Law with options in French Language

About this programme

Law with options in French language at Aberdeen gives you all the benefits of our trademark quality at Aberdeen Law School with the added advantage of a major modern European language. Law at Aberdeen looks at the historical, social, political and economic forces that influence our legal systems and govern our societies. You will learn to think like a lawyer rather than just 'learn' law. A major factor in our quality is the calibre and enthusiasm of our staff, testing your mental agility with complex, realistic legal scenarios as you get to grips with criminal, public and private law, legal systems, contracts, human rights and explore family law, the law of property and legal aspects of the EU. Throughout your programme, you will study courses in French language, appropriate to your level of ability and add this extremely useful skill to your growing competence in law. French at Aberdeen has an outstanding reputation, gaining the highest possible rating in the last national Teaching Quality Assessment. You will also have lots of opportunity to hone your developing legal skills in student-led initiatives, such as mock legal debating, our highly active Law Society, the students’ journal in which your work may be published and our community law clinic – the Aberdeen Law Project. Should you choose to practice law, you will have a wide variety of career options within legal professions. However, more than a third of Aberdeen law graduates now choose to use their law degree as a passport for entry into a wide range of careers including business, finance and banking, media, t