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.
4 years
Entrance Requirements for the LLB degree are:
- 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.
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.
Please provide module name for each semester in a table format see image for guidance
1st YearSemester 1
- Introduction to Law
- Non-Legal Module or IsiZulu
- Non-Legal Module
- English Module
Semester 2
- Foundations of South African Law
- Non-Legal Module or IsiZulu
- Non-Legal Module
- English Module
Semester 1 or 2
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
- Law of Persons
- Legal Research Writing and Reasoning
- Non-Legal Module
Semester 1 or 2
- Constitutional Law
- Delict
- Human Rights Law
- Interpretation of Law
- Law of Property
Semester 1 or 2
- Law of Contract
- International Law
- Professional Training 1
- Specific Offences
- Succession
- Legal Diversity
Semester 1 or 2
- Accounting for Legal Practice
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Jurisprudence
- Labour Law
Semester 1 or 2
- Administrative Law
- Insurance & Agency
- Professional Training 2
- Sale, Lease & Credit Agreements
- Civil Procedure
Semester 1 or 2
- Corporate Law
- Negotiable Instruments
- Security & Insolvency
- Cyber Law
- Environmental Law
- Gender & the Law
- Intellectual Property
- International Criminal Law
- Income Tax Law
- Research Project
- Sentencing
Duration: Full Year
- Clinical Law
- Teaching Legal Skills
- Street Law
