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Programme Requirements for 2026/27 Session


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LL.B. Law with German Law Full-time

Year: 4
2026/27 Session

Marks obtained in the first year of the LLB Law with German Law do not count towards the overall classification of student's degree. Marks gained in second year contribute 18.75% to degree classification. Marks gained on the year abroad (i.e. Third Year) contribute 6.25% to the degree classification. Marks gained in the final year (i.e. Fourth Year) contribute 75% towards the degree classification.

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH German Core VI - Language and Contexts 09 33710 10 Semester 1
LH German Core VII - Language and Contexts 09 33711 10 Semester 2
LH Equity, Trusts, Wills and Formalities 08 33539 20 Semester 2

Students must take 20 credits of German optional modules from the Department of Modern Languages Or complete a 20 credit dissertation: either a dissertation on a prescribed legal topic or the German Legal Dissertation

The remaining 80 credits are made of or 60 credits of optional law modules from the Birmingham Law School. These are subject to availability

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Women & Criminal Just System 08 22347 20 Semester 1
Criminology 08 20189 20 Semester 2
German Legal Dissertation 08 21308 20 Full Term
International Human Rights 08 20191 20 Semester 1
International Sale of Goods 08 22340 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced EU Law 08 26537 20 Semester 2
LH Advocacy (Mooting) 08 26027 20 Semester 2
LH Banking and Financial Services Law 08 28900 20 Semester 1
LH Commercial Law 08 30825 20 Semester 1
LH Company Law 08 22354 20 Semester 1
LH Comparative Public Law 08 29676 20 Semester 1
LH Contemporary Issues in International Law and Globalisation 08 37088 20 Semester 1
LH Counter-Terrorism Law 08 22355 20 Semester 1
LH Criminal Evidence 08 25551 20 Semester 2
LH Dissertation on a Prescribed Legal Topic 08 22348 20 Full Term
LH Employment Law in Practice 08 30102 20 Semester 1
LH Environmental Law 08 25048 20 Semester 1
LH Equality and Criminal Justice/Criminal Justice and Discrimination 09 37086 20 Semester 1
LH Equity, Trusts, Wills and Formalities 08 33539 20 Semester 2
LH Family Law 09 35131 20 Semester 1
LH Gender and Law 08 29990 20 Semester 2
LH Global Legal Services 08 28793 20 Semester 1
LH Human Rights & Criminal Justice System 08 22359 20 Semester 1
LH Intellectual Property Law 08 25552 20 Semester 1
LH International & European Economic Law 08 36077 20 Semester 1
LH International Criminal Law 08 29960 20 Semester 2
LH International Criminal Law and Justice 08 37085 20 Semester 2
LH International Dispute Resolution 08 37087 20 Semester 2
LH International Economic Law 08 29677 20 Semester 1
LH Islamic Family Law 09 32473 20  
LH Legal Issues in Health Care 08 22361 20 Semester 2
LH Legal Systems of the World 08 29962 20 Semester 1
LH Political and Legal Theory 08 36078 20 Semester 1
LH Political and Legal Theory II: Early Modern Political and Legal Thought 08 24919 20 Semester 2
LH Private International Law 08 28833 20 Semester 2
LH Public International Law 08 03530 20 Semester 1
LH Real Estate 09 30697 20 Semester 2
LH Regulating Bodies 08 37131 20 Semester 2
LH Tax Law 08 22377 20 Semester 2
LH Youth Crime and Justice 09 24486 20 Semester 2
Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization 08 21940 20 Semester 2
Law of Health and Safety at Work 08 21927 20 Semester 2
Regulation of the Legal Profession 08 26080 20 Semester 1

Students must take 20 credits of German optional modules from the Department of Modern Languages Or take a 20 credit dissertation: either a dissertation on a prescribed legal topic or the German Legal Dissertation.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Sex, Seduction and Submission: Gender in German Literature from 1900 to Today 09 26799 20 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (German) 09 32303 10 Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (German) 09 32304 10 Semester 2