead to an English‘qualifying law degree’ – recognised by the SolicitorsRegulation Authority and the Bar Council – qualifying theholder to be exempt from the academic stage of trainingfor entry into the legal professions.These requirements stipulate (among other things) thatcertain ‘foundation’ subjects must be covered by thedegree. Of the 360 units that make up a Buckingham LLB,240 are devoted to courses in Legal Studies/Skills and the‘foundation’ subjects of European Law, Constitutionaland Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Law of Contract,Law of Torts, Land Law and Law of Trusts.Some countries have additional requirements. If you arean international student you should confirm exactlywhat subjects you must take in order to qualify for yourjurisdiction.Single Honours Law (M100) programme will qualifystudents for most other common law jurisdictions. It isthe most popular choice and consists of the sevenfoundation subjects required by the professional bodies,with the opportunity to specialise. Options currentlyoffered include: Commercial Law, Company Law,Criminology and Criminal Justice, E-Business Law, Law ofEvidence, Family Law, Intellectual Property Law,International Law, Jurisprudence, Sex and Gender, andSports Law.Students may choose to study one non-Law course – forexample, a Modern Foreign Language, Computer Skills,Psychology or Business. Further details can be found onthe Law School's web pages.Combined Honours Law allows students to take the corefoundation subjects and devote the remaining one-third(120 units) of the degree to another subject area.Combinations currently available are:Law with Business FinanceM1N3Law with EconomicsM1L1Law with English Language StudiesEFL/M1Q1Law with FrenchM1R1Law with Management StudiesM1N2Law with PoliticsM1L2Law with SpanishM1R4See the Course Finder (page 86) for available start datesfor Combined Honours courses.Students may also take Law as a minor element withtwo-thirds of the degree in another subject area such asBusiness or Psychology. For further details, please refer tothe relevant major subject in this prospectus.26