Global Law LLB (Hons)

The University of Edinburgh

The Global Law programme at Edinburgh is designed to prepare you for a range of careers in a rapidly changing professional environment.It will provide you with the legal skills, substantive knowledge, and global outlook to work across borders, and to bring a uniquely legal perspective to solving global challenges.The LLB Global Law does not provide you with a qualification to practice law. Instead, the degree will provide you with skills to adapt, innovate and succeed in a globally oriented legal career. You may move from country to country, or work with local, national and regional institutions, organisations or businesses with a global perspective. You may work with clients who need to be advised on cross-jurisdictional matters, or with supra- or inter-national organisations.In Years 1 and 2, you will study courses that will provide a solid foundation in core legal skills, methods and concepts from a global perspective.In Year 3, you will have a compulsory exchange year with one of our selected partner schools, which span 6 continents. You will gain exposure to a different legal tradition, and benefit from broader cultural benefits, global networks, and a range of legal skills.In Year 4, courses are studied at 'Honours' level, where you will choose from specialist courses covering a range of theoretical, practical and historical fields of study.The Honours programme in Year 4 places a strong emphasis on developing your analytical ability, with importance placed on written and oral skills.There are also opportunities to perfect your oral skills through participation in legal 'moots' which reproduce a courtroom environment. Mooting is just one of the ways in which the Law School encourages you to develop legal skills through a range of innovative learning methods.