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Stellenbosch University

Bachelor of Law

The Bachelor of Law in Law and Legal Studies is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 4 YEARS.

Bachelor of Law (four-year programme) offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Law

The LLB programme aims to give you a sound grasp of all branches of jurisprudence essential for a career as a legal practitioner. Before they will formally be admitted to the profession of attorney or advocate, however, LLB graduates must also undergo the prescribed practical training and pass the entrance examination set by the profession.

Programme content

The first two years: You are required to do four law modules and two non-law subjects (at least one of the non-law subjects must be a language). In addition you do modules in Writing Skills and Information Skills. In the second year you take only one non-law module.

The last two years: The curricula are made up of law modules only. In the second semester of the fourth year, you have to select four modules, one of which may be a dissertation. Here are some of the modules you may choose from: Accounting for Law Students, Advanced Family Law, Advanced Labour Law, Arbitration, Competition Law, Immaterial Property Law, Insurance Law, International Private Law, Internet Law and Transport Law. These modules allow you to specialise to some extent.

Bachelor of Law (three-year programme) offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Law

This three-year programme was first introduced in 1999 for postgraduate students who obtained their first Bachelor's degree in a field other than law, and who passed the final year with an aggregate of at least 60%. The programme introduces students to all branches of jurisprudence essential for a career as a legal practitioner.

Just like the four-year LLB degree, this qualification enables you to follow a career as a legal practitioner after undergoing the prescribed practical training and passing the entrance examination set by the profession.