The LLB degree is the professional qualification for attorneys and advocates, and also opens doors to other career opportunities such as corporate legal advisor, magistrate, public prosecutor and state attorney. What makes the Unisa LLB so special is that it allows students to choose from more than 50 specialisation modules for the elective component of the programme.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 4 years part time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Introduction to law
- Skills course for law students
- Origin of South African Law
- Accounting Principles for law practitioners
- Law of persons
- Foundations of South African Law
- General Principles of Criminal Law
- Criminal Law
- African Customary Law
Second year subjects:
- Law of Evidence
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
- Law of Succession
- Law of Criminal Procedures
- Administrative Law
- Fundamental Rights
- Interpretation of Statutes
- Constitutional Law
- Entrepreneurial Law
- General principles of civil procedures
Third year subjects:
- Law of Contract
- Law of Delict
- Law of negotiation instruments
- Labour law
- Enrichment, liability and estoppel
- Evidence: admissibility of evidence
- Law of criminal procedure
- Civil procedures
Fourth year subjects:
- International Law
- Professional ethics
- Legal philosophy
Careers: attorney, legal advisor, legal aid official.
Source: www.unisa.ac.za