The bachelor of laws is an undergraduate law degree and common jurisdictions which allow a person to become a lawyer. It is also named as law degree awarded by universities in Ghana, Nigeria, Scotland, South Africa, Israel, Brazil and Zambia.
The first academic degrees were all named as law degrees and the degree holders were named as doctorates. The foundations of first universities in Europe were in 11th century, which were school of law.
The top colleges for Law Degree from Singapore are-
National University of Singapore, NUS Faculty of Law
Singapore Management University, SMU School of Law
Singapore University of Social Sciences, SUSS School of Law
Sorbonne-Assas International Law School, Singapore Campus
National University of Singapore, NUS Faculty of Law-
This university was founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School in Singapore.
It is ranked within the top 100 universities in the world and top 3 universities in Asia.
The Faculty of Law (NUS Law) is Singapore’s oldest and largest law school. The department was initially established as a department of law in 1956, and served as Singapore’s only law school for a half a century, until the foundation of SMU School of Law in 2007 and SUSS School of Law in 2017.
The undergraduate students in the four-year LLB programme are required to take subjects such as contract law and tort law in first two years, and are allowed to take 18 elective subjects in the final two years. Law electives include subjects on Asian legal studies and comparative law, commercial law, intellectual property and technology, public and private international law, legal skills, law & society.
The duration of the course is 4 years and the graduates produced by the LLB program have a contextualized legal knowledge and ability to think across borders. They also get close involvement of Associates in teaching pedagogy and provide students with first-hand learning and real- world knowledge.
The admission and eligibility criteria are that the student need to clear 10+2 with good grades and also need to appear and clear TOEFL, IELTS and SAT.
The fee structure for the course per year is around 13 lakhs INR.
Singapore Management University, SMU School of Law-
It was established in 2000 and is located in Downtown area of Singapore. It has a city campus with a total enrolment of about 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in business administration, business analytics, financial services, accountancy. Information systems management, law and social sciences. The university has over 30 research institutes and centers of excellence and customized corporate training and lifelong learning for individuals. SMU is accredited by AACSB International EQUIS and AMBA.
This college gives student body a chance for networking with industry business leaders who provide enriched learning experience.
The course is of 4 years where the students are taught about legal knowledge and ability to think across boundaries and solve a problem skillfully. Here, the student gets hand-full knowledge related to law and its associated work.
The admission for the course is based on the grades in the 10+2 higher studies and also has appeared and cleared TOEFL, IELTS, SAT.
The fees for one year are around 13 lakhs INR.
Singapore University of Social Sciences-
The Singapore University of Social Sciences was established in 2017 and SUSS focuses on applied degree programmes primarily in social sciences. In 2017, SUSS received around 2,137 graduates admission.
In 2014, SUSS started full time program that emphasis on practice-oriented teaching. All full time degree programmes can be completed in 4 to 6 years. This programme comprise of Professional major and several major- minor combinations.
The Singapore University of Social Sciences School of Law is a school of Singapore University of Social Sciences. And it was established as third law school in 2017 after the NUS Faculty of Law.
For the admission the student need to clear their 10+2 with good grades and have appeared and cleared TOEFL, IELTS.
The fees for one year are around 7 lakhs INR.
Sorbonne-Assas International Law School, Singapore Campus-
This Law School offers 4 different programs-
- An LLM in International Business Law.
- Executive Education- This program has different modules for studies, International Contracts, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Capital Markets, States and international Trade Law, International Financing, International Arbitration, International Property Law.
- A Winter Short Program- This is a 3 week academic program that gives students a professional and concrete knowledge on international business transactions law through lectures, case studies and group work.
- A Summer Course has 3 week training and allows participants for overall learning of the world education. There are various practices related to financial structures, commitment papers and tax law with a legal practitioner’s perspectives in Asia.
The admission is on the basis of the 10+2 higher studies where the candidate must have good grades and also must have appeared and cleared IELTS, TOEFL.
The fees structure for one year is around 10 lakhs INR.
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