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Bachelor of Laws: Full-time (LLB)

Bachelor of Laws: Full-time (LLB)

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SAQA

73013

NQF Level

08

Duration

4 Years

CAO Code

KN-H-BL1

Closing Date

31 September

Overview

This undergraduate degree provides an excellent foundation for a wide range of career options. It is also a professional qualification which is an essential requirement for those who wish to practice law in South Africa.

Entry Requirement

  • A National Senior Certificate with degree admission.
  • English Home Language level 5 or English First Additional Language level 6.
  • Mathematical Literacy level 5 or Mathematics level 3.
  • Life Orientation level 4.
  • Minimum composite Academic Point Score (APS) 32 not including Life Orientation.

Modules

  • LAWS1LW – Introduction to Law (16 credits) 
  • Non-legal module* (16 credits) 
  • Non-legal module* (16 credits) 
  • English module (16 credits) 
  • LAWS1FL – Foundations of SA Law (16 credits) 
  • Non-legal module* (16 credits) 
  • Non-legal module* (16 credits) 
  • English module (16 credits) 
  • LAWS2CR – Criminal Law (16 credits) 
  • LAWS2FM – Family Law (16 credits) 
  • LAWS2LP – Law of Persons (8 credits) 
  • LAWS2LR – Legal Research Writing & Reasoning (8 credits) 
  • Non-legal module* (16 credits) 
  • LAWS2CS – Constitutional Law (16 credits) 
  • LAWS2DL – Delict (16 credits) 
  • LAWS2HR – Human Rights (8 credits) 
  • LAWS2LW – Interpretation of Law (8 credits) 
  • LAWS2PR – Property (16 credits) 

All modules are available in either semester or semester 2

  • LAWS3CT Contract (16 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3IN International Law (12 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3PT Professional Training 1(8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3SO Specific Offences (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3SC Succession (12 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3AP Accounting for Legal Practice (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3CP Criminal Procedure (12 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3EV Evidence (12 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3JP Jurisprudence (16 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3LD Legal Diversity (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS3LL Labour Law (16 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4AL Administrative Law (16 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4IA Insurance & Agency (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4PT Professional Training 2 (8 credits) Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4SL Sale, Lease & Credit Agreements (16 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4CV Civil Procedure (16 credits) 1 or 2
  • LAWS4CO Corporate Law (16 credits) 1 or 2
  • LAWS4NG Negotiable Instruments (8 credits) 1 or 2
  • LAWS4SI Security & Insolvency(8 credits) 1 or 2

Public Interest Law (Choose one module only)

  • LAWS4CC Clinical Law (16 credits) – Year or
  • LAWS4TS Teaching Legal Skills (16 credits) – Year or
  • LAWS4ST Street Law (16 credits) – Year

Electives: Choose three modules only. Note: These will be subject to student demand and staff availability. Not all options are available on both campuses and in every semester

  • LAWS4AJ Access to Justice in South Africa (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4BE Bioethics (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4CL Cyber Law (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4EN Environmental Law (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4GL Gender & the Law (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4IP Intellectual Property Law (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4IC International Criminal Law (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4IT Income Tax Law (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4ML Maritime Law (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4RP Research Project (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2
  • LAWS4SN Sentencing 8 (8 credits) – Semester 1 or 2

Career Opportunities

The LLB degree is your gateway to a wide range of global careers in maritime law, environmental law, trademark and patent law, constitutional law, labour law, international trade law, criminal law, human rights law, family law, and many others.

But law is not just for lawyers. Virtually every public and private institution of any significance operating in today’s economy employs legally qualified staff. The LLB degree is the ideal foundation for anyone intent on a career in top management.