COURSE: LLB

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills, experiential learning and knowledge to enter the legal industry.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 4 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer literacy


• Information literacy


• Legal skills


• Family law


• Historical foundation in SA Private Law


• Introduction to law


• Law of persons

Second year subjects:

• Constitutional law


• Consumer protection


• Human rights


• Labour law


• Law of contract


• Law of succession


• Legal interpretation


• Legal pluralism


• Specific contracts

Third year subjects:

• Administrative law


• Entrepreneurial law


• Insolvency law


• Insurance law


• Intellectual property law


• Law of delict


• Law of evidence


• Law of negotiations instruments


• Law of things


• Legal philosophy


• Legal practice

Fourth year subjects:

• Civil procedure


• Criminal law


• Criminal procedure


• International law


• Law of damages


• Tax law


• Third party compensation law

Careers: legal advisor, legal representative, attorney, judge.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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