Law (Scots and English Dual Qualifying) with Energy Law (Hons) University of Dundee

Overview

The LL.B. Law (Scots and English Dual Qualifying) with Energy Law (Hons) from University of Dundee is best suited to Scottish students, and you can change between the two until the end of second year.

You do not need to apply for both Scots and Dual degrees.

If you graduate with this degree, you have a choice of where you can study for your postgraduate professional qualification. This will give you a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

The energy law modules are provided by the University's Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. CEPMLP is internationally renowned in the field of international business transactions, natural resources and energy law, and policy.

In Levels 3 and 4 you will develop detailed knowledge and expertise in this key commercial field and will study subjects such as energy law and energy projects and environmental law.

You will also explore a specialist area of your choice in a dissertation in Level 4.

Careers

The university supports and develops your career skills as you study.

Their close links to employers will help you to find a job when you graduate.

With its focus on oil and gas and energy law this course is strongly placed to be relevant if you want a career in the energy sector.

This course is fully accredited by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (England and Wales) so when you graduate you will have full flexibility in deciding where to complete your legal training.

They have close links with employers and we offer programmes to support and develop your employability as you study.

A new qualification route to practicing as a solicitor in England and Wales is currently (June 2019) being developed. This will be a centralised Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). This LLB course will still enable you to pursue qualification as a solicitor until after these reforms come in. For more information on these reforms and what they might mean for your journey to practice, visit the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Law graduates work in many different careers. Some choose to practice law as solicitors or barristers, in private practice, in government departments or as in-house counsel in businesses.

Accreditation

This course is fully accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales, the Bar Council and the Law Society of Northern Ireland. When you graduate you will have full flexibility in deciding where to complete your legal training.