BCom (Law)
This programme is career-oriented. During this programme you study both law modules from the Faculty of Law and modules from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. On completion, it is supplemented by the relevant portion of the LLB programme and, where relevant, the writing of professional admission examinations.
On completing this programme, you may either continue with postgraduate studies in law or in your major from economic and management sciences. In this way you obtain a sought-after, broader background and deeper understanding of how legal rules generally apply within society. You also acquire economic and management skills and a broader general knowledge than you would from the regular four-year LLB programme.
However, the BCom (Law) does not by itself qualify you to practise as a legal practitioner. For that you require an LLB degree as well. In fact, students who hold the BCom (Law) degree will be exempted from the first two years of the four-year LLB programme. These students may join the LLB programme for its last two years and can obtain the LLB degree after two years. Should you wish to pursue a career as a legal practitioner, you need to undergo the prescribed vocational training and pass the entrance examination set by the profession.
See also BCom (Law) under the Faculty of Law.
Consult our Calendar, page 74, for the curriculum.
This programme is career-oriented. During this programme you study both law modules from the Faculty of Law and modules from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. On completion, it is supplemented by the relevant portion of the LLB programme and, where relevant, the writing of professional admission examinations.
On completing this programme, you may either continue with postgraduate studies in law or in your major from economic and management sciences. In this way you obtain a sought-after, broader background and deeper understanding of how legal rules generally apply within society. You also acquire economic and management skills and a broader general knowledge than you would from the regular four-year LLB programme.
However, the BCom (Law) does not by itself qualify you to practise as a legal practitioner. For that you require an LLB degree as well. In fact, students who hold the BCom (Law) degree will be exempted from the first two years of the four-year LLB programme. These students may join the LLB programme for its last two years and can obtain the LLB degree after two years. Should you wish to pursue a career as a legal practitioner, you need to undergo the prescribed vocational training and pass the entrance examination set by the profession.
See also BCom (Law) under the Faculty of Law.
Consult our Calendar, page 74, for the curriculum.