UFS Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Extended Curriculum Programme Courses
About
Only studies in Law (LLB) offer a choice of 75 career possibilities, such as the professions of attorney and advocate, other legal practitioners (prosecutors, magistrates, judges, commissioners, etc.), labour law consultants, and legal advisors in the banking, military, state departments, insurance and corporate world.
WHY STUDY LAW AT KOVSIES?
DEAN: PROF CMA NICHOLSON
Studying law in the judicial capital of South Africa means that our students do not only get a thorough grounding in legal theory, but also a sound practical foundation.
This Faculty of Law is rated among the best in the country. Its location in the judicial capital, Bloemfontein, exposes law students to the practice of law in the lower and higher divisions of the courts.
The expertise of judges and legal practitioners is shared with the students. The high academic standard of the Faculty of Law has always been its pride.
Successful attendance at the School for Legal Practice (Free State) after obtaining an LLB degree, shortens the period of articles for candidate attorneys. Furthermore, the faculty provides compulsory practical legal training in the Law Clinic, which gives the Kovsie law students an additional advantage. This faculty offers a unique opportunity of study at national, as well as international level, because of the close ties the faculty have with international universities and their various exchange programmes. Every student is enabled to specialise in his/her field of interest with the wide range of electives at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. All prospective law students must have proven reading, writing and numerical skills to succeed in the legal career.
Contact details: Tel: +27 (0)51 401 2451 | 401 9777 | Fax: +27 (0)51 401 3043 | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.ufs.ac.za/law
Career opportunities and employers include:
South African Law Commission | Academic law career | Messenger of the Court | Department of Correctional Services | National Directors of Prosecution | Human Rights Commission | Public Protector | Attorneys | Advocates | Companies, Patents and Trade Marks | Commission for Reconciliation, Mediation and Arbitration | Directors of Public Protection (State advocates and prosecutors) | Masters of the High Court | Registrars of the High Court | State attorneys | Clerks of the Magistrates Court | Legal Aid Board | South African Police Service | Legal aid and Legal advice | State legal advisor | Law Clinics at universities.
Requirements
- NSC and an AP of 28-32
- Language of instruction on level 4 (50%)
- NBT for Academic (AL) and Quantitative (QL) Literacy Test.
Notwithstanding this:
- a candidate in possession of a National Senior Certificate with an AP of 25 – 27, who has successfully completed the first year of study of an extended degree/programme in another faculty, can at the recommendation of the Dean and having complied with certain requirements, be admitted to the first year of the five-year LLB; or
- a candidate with an AP of less than 25 who has successfully completed the entire University Preparation Programme (UPP), can at the recommendation of the Dean and having complied with certain requirements, be admitted to the first year of study of the five-year LLB.
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Extended curriculum programme
| Programme Description | Minimum Admission Requirements | |||||
| Programme | Academic Plan Code | AP | Language of instruction | Mathematics | Mathematical Literacy | Compulsory National Benchmark Test |
| Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Extended curriculum programme | 3303 | 28-32 | 4 (50%) | AL, QL | ||
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ADMISSION
Pay attention to the following important information:
- Higher Education South Africa (HESA) set specific admission requirements that you must meet if you want to study at any South African university. If you finished school in or after 2008, and have a National Senior Certificate (NSC), you need the following to apply for admission to a Bachelor’s Degree at any South African university:
- Four (4) of the seven (7) subjects included in your NSC subject package, must be from the designated subject list.
- Achieve a performance level of at least 4 (50%) in each of these four (4) subjects
- All admission requirements apply to first year students in 2018.
- Admission to study at the UFS is dependent on the following:
- Your application meets all the minimum requirements for the programme
- The programme must have available space and capacity to admit students
- You have to submit valid school results with your application
- The UFS reserves to right to change the minimum requirements of each programme without notifying you.
- Applications for all non-selection programmes close on 29 September 2017.
An admission point (AP) consisting of seven levels is used. Points will be awarded for six academic modules.
Note: No points will be awarded for achievement levels lower than 30%:
| Percentage | 7 (90-100%) | 7 (80-89%) | 6 (70-79%) | 5 (60-69%) | 4 (50-59%) | 3 (40-49%) | 2 (30-39%) |
| AP | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
One point is awarded for Life Orientation (LO) from achievement level 5 (60%) or higher.
How to apply
APPLICATION TO STUDY AT THE UFS IS FREE FOR SA, SADC AND NON-SADC STUDENTS
ONLINE application: Go to www.ufs.ac.za. Follow the link ‘how to apply’ – online application. For assistance, contact +27 51 401 9538.
Remember to upload copies of:
- Your ID or passport
- Your parent’s ID or passport if you are younger than 18 years
- Your Grade 11 final results and Grade 12 June results, both with the school’s stamp
- Your academic records if you are a current student at another institution of higher learning
WRITTEN application: Go to www.ufs.ac.za. Follow the link ‘how to apply’ and download the application. Complete and sign it, and post it with all the relevant documentation to The Application Office, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300.
Remember to include copies of:
- Your ID or passport
- Your parent’s ID or passport if you are younger than 18 years
- Your Grade 11 final results and Grade 12 June results, both with the school’s stamp
- Your academic records if you are a current student at another institution of higher learning
Contact details: Tel: +27 (0)51 401 2451 | 401 9777 | Fax: +27 (0)51 401 3043 | Email: [email protected] | Website:www.ufs.ac.za/law