Law (Top-Up)

Not everyone takes the same route into higher education and that’s perfectly fine. If you’ve already completed a Level 5 qualification, such as an HND or Diploma in Law, or studied two years of an undergraduate law degree elsewhere, this Top-Up course offers the opportunity to complete your academic journey and gain a full LLB (Hons) qualification with London South Bank University.

During your Top-Up year, you’ll study a carefully designed combination of final-year modules from our LLB (Hons) Law degree. These include core subjects such as Land Law and The Law Project, alongside a range of elective options from Business Law and Employment Law to Family Law and Human Rights Clinic allowing you to build expertise in your chosen area of interest.

This structure ensures that you graduate with both the in-depth legal knowledge and the practical, research, and analytical skills needed to progress toward professional legal training or careers across the wider legal and corporate sectors.

At LSBU, you don’t just learn law, you do law. We’re the first Law School in the UK that guarantees you’ll work in one of our in-house clinics, where you’ll be advising people in our community on housing, family, employment, consumer rights, and social justice issues through our Legal Advice, Human Rights, and Law & Social Policy clinics, all right here in central London. This practical experience will help you build your confidence, your CV and your professional network before you even graduate.

You’ll see the law in action, with teaching that’s built around practice as much as it is theory, leading to many of our graduates making lasting impacts in their communities, some have even gone on to argue cases in the Supreme Court or contribute to social justice campaigns. This kind of real-life experience will give you the practical skills, professional connections and self-confidence to succeed as a lawyer, barrister or solicitor, or in plenty of other professional settings.

The knowledge and skills you build through your studies, combined with our Law Clinic Guarantee, expert academics and the CareerSmart programme, mean you’ll always have the support and guidance you need to aim higher. You will be supported by experienced academics, practitioners, peer mentors and professional support services. All, while getting access to a range of resources that set you up for success.

These include Oxford University Press Law Trove (185 titles worth £8,000, free to you), leading databases: LexisNexis and Westlaw UK, high quality support in research, evaluation, and application processes. Strong links with the South London Law Society and the Southwark Legal Advice Network. Beyond the classroom, you can join our award-winning Bar & Mooting Society, the Student Law Society, or write for The Devil’s Advocate, our student-led magazine.

Are you ready to stand up, speak out, and make change? Your journey starts here.

Course Modules

Level 6 Semester One

Land Law (Compulsory)
Students must do one module and may do two from this pool

Option Pool C
Business Law (Optional)
Criminal Advocacy, Evidence and Litigation (Optional)
Family Law 1 (Children) (Optional)
Option Pool D (students may do one option from this pool)

Option Pool D
Human Rights Clinic
Law & Technology (Optional)
Legal & Social Policy Clinic
Level 6 Semester Two
The Law Project (Compulsory)
Students must do two modules from this pool

Option Pool E
Civil Litigation (Optional)
Company Law (optional)
Employment Law (Optional)
Family Law 2 (Relationships) (Optional)
International Protection of Human Rights (Optional)
Please note that although most optional modules run, we do not guarantee to run every optional module each year. Not all option combinations are available due to timetabling restrictions.