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AY 2009/2010 Subject Registration Information for LLB Students

1. All third and final year LLB students and GLB3 students are required to register on-line for their law electives.

· Do take note of the queue Priority in subject allocation as set out in Point 3 below;

· Balloting will only commence after subject registration is closed.

2. Students should feel free to contact their personal or academic tutors if they would like advice on choosing electives. Students who are interested in a particular subject but who have questions about it should email the course convener.

3. Priority for Elective Subjects

Priority in elective subjects is allocated in the following manner:

Priority 1	a. Research, DipMLA and DDP/CDP students. All subjects chosen will be allocated. b. Specialist LLM students. Priority allocation will be given for subjects (within the areas of specializations) required to fulfill the specialization requirement. These subjects must be ranked as the FIRST THREE choices. Priority will be given to students in this category only if they submit their lists of subjects or complete the on-line registration by the deadline established by the Deans' Office. The deadlines are set out in the information for each category of student.
Priority 2	General LLM students, Final Year LLB, Final Year GLB students and Third Year students on NUS-NYU LLM/JD programme. Allocation of first THREE available subjects based on ranked choices.
Priority 3	Specialist LLM students choosing subjects outside their areas of specialization. Allocation of first TWO available subjects based on ranked choices.
Priority 4	Year 3 LLB students will take part in subject registration. Allocation of first TWO available subjects based on ranked choices.
Priority 5	Exchange students will take part in subject registration under Priority 5. Allocation of first TWO available subjects based on ranked choices.
	* students will be allocated their next subject based on the schema below

4. Students will be required to register for 20 credits.

5. Students who wish to take more or fewer than 20 credits must first seek the approval of the Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs)/Assistant Dean (Curriculum and Student Academic Matters).

Non-law Modules for Credit

6. LLB Students are not required to read any non-law subjects (subjects) offered by other faculties at NUS.

7. LLB students are permitted, without any special approval, to take a total of 12 credits of subjects from other faculties from a list of subjects approved by the Dean. This means that without any approval from the Dean, students can do (a) 12 credits of non-law subjects in Year 3; (b) 12 credits of non-law subjects in Year 4; or (c) 8 credits of non-law subjects in Year 3 and 4 credits of non-law subject in Year 4 or vice versa. However, the subjects taken in each year must be from the list of subjects approved by the Dean for that academic year.

8. Students taking non-law subjects have to ensure there are no clashes in the class and examination timetable with their law subjects. Students are advised to regularly check the websites of their respective non-law subjects for any updates.

9. LLB students may, with the permission of the Dean, do more than 12 credits of non-law subjects in other faculties for credit. LLB students may also, with the permission of the Dean, read subjects that are not on the list approved by the Dean. LLB students who wish to request special permission of the Dean for either of these purposes should send a letter to the Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs) setting out their request and the reasons.

10. Non-law subjects read under the scheme described above will count towards fulfilling the number of credits required to complete the LLB degree and count towards the class of honours.

11. Students who intend to do non-law subjects for credit must include those subjects in the on-line registration form and rank them accordingly.

Non-Law Subjects for Enrichment (Cross Faculty Subjects)

12. LLB Students may be permitted to take subjects in other faculties for enrichment purposes. In such cases, the subjects will not count towards fulfilling the credits required to complete the LLB degree. Nor will the grades and marks in such subjects be taken into account in determining the award of honours. However, the name of the subjects and the grades obtained will appear on the transcript.

13. LLB Students interested in reading non-law subjects for enrichment purposes should inform the Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs)/Assistant Dean (Curriculum and Student Academic Matters).

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