LLB Law (including foundation year)

Why study this course?

Our Law LLB (including foundation year) degree course is designed for students who wish to start a career in the legal industry but may not have the traditional entry qualifications necessary to join our Law LLB course.

This course begins with a foundation year, which will allow you to develop the academic skills, confidence and knowledge to progress onto our LLB Law (Hons) degree, which is an internationally recognised qualification.

By the end of this degree course, you will meet the requirements necessary to train to be a solicitor or barrister, and you will also have the skills and qualifications necessary to pursue a variety of career options in the legal sector.

More about this course

This foundation year course offers a supportive introduction to university study and will give you the perfect start to your legal career. You will learn transferrable academic skills such as academic writing, research and critical thinking, all of which are essential skills required for a career in law.

After completing the foundation year, you will join fellow students in the first year of our main LLB Law course, where you will focus on core modules required by the legal profession, such as Contract Law, Tort, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Land Law. Over the next two years, you will have the opportunity to study specialist modules including Medical Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Environmental Law, Immigration Law, and International Trade Law, as well as extended research essays or a dissertation.

During your time studying law, you will have access to our excellent facilities including extensive legal databases, a dedicated law library, and specialist spaces for mooting and advocacy. You will gain valuable practical experience through London Met’s Pro Bono Legal Advice Clinic, where students work with real clients under solicitor supervision, and we encourage participation in mooting competitions, legal research projects and active law societies so that you can broaden your skillset and increase your employability.

Our law tutors are published experts in their field and bring industry expertise to the classroom. We also regularly invite guest lecturers and there are also opportunities to study abroad. We will encourage you to join professional networks such as the Inns of Court and student law societies, pushing you to develop a professional identity and start developing your own industry contacts.

We offer careers support in the form of one-to-one guidance, employer talks, networking events, and access to London’s dynamic legal and business communities. Graduates from our Law courses have gone on to work in a wide variety of roles, including solicitors and barristers to roles in compliance, policy, NGOs, government and business. You could also continue with your studies and earn a postgraduate qualification such as the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), Bar Practice Course or a specialist LLM degree.