Bachelor of Laws LLB (Hons)
University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus
The course, unique to Cyprus, blends the English legal heritage with the current Cyprus law. For the benefit of our local students, education on the two systems is combined within some modules and, in those instances where the law is very different, separate Cyprus law modules are provided. Thus, our local students will graduate not only with an outstanding knowledge of both English and Cyprus law, but also have knowledge of legal terminology in both English and Greek, besides fluency in both languages – essential in an ever more globalised world. It is important to note that the course has been designed in such a way so that students can avoid, if they want, all instruction in Cyprus law, be taught entirely in the English language and follow a regular UK LLB curriculum.
Year 1/2
Compulsory
- Public Law
- Contract Law
- Legal System
- Lawyers’ Skills & Personal Development
- Introduction to Academic Study: Written Assessments
- Foundations of English & Cypriot Law
- Legal Research and Reasoning Skills and Personal Development
Optional
- Foundations in Human Rights
- Introduction to current legal issues in Cyprus
- Personal Development Planning
- The Classical Foundations of Modern Law
- Thinking & Arguing Law
- Comparative Law
- Student Initiated Module
- English for Law
- Writing Skills
- Street Law
- Introduction to Business Law
- English for IELTS
- English Language 1
- English Language 2
- Family Relationships and the Law
- An introduction to War Crimes Trials
Year 3
Compulsory
- Tort Law
- Criminal Law
- European Union Law
Optional
- Private International Law
- Family Law
- Human Rights in Context
- Criminology
- Cyprus Evidence Law
- Intermediate French
- Advance French
- Intermediate Russian
- Cyprus Civil and Criminal Procedure
- Employment Law
- Consumer Law
- Mooting & Legal Debating
- Cyprus Public Law and System
Year 4
Compulsory
- Land Law
- Trusts and Equity
- Lawyers’ Skills: Interviewing & Advising, Negotiation & Personal Development
Optional
- Company Law
- Medicine and the Law
- Human Rights in a European & International Law Context
- Intellectual Property Law
- Criminal Evidence
- EU Law in Judicial Review
- EU Single Market Law
- Jurisprudence
- Placements
- Dissertation
- Project
- Law Clinic
- Cyprus Property Law
- Cyprus Succession Law
- EU Business Law
- Commercial Law
- Public International Law
- French Language
Graduates will hold substantive legal knowledge and key transferable skills valued highly by employers. Law graduates are highly employable in a wide-range of careers: legal profession; public and private sector administration and management; advisory services; ancillary legal professions; legal enforcement and regulation services; business, banking, insurance and financial services; primary, secondary and tertiary education.
To help students, graduates and alumni in their professional development and career achievements, the School of Law proposes enhanced professional development opportunities.
The School has achieved professional recognition or accreditation nationally and internationally, to the benefit of its students, alumni and professionals, as follows:
- Through the professional recognition of the LLB by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board, respectively the regulatory bodies for solicitors and barristers in England and Wales, since 2012. With this important accreditation, unique in Cyprus, the LLB at UCLan Cyprus is recognised as a qualifying law degree, providing exemption from the academic stage of professional legal training for those who wish to become solicitors or barristers.
- The LLB has also been recognised as a qualifying law degree by the Cyprus Legal Council since October 2016.
- Since 2018, the School of Law is also duly accredited by the Cyprus Bar Association and issues CPD units directly to professionals for short courses and events attended.
The School also benefits from collaborations for certification and/or professional recognition for short courses or specialised modules, leading to academic or professional credits:
- The LLM module in International Commercial Mediation leads to the professional qualification of mediator recognised by the UK Civil Mediation Council (through the course provider) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus, subject to applicable requirements.
- Τhe LLM module International Commercial Arbitration is yet another specialised module recognised professionally by the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators at Associate level, allowing successful participants to use the post-nominal letters ACIArb.
A range of professional courses at the School are offered to professionals, practising lawyers, accountants and professional service providers, management and senior employees at small and medium sized businesses but also advanced students in law, finance and business, accountancy, and cognate academic disciplines.