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LLB Law Course
Key facts
- UCAS Code: M100
- Duration: 3 years
- Typical entry requirements: AAA from 3 A-levels taken at the same sitting
- Interview required? No
Our LLB degree is a flexible 3 year, full-time course. It is a Qualifying Law Degree to become a solicitor or barrister. The LLB Law course will equip you with highly transferable skills such as analysis, reasoning, critical thinking and effective research.
The first year will provide you with a solid foundation of legal knowledge. Learning Legal Skills and Analysing Law will equip you with the necessary skills for your Law degree and beyond.
The second and third years, include one compulsory module and three optional. You have the ability to tailor the course to your own requirements.
You can choose to write a dissertation in the final year on the topic of your choice (subject to approval). Recent topics have included ‘if alcohol was discovered today, would it be legal?’ The dissertation is of particular interest to students that are planning to progress to one of our LLM (Master of Laws) postgraduate programmes.
Course modules
|
First year |
Second year |
Final year |
|---|---|---|
|
Learning Legal Skills Constitutional and Administrative Law Criminal Justice System Contract Law Analysing Law Civil Justice System Law of Torts |
European Union Law Plus 3 optional subjects Competition Law Employment Law Family Law Health Care Law Human Rights and Civil Liberties International Law Land Law* |
Criminal Law Plus 3 optional subjects Commercial Law Company Law Conflict of Laws Criminology Dissertation Equity and Trusts* Intellectual Property Law Jurisprudence Law of Evidence Legal History Law & Political Theory |
* To be classed as a ‘qualifying’ Law Degree and allow entry on to the LPC, BPTC or equivalent, you must complete compulsory subjects. Most are covered during year 1 but you must take Land Law, and Equity and Trusts in subsequent years.
During your degree, you will develop:
- knowledge and understanding of Law
- an appreciation of the social and policy issues underlying the law
- skills in legal reasoning (including logical analysis and problem solving), and legal research
- transferable skills, particularly in oral and written communication, independent learning and information handling.
Teaching and assessment
- Large group lectures
- Small tutorials (7–8 students)
- 11 hours of teaching time per week (approximately)
- 15 hours of self-study time (approximately)
- Assessment by essay and/or exam
Career prospects
The LLB law degree fulfils the academic stage requirements of the Bar Standards Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. If you wish to qualify as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales after graduation you will need to complete the LPC (Legal Practice Course) or BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course) along with a training contract as a trainee solicitor or pupillage as a trainee barrister.
Applicants wishing to become lawyers outside of England and Wales should consult the appropriate country’s legal statutory body to check the requirements. Information for Canadian applicants.
