Taking a Law Degree

I stand corrected. Ian would know better than me.

 

Hi jackrussell,

Tried pm you but I do not know have you receive it? I am just wondering are you currently located in Singapore too? I will be starting the same Malmo program as you. Perhaps we can help each other in this course.

 

I should clarify my earlier comment. When writing to peers in the UK (or anywhere else in the world) or presenting papers at international conferences (next one is in Dublin) I stick with USA English.

In the academic world I suggest one should ask what is preffered at the start of each course.

 

Since the UoL LLB contains little in the way of teaching students will sometimes enroll with a a private tutorial college that provides some teaching. Also, it can occasionally be confusing because English universitites use the term "tuition" differently. They often use it in the sense of teaching. When I did the first year of the London External LLB I studied with Law Tutors Online (now defunct). There are some other options, some very expensive. When I was at Northumbria they had study weeks which I attended. While there was a cost involved the study weeks were phenomenal. My understanding is that they subsequently discontinued the study weeks.

Another comment: I don't think I ever paid nearly as much as GBP 200 for text books, shipping can be expensive but I bought some off ebay, some I got from Alibris and others from an English online law book seller.

 

Anyone tried UNISA? What is the costs as I heard that locals and international students pay a different fees. Till now I have problems understanding their catalog

 

My primary concern would be that American law is based on the common law of England. This is not to say it is identical by any stretch of the imagination, but the systems are both common law systems. My understanding is that South African law is a mixed common/civil law system. English law I would tend to think would be a better preparation for American law.

Having said this I am sure that UNISA is very rigourous and one could certainly do worse I would guess.

You can get a lot of information on UNISA here:

Accredited UNISA University distance learning education in Canada and USA