About Law and French, LLB - at Cardiff University

Spend a year abroad

Adventure into a new culture; open your mind to new ideas and experiences while applying and developing your language skills.

Tailored to your ability

All our languages can be studied at beginner or advanced level and do not require an A Level.

Freedom to choose

Gain experience on a placement, work as a teaching assistant or choose to study during your year abroad.

Complement your academic studies

We offer a range of pioneering pro-bono projects where you can work with clients under professional supervision.

Professional accreditation

Course accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

The LLB Law and French programme is both challenging and stimulating, enabling you to build the skills required for a career in law or a wide range of professions.

Legal practice increasingly takes place on a global stage, and Cardiff's LLB programmes in law and languages aim to produce lawyers not only fully competent in the law of England and Wales, but also fluent in the chosen language and conversant with the general culture, political institutions and legal system of another country. The Law and French programme is taught in collaboration with the School of Modern Languages. Throughout the programme, in addition to developing high-level language skills, students gain an in-depth intercultural understanding that encompasses a specific knowledge of French cultures allied to the ability to navigate and mediate between more than one culture. Students develop high-level communication and critical-thinking skills, and foster resilience and independence through time spent in immersive foreign language contexts. On completion of this four-year programme, you will have a high level of proficiency in the French language, as well as a critical understanding of key aspects of French history, culture, literature, politics and contemporary society.

In addition to the foundation modules constituting the academic stage of training that is necessary to become a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales, known as the

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