Bachelor in Law

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Universite Libre De Bruxelles ULB

Program Overview

The Bachelor in Law programme at ULB is a three-year, people-centred programme designed to develop strong legal reasoning and critical analytical skills, whether you're planning a legal career or seeking a solid foundation in law and human sciences. This degree equips you with the ability to analyze complex legal problems, think logically, and approach challenges with intellectual rigor—skills that open doors far beyond the courtroom.

Curriculum Structure

Year 1 & 2: Building Your Legal Foundation

During your first two years, you'll develop core competencies in legal reasoning and gain a broad understanding of fundamental legal principles. The programme introduces you to essential areas of law while strengthening your analytical abilities. You'll also begin engaging with language skills tailored to your legal studies, with specialized English-for-Law instruction (LANG-C2002) designed specifically for law students, helping you understand legal contexts and communicate effectively in English.

Year 3: Deepening Expertise and International Perspective

In your final year, you'll deepen your knowledge and encounter comparative legal systems through the Comparative Law course (DROI-C3002), taught entirely in English. This capstone course expands your understanding of how different legal systems work globally, preparing you for either specialized master's study or direct entry into professional practice. By this stage, you'll have developed genuine autonomy in legal thinking and the ability to engage with complex, real-world legal challenges.

Focus Areas

The programme emphasizes legal reasoning, logical analysis, and critical thinking within a framework of human and social sciences. You can tailor your learning toward areas including economic law, tax law, international law, and criminology.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates develop independent legal reasoning, the ability to analyze legal problems and identify appropriate solutions, critical and analytical capabilities, and a solid grounding in both law and human sciences. You'll emerge capable of handling complex legal situations with adaptability and intellectual confidence.

Professional Alignment

After completing your bachelor's degree, you can directly pursue careers as a lawyer, judge, or corporate lawyer in banking, insurance, or consultancy. Alternatively, you can continue to a Master in Law to specialize further or explore related fields like criminology. The programme also creates pathways to positions within international organizations and diplomatic services.

Reputation & Employability

ULB is a well-established research-intensive university comprising 12 faculties and offering nearly 40 undergraduate programmes alongside 250 graduate options. The Faculty of Law and Criminology is one of the university's core academic units, reflecting the institution's commitment to legal education and research.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

At ULB's Bachelor in Law program, you'll dive into practical legal skills right from the start through interactive lectures that encourage participation and debate, plus compulsory tutorial sessions where you analyze real legal texts from different systems, build arguments, and discuss judicial decisions. These hands-on methods help you master concepts like comparative law tools and critical reflection on legal systems, all while using the Université Virtuelle platform for course materials, documents, and collaborative work. You'll have access to dedicated faculty computer rooms, libraries tailored to law and human sciences, and a suite of digital tools that make learning seamless and real-world ready.

Here's how experiential learning comes alive for law students at ULB: these resources and activities ensure you're not just studying theory—you're building skills employers value:
- Compulsory tutorial sessions: Six per key course like Comparative Law, focused on reading, analyzing, and debating legal texts in English from various systems, sharpening your argumentation and critical thinking.
- Université Virtuelle (uv.ulb.be): ULB's virtual campus for all course documents, interactive materials, and group collaboration—essential for preparing lectures and accessing everything digitally.
- MonULB portal: Your personalized hub for timetables, e-mails, virtual secretariat, computer access, and customizable services like library links—activate your Net ID to stay connected.
- Faculty computer rooms and libraries: Dedicated spaces including the human sciences library and specialist law collections, plus free use of all ULB computers for research and projects.
- ULB mobile app: Downloadable for iOS/Android/Windows to manage schedules, communications, and resources on the go—perfect for law students balancing tutorials and prep.
- Guidance and coaching: Available teaching staff, exam script reviews, and interactive lectures to support practical application and exam success.

Progression & Future Opportunities

At the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), our Bachelor in Law program immerses you in real-world legal practice right from the start, blending lectures with hands-on activities like interactive seminars, mock trials, case studies, and text discussions that sharpen your analytical and argumentation skills. You'll work alongside professors who are active law practitioners, gaining insights they bring straight from the courtroom and professional settings, while accessing dedicated tools like the Virtual University for course materials, documents, and collaborative learning. This setup ensures you're not just studying law—you're actively applying it, building confidence for your future career.

Here are some standout ways our program delivers experiential learning through specific facilities and opportunities tailored to law students:

- Introductory internships: Complete hands-on placements in professional law settings or at one of the Faculty of Law's own research centres to get real exposure to legal practice.
- Interactive seminars and practical sessions: Dive into mock trials, case courses, discussions of legal texts, and legal argumentation seminars (with 3 per specialized orientation), fostering skills in analysis, debate, and writing.
- Law library: Tap into rich, specialized collections for in-depth research and study, supporting your personal research projects and methodology courses.
- Virtual University (uv.ulb.be): Your go-to digital platform for all course documents, class schedules, electronic resources, and interactive features—essential for group work and staying connected.
- MonULB portal: Customize your dashboard for law-specific services, including e-mail, virtual secretariat, timetables, and access to computer rooms and libraries.
- ULB mobile app and Net ID: Free app for on-the-go access to portals, communications, and tools; activate your personal Net ID for seamless use of university computers and resources.
- Computer rooms and Virtual University materials: Use faculty computer facilities and online supports for legal English practice, comparative law tools, and preparing arguments from diverse legal systems.