Law

Our LLB degree course acts as the first step to a career in law.

Subject to the Bar requirements, you can structure your module choices to ensure that successful completion of your degree enables you progress onto a Bar Practice Course in order to become a qualified barrister. Alternatively, if your ambition is to qualify as a solicitor, our LLB degree acts as a preparatory legal education for you to progress on to the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.

The LLB course offers the opportunity to study the areas of law known as the seven Foundations of Legal Knowledgef:

• Criminal Law

• Tort

• Property Law

• European Union Law

• Equity and Trusts

• Public Law

• Contract

In addition to the Foundations of Legal Knowledge modules the course will offer several contemporary optional modules that reflect the research and subject expertise of current law academics. You will have the opportunity to select from a range of modules according to your areas of interest, including indicative modules such as Family Law, Intellectual Property, Medical Law and Ethics, Commercial Law, Business Organisations or Migration, Modern Slavery and Asylum Law.
The course has a specific focus on legal and employability skills, which are embedded throughout the LLB, including digital literacy, advocacy, drafting, research, problem-solving, time management, legal application, effective communication, legal reasoning and many more skills which transfer to the legal workplace and beyond.
By choosing to study Law at the University of Wolverhampton, you will be following in the footsteps of established alumni including Sandra Wallace (joint managing director for the UK and Europe at DLA Piper) and Deputy Senior district judge (chief magistrate) Tan Ikram.

**What's unique about this course?

• We have a purpose-built courtroom with state-of-the-art legal equipment and acoustics, allowing you and your fellow students to simulate real-world situations.

• We meet regularly with members of the legal profession to ensure that we are training you with the skills needed to succeed in the modern legal work environment.

• We embed skills and employability at every level of the course and thread skills through every module. Your development will be evidenced by Digital Badges, which will be used to show your future employer the capabilities that you have gained during your leal education.

• We have a strong focus on employability, and we have strong links with the profession, ensuring that we are able to advertise opportunities for you to apply for vacation schemes, vacancies and placements.

• We are involved in several schemes to ensure that you have the opportunity to further your CV by getting involved in our Legal Companions Scheme at the local combined courts, representing real clients at tribunal as part of the highly respected Law Student Representation Project with Wolverhampton City Council, or maybe even giving advice to a real client at our Legal Advice Centre. learn more about our hand-on opportunities here: https://www.wlv.ac.uk/schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-arts-business-and-social-sciences/university-of-wolverhampton-law-school/

• Our staff foster a highly supportive environment and are there to help you every step of the way. We are here to answer any questions and to guide you throughout your entire educational journey as part of the Law department family.

We’ve built* professional placements* into every degree, every student will be guaranteed a professional placement. Our placements give you real-world exposure and proven experience your CV needs, building the industry networks for your career.

Facilities
Our large lecture theatres and all of our teaching rooms are equipped with high-tech equipment, giving you a comfortable and stimulating environment in which to learn. We also have a mock courtroom with state-of-the-art legal equipment, allowing students to simulate real-world situations.