Global Legal Studies (Honours) Newcastle University

Overview

At the Global Legal Studies (Honours)  LL.B programme from Newcastle University  you'll develop an understanding of the complexities of law in a global context.

In addition to developing a strong grounding in the UK legal system, you'll develop a foundation in comparative law techniques, and an understanding of EU law, international law and its institutions.

On the four-year Global Legal Studies (Honours) course offered by Newcastle University you'll gain a strong legal foundation with a global perspective. Choose from a wide range of global facing optional modules, allowing you to pursue your interests in specialist legal areas such as:

• Global intellectual property law

• Environmental law, and

• International human rights law

Career opportunities:

The Global Legal Studies LLB will prepare you for a career in the globalised legal space.

Law firms are going increasingly global, operating across many jurisdictions, and working with clients around the world. A Global Legal Studies LLB will help you respond to these demands of law in practice.

The programme opens up career avenues in law-related institutions such as international organisations, global charities, and non-governmental organisations working to address global challenges.

The progamme includes the Foundations of Legal Knowledge, which will help you go on to study to become a solicitor or barrister in the UK.

Graduates can take further studies to meet the requirements to practise law in other countries around the world. We also offer a global perspective that is particularly attractive to employers specialising in transnational, EU, and international law.

90% of graduates from Newcastle Law School were in employment after 6 months of graduating. They have gone on to secure roles in International Law Firms such as Clifford Chance and Clyde and Co, as well as the Civil Service and banking.