Law

Our law degree, known as an LLB or Bachelor of Laws, is equivalent to a BA or BSc. If your career aspiration is to be a solicitor or barrister in the UK, this degree will prepare you in part for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) or Bar Practice Course (to qualify as a barrister). Our legally experienced lecturers bring the law to life through interactive teaching methods for a fulfilling learning experience.

If you have set your sights on other careers, such as politics, business or journalism, the transferable skills you will learn on your law degree will provide an excellent launch pad for these ambitions and more. With our professionally focused qualification, you can expect to learn practical skills coupled with a focus on your future employability.

Throughout your studies, you'll receive guidance from our lecturing team to help unlock your future ambitions. When it comes to selecting your Options subjects, you'll be able to choose from one of three Pathways where the modules will prepare you for the following routes:

• SQE/CILEX - aimed at those looking to qualify as a solicitor or CILEX lawyer

• Business - ideal if you have aspirations to work with commercial clients, as an in-house lawyer or in a commercial career outside law

• Individual - for those interested in working with individual clients, working in the criminal justice sector or who are looking to qualify as a barrister

When you study an LLB with us you receive:
• The highest standard of teaching from experienced professionals
• Small class sizes
• Options to study on campus, online, full-time, part-time, on weekends and in the evenings for greater flexibility.
• A choice of campuses across the UK
• Access to a large specialist careers service and pro bono clinics
• A variety of specialist modules to enhance employment prospects

Course Modules

There are two semesters per academic year. Each semester is 15 weeks long; 12 weeks face-to-face tuition, one week consolidation/revision and two weeks to complete the assessments. Students study three modules per semester. All modules are worth 20 credits. The course starts with a one week freshers/induction week.

Year One:

All modules are at Level 4 and are worth 20 credits. All modules are compulsory. The modules are:

• Academic and Career Success

• Legal Method and Skills

• Public and EU Law

• AI Literacy for the Future Professional

• Contract Law

• Criminal Law

Year Two:

All modules are at Level 5 and worth 20 credits. Compulsory modules are in Semester 1 and include:

• Critical Approaches in Current Legal Issues

• Land Law

• Tort

Students study three options* in Semester 2 in line with their chosen pathway from the following:

SQE and CILEX Pathway

• Access to Justice and Legal Services

• Business Law 1

Business Pathway

• Business Law 1

Individuals Pathway

• Access to Justice and Legal Services

• Human Rights

Modules Common to all Pathways

• Real Estate

• Extended Essay

• Law in a Global Context

• Practising Law in the Digital World

• Student Law Clinic

Students also have the opportunity to spend Semester 2 studying abroad.

Year Three:

All modules are worth 20 credits and at Level 6. Compulsory module (Semester 1) is:

• Equity & Trusts

And then students must select two optional* modules to study in Semester 1. In Semester 2, students study three optional modules*.

The following options* are available, grouped by pathway to support students in their choices:

SQE and CILEX Pathway

• Business Law 2

• Criminal Litigation and Evidence

• Wills and Succession

Business Pathway

• Business Law 2

• Employment Law

• Intellectual Property

• International Commercial Law

Individuals Pathway

• Family Law

• Employment Law

• Mental Health and Mental Capacity

• Wills and Succession

Modules Common to all Pathways

• Civil Dispute Resolution

• Graduate and Employability

• Law and Society

• Legal Advice Clinic**

• Legal Technology

• Research Project (40 credits)

Students at London Bloomsbury who have an interest in Canadian law will be able to additionally select as optional modules:

• Canadian Constitutional Law

• Foundations of Canadian Law

Students studying at campuses offering 'Law with' courses may choose options in other disciplines.

*All options are indicative and are available subject to numbers.

**The Legal Advice Clinic is a clinical legal education module where students will be supervised to advice real clients by University of Law LLP. Eligibility conditions will apply to this module.