Stand out from the crowd

As more and more people graduate every year with degrees, have you ever thought what would make you stand out from a crowd, or what would make your job application stand out from a bundle of application forms?

Why not combine your Law degree with a European Language? You do not need to have a GCSE or A-Level in a language to study for a language joint Law degree at Bangor University. Our School of Modern Languages offers beginners and intermediate language courses especially for joint-degree students studying at Bangor Law School. You can choose from French, German, Spanish or Italian. All Law with Languages degrees are 4-year programmes and include a year abroad in the third year. 

Claire Hughes is on her fourth and final year of a LLB Law with French degree. She spent her third year in Toulouse, France. Here’s her story…

“Law is a very competitive industry and Lawyers with extra linguistic skills are high in demand, especially with the growth of the European Union and how it effects our day-to-day lives. By choosing to study Law with French I now have a deep insight into another legal system. This not only makes me more knowledgeable but also more understanding towards our own system, and having another system to compare with has made it easier to visualise how it all works and links together.

“I spent my year abroad in Toulouse, France. It has been one of the most amazing years of my life. I started making French friends who were always happy to help and after 6 weeks of attending French Law School, I was reading and writing detailed French texts. Living abroad has changed my outlook on everything.  It has changed my identity, I feel more European, more open-minded, more cultured, more knowledgeable and I am fluent in French.  The Organisers who looked after us took us many trips skiing, to Barcelona, Paris and other tourist attractions, so it wasn’t all work!

The highlight was getting the opportunity to be fully exposed to another culture, becoming fluent in French and making friends from all over the world.

My aim is to become an EU competition Lawyer.”

Publication date: 18 April 2011