Global Law

Information about Edinburgh Law School and our undergraduate programmes in Global Law for applicants and offer holders.

Degree programmes and structures

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Law programmes: 2025 entry

 

A Degree Programme Table (DPT) provides comprehensive information about the structure of a degree programme, including both compulsory and optional courses. The detailed programme content for 2025/26 is available below.

 

Law programme degree structures 2025/26

Why study Global Law at Edinburgh?

The LLB Global Law focusses on the general principles and techniques of global law. You will learn to think about legal frameworks, structures and problems beyond the boundaries of any particular legal system.

The LLB Global Law does not provide you with a qualification to practice law in Scotland. Instead, the degree will provide you with skills to adapt, innovate and succeed in a globally oriented legal career.

You may go on to qualify and practise law in other jurisdictions, in Europe and elsewhere, in accordance with the relevant local conversion requirements and any further study required in the destination jurisdiction.

It will also provide you with a range of useful skills transferable to other academic and professional fields. It is also an excellent grounding for a wide range of careers in areas such as:

  • international organisations
  • financial services
  • politics
  • journalism
  • public policy
  • civil society and advocacy work
  • government work 

Please note that timetables and courses do change. The timetable below is included to give you an idea of how your time might be spent in Year 1, semester 1.

This shows lectures and tutorials and does not include the time you will need to complete your weekly readings, tutorial exercises or assessment preparation.

This is a sample timetable only. Courses may be subject to change and availability.

Monday 

9:00am to 11:00am Global Law (Workshop, weeks 4, 7 and 9)

12:00pm to 1:00pm Global Law (Lecture)

2:00pm to 3:00pm Elective 2 (Lecture)

Tuesday 

10:00am to 11:00am Elective 1 (Lecture)

11:00am to 12:00pm Elective 3 (Lecture)

12:00pm to 1:00pm International Law - Ordinary 1 (Lecture)

3:00pm to 4:00pm Elective 3 (Tutorial)

Wednesday 

9:00am to 10:00am Elective 2 (Lecture)

11:00am to 12:00pm Elective 3 (Lecture)

12:00pm to 1:00pm Global Law (Lecture)

Thursday 

10:00am to 11:00am Elective 2 (Lecture)

11:00am to 12:00pm Elective 1 (Lecture)

12:00pm to 1:00pm International Law - Ordinary 1 (Lecture)

2:00pm to 3:00pm International Law - Ordinary 1 (Tutorial)

Friday 

11:00am to 12:00pm Elective 1 (Tutorial)

12:00pm to 1:00pm Elective 2 (Tutorial)


Reading a quality newspaper regularly is one of the best preparations for the study of law: the news is full of legal issues, many of which you will study during your degree.

LLB (Hons)

H MacQueen, Studying Scots Law (5th edn., ed. Megan Dewart, 2016). This text provides you with an introductory acclimatisation to the study of law generally and to Scots law in particular

LLB Global Law(Hons)

Manfred Steger, Amentahru Wahlrab What Is Global Studies? Theory & Practice (Routledge 2017). This text introduces you to the major theme of the ‘global’ relevant to understanding law in a global context. 


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