Law

Law is all around us, governing our business, social and civil interactions, and studying this challenging and rewarding subject will develop your analytical and problem-solving skills.

Southampton Law School offers you expert tutors, a research-led curriculum and links to industry. Our challenging and inspiring LLB programme will give you in-depth legal knowledge, together with strong critical thinking and communication skills, and all of our undergraduate programmes lead to qualifying law degrees recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board.

Our unique employability skills programme will ensure you consolidate what you learn through exceptional work experience and networking opportunities. As part of your degree you can:

• experience law in action by applying to shadow a senior member of the judiciary in the High Court or Court of Appeal.

• work alongside legal professionals to advise students at the Law Clinic in housing, business and family law.

• engage with our academic research groups including the Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law, and the Institute of Maritime Law.

*hone your presentation skills on the Streetlaw programme and take part in a range of competitions to enhance your skills, including the Womble Bond Dickinson Team Building Challenge and regional, national and international mooting and negotiation competitions.

• study modules outside of law to broaden your knowledge with interdisciplinary study.

• forge even stronger links within our friendly community by joining a student-run society such as the Law Society, Inns of Court Society, Mooting Society, Lawyers without Borders and the Canadian Law Society.

You will also have access to excellent learning facilities to support your studies. These include superb library resources such as our comprehensive collections in all of the main subject areas e.g. contract law, property law, maritime law, criminal justice and public law. You can also access European and international resources, all housed in the main University library, and we provide our students with anytime access to an extensive range of electronic resources such as Westlaw, Lexis and Lawtel. Practise your advocacy skills in our purpose-built moot room.

On our Law course you will develop in-depth legal knowledge, together with strong critical thinking and communication skills on a programme recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board.

Some of the modules you may study include Equity and Trusts; Employment Law; and Intellectual Property Law

For further module information visit https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/law-degree-llb#modules

You will learn through a combination of lectures, small-group seminars and tutorials, and through independent study. Our inspiring academics use a range of teaching methods to enhance your learning experience, for example, highly interactive lectures that incorporate digital voting tools and social media.

Group exercises, problem-solving tasks and case studies are also used to embed your knowledge and to apply it to real-world scenarios and current topics.

Modules are assessed through exams and/or written assignments. Your dissertation also contributes to your final degree classification. You will receive feedback on your progress from your tutors and formative assessments will help you identify areas for improvement.

Facilities

You will have access to excellent learning facilities to support your studies. These include superb library resources including comprehensive collections in all the main subject areas such as contract law, property law, maritime law, criminal justice and public law. You can also access European and international resources, all housed in the main University library.

We provide anytime access to an extensive range of electronic resources such as Westlaw, Lexis and Lawtel. Practise your advocacy skills in our purpose-built moot room.