It is highly critical that bachelors have minimum law knowledge, students need to bear in mind that the course is a crucial subjectfor not only law-majoring students themselves, but also for each and every future graduates in the career. Students should not take this course for granted, yet seriously | International Integration Bành Quốc Tuấn . Candidate, Faculty of Law Vietnam National University of Hà Nội I t is highly critical that bachelors have minimum law knowledge, students need to bear in mind that the course is a crucial subject for not only law-majoring students themselves, but also for each and every future graduates in the career. Students should not take this course for granted, yet seriously. Keywords: Law Outline, Law study methods 1. What scope does Law Outline course cover? In many Vietnam universities, law outline is a compulsory subject in the curriculum for undergraduate students who though do not major in law. Therefore, all students must complete this course in order to fulfill their curriculum. The content of the course mainly focuses on the basic issues related to law such as the origin and nature of law, legal system, legal principles, etc. In particular, in the branches of law session, students will be introduced several important branches of law in the legal system in Vietnam such as Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, etc. Those are the laws governing basically social relations in which all individuals 94 and organizations may or will encounter. Depending on the university’s specific curriculum that the course’s completion time and volume of content will differ. However, in most of the universities’ curriculum, the course is designed for 1st semester of 1st year students. This implies that upon stepping in the university, students will have to take this course. This is one of the reasons that make freshmen who have just graduated from high school and will not intend to study in law find many difficulties. Nevertheless, there are still some certain merits for them to take this course early. Students will be equypped with basic knowledge regarding society to enhance their awareness of social PHÁT TRIỂN & HỘI NHẬP Số 5 (15) - Tháng 7-8/2012 phenomena before taking other courses in subsequent semesters. 2. Why do we .
