Courses
Course I
The BA in Jurisprudence is our regular three year undergraduate law degree, equivalent to what in some universities would be called an LLB. The programme covers the full range of courses required for a ‘qualifying law degree’ recognized by the legal professions in England and Wales. The programme is non-modular and courses have to be taken in three phases.
Course II
The BA in Law with Law Studies in Europe (“Course II”) follows the same syllabus as the three-year BA course, but your third year is spent studying at a law faculty in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, or the Netherlands before returning to complete the Oxford degree in your fourth year. Our partner universities currently include Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), Bonn, Munich, Siena, Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), and Leiden.
Applicants are expected to demonstrate their linguistic ability of French, German, Italian or Spanish respectively (but not Dutch, because the courses in Leiden are taught in English). The required level is B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. B2 usually equates to the language level attained by students who get an A in the respective modern language at A-level.
The language level of all Course II applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be tested. Studying the respective language at A-level is advisable where available (even though the A-level predication/ qualification in the respective language is not sufficient on its own for admission to Course II). During the Oxford language assessment, it is taken in to account that applicants might not have reached a B2 level in all regards at that time, given that many applicants will have a few more months before graduating from school and starting their university studies the following autumn.
Intensive language training will be offered during the first two years of the course where applicable.
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After your first two terms you will sit your First Public Examination (‘Law Moderations’). Legal Research Skills is tested separately, so Law Moderations will examine you on the other three papers. You must pass all of the papers to continue with your studies.
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At this point students on the course II, Law with Law Studies in Europe programme, go for their year abroad, after which they return to Oxford for phase 3. Meanwhile students on Course I continue straight to phase 3. All phase 2 courses are examined alongside the phase 3 courses at the end of the final year. For the subject ‘Jurisprudence’, students write an extended essay during the summer vacation, at the end of the second year, and sit a correspondingly shorter examination at the end of the final year.
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Two optional subject from the following list (N.B. we cannot guarantee to offer all optional subjects every year):
At the end of your final year you take your Second Public Examination on the basis of which your degree is classified. You are examined on all of the subjects you took in phases 2 and 3. |