LLB (Hons) in Law

Year one (Level 4) modules

• The English Legal System with Legal Method
• Criminal Law with Case and Matter Analysis
• The British Constitution and Public Law
• The Professional Lawyer: Part 1
• Corporate Law
• Contract with Negotiation and ADR

Year two (Level 5) modules

• European Union Law with Practical Legal Research
• Human Rights and International Law
• Settlements, Succession & Fair Play with Drafting
• Contract with Negotiation and ADR
• The Professional Lawyer: Part 2
• Employment Law
• Family and the Law - Relationships and Children
• Sports Law
• Creativity for Business
• Innovation Management
• Financial Accounting
• Work Placement
• Social Science Research Methods
• Social Problems, Social Divisions, Social Justice
• Crime, Law and Society
• Youth in Society - Power, Politics, and Participation
• The Psychology of Criminal Investigations

Year three (Level 6) modules

• Property Law with Interviewing
• Obligations to others with Written Advice
• Civil Litigation and Case Management with Advocacy and Mooting
• Law Research Project
• Law Clinic
• Cyberlaw
• Entertainment, Media, and IP Law
• Management Accounting
• Successful Freelancing
• Leadership and Management
• Ethnicity and Society
• Punishment and Penology in Global Context
• Cyber Security

What you'll learn

Overview

Our Bachelor's degree in Law degree covers the ‘foundation law subjects’ required by the Bar Standards Board, including tort, contract, criminal, and property law. It also introduces practical skills such as case analysis, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution, drafting, interviewing, and mooting.

You'll develop the ability to understand connections between legal topics; this replicates legal and paralegal practice, where problems are rarely neatly packaged. You'll also be supported to develop your professional practice and employability skills throughout the degree.

You'll select from a range of interdisciplinary options including business, criminology, and sociology, as well as law options such as corporate law, employment law, entertainment, media, and intellectual property law. This will enable you to become a better lawyer due to your experiences outside of a legal education framework. It’ll also provide you with broad employment prospects if you choose not to follow a career in law.

We'll encourage you to undertake a work placement that is relevant to your career goals, and the law clinic in the third year will allow you to provide legal advice to real clients.

Course structure

Year one

Gain a broad understanding of English legal systems, the British Constitution, and criminal law. Contextualize your learning and develop your professional identity and employability skills. Develop skills in case analysis, and understand legal research methods.

Year two

Focus on extending your legal understanding to include contract law, EU and international law, and settlements. Develop skills in negotiation, advocacy, and drafting.

Continue to contextualize your learning and extend your employability skills. Select from a range of law, business, criminology, and sociology options such as employment law, marketing, entrepreneurship, and exploring violence. You'll also be supported and encouraged to take a work placement.

Year three

Hone your practice skills in our law clinic, or undertake a law project. Explore property law and litigation while developing skills in drafting and mooting. Select from an interdisciplinary range of options, such as entertainment, media and intellectual property law, leadership, and cybercrime.

How will I be assessed?

The course will include a range of practice-based assessments such as drafting, negotiating, and mooting. It will also include a limited number of exams to prepare you for the SQE (Solicitors Qualifying Exam).

This course opens you up to a range of careers both within and adjacent to Law. You’ll combine legal knowledge with practical skills (such as contract law with negotiation, property law with interviewing, and litigation with mooting). If you want to qualify as a solicitor, this will place you in a better position to complete the practice elements of the new SQE, in comparison with those who have studied a more traditional program. It'll also develop key transferable skills that'll be valuable for other career routes.

Optional Business and Management modules give you the chance to expand your expertise. You'll understand the theory of business law, which will enable you to be a better lawyer due to your experiences, and provide you with better employment prospects if you choose not to follow a career in law.

How will I be taught?

Lectures, seminars, and workshops will be combined with practical exercises and court visits. Your learning will be supported by our VLE (Virtual Learning Environment).

Course length

Three years full time, or four years full time with a professional placement year. Part-time available.