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Nelson Mandela University

Bachelor of Laws Extended Programme

The Bachelor of Laws Extended Programme in Law and Legal Studies is offered by Nelson Mandela University.

Program Length: 5 YEARS.

This qualification has been approved in terms of the new Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework (HEQSF).

The Bachelor of Laws Extended prepares students for the assistance of employers, professional associations, curriculum developers, learning programme providers, and families in law enforcement contexts. This qualification aims at: 

• creating law graduates who acquire coherent knowledge and understanding of relevant concepts and principles, together with a  great amount of skills including problem-solving, and practical application of principles, written and oral skills, numeracy and computer literacy, among others. 
• providing law graduates with enough skills and knowledge to apply in their daily lives.
• providing the South African community with lawyers who are good and responsible enough to accept their responsibility towards the realisation of a just society. 

Admission Requirements 

Those who are willing to pursue a Bachelor of Laws Extended must meet certain requirements that are applicable up to the final year of admission. 

• Students must get a minimum NSC statutory requirement for degree entry. 
• Applicants with NSC Grade 12 Mathematics or Technical Mathematics requires a minimum Applicant Score of 370. Those with NSC Grade 12 Mathematical Literacy require a 385 score. 
• NSC achievement rating of at least 60% for English Home or 65% for English First Additional Language.
•  NSC achievement rating of at least 45% for Mathematics or Technical Mathematics or 70% for Mathematical Literacy.
• The modules prescribed by the Senate must be obtained to earn this degree. 

Career Opportunities 

This qualification is aimed at preparing students for entry into legal practice and many other careers related to law, but also for post-graduate degrees. Students will learn to appreciate the values and principles established by the Constitution, as well as obtain a critical understanding of theories, concepts,  principles, ethics, perspectives, methodologies, and procedures of the discipline of law. They will be apt to properly apply all of the above to academic and professional contexts. 

Bachelor of Laws Extended - Curriculum 

FIRST YEAR 

Academic and Life Skills Development 

Computer Literacy [1] 

Augmented Research and Reading Skills 114

Augmented Writing Skills 

Augmented Introduction to Law 

Augmented Introduction to Law 

Augmented Law of Persons  

English for Humanities 

Academic English (Law) 

Introductory Statistics

SECOND YEAR

Academic and Life Skills Development 

Entrepreneurship 

Constitutional Law 

Constitutional Law 

Augmented Family Law 

Augmented Advocacy Skills 

Augmented Numeracy Skills 

Rhetoric and Language (Law) 

Numerical Skills for Humanities

THIRD YEAR 

Criminal Law 201 

Criminal Law 202 

Human Rights Law 202 

Criminal Procedure 201 

Interpretation of Statutes 202 

Law of Contract 201 

Law of Contract 202 

Law of Succession 201 

Law of Things 202 

Customary Law 201

FOURTH YEAR 

Law of Evidence 301 

Public International Law 301 

Law of Delict 301 

Unjustified Enrichment 302 

Law of Damages and MVA 302 

Private International Law 302 

Specific Contracts A 301 

Specific Contracts B 311 

Business Entities Law 301 

Labour Law 302 

Company Law 302 

Compulsory Training of Trainers [2]

Compulsory LLB Research Workshop [3]

FIFTH YEAR 

Consumer Protection and Credit Law 402 

Administrative Law 402 

Civil Procedure 401 

Jurisprudence 402 

Legal Practice 401 

Legal Practice 402 

IT Law 402 

Insolvency Law 401