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LLB Law Graduate Entry (Senior Status)
Key Facts
- UCAS Code: M101
- Duration: 2 years
- Typical entry requirements: a second class undergraduate degree
- Interview required? No
The Senior Status LLB is an undergraduate degree programme for students that already have an undergraduate degree in another subject. This course is particularly popular amongst Canadian students. There are approximately 80 students on each year of the degree programme, with the majority being overseas students. This is a full time degree, taken over two-years during the normal University terms.
Course modules
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* 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 programme, you will:
- Develop a knowledge and understanding of Law
- Develop an appreciation of the social and policy issues underlying the law
- Develop a critical understanding of the national, European and international legal orders
- Develop skills in legal reasoning, including problem solving, synthesis and logical analysis.
- Develop an appreciation of the different approaches to the study of law adopted by different types of legal scholars.
- Develop legal research skills
- Develop 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.
