Bradford, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 19,560 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international| UK: GBP 9,250
Key Summary
Introduction
Our LLB (Hons) degree gives you a rigorous academic legal education and a thorough grounding in legal, academic and clinical skills needed for you to pursue a career as a solicitor or barrister, as well as equipping you for employment in other areas if you choose not to go on to a professional qualification in law.
The programme is taught by a mix of academic experts and practitioner lawyers, who put real-world clinical legal experience at the heart of the programme.
You’ll develop a critical grasp of the law and its political, social and economic contexts.
Our LLB programme is flexible in structure and has core first and second years including all seven law foundation subjects. This gives you the ability to switch to a more specialist LLB in the final year and tailor your study to a particular aspect of law by choosing options relating to criminal law, commercial law or social justice or choosing a range of options. Completing the foundation subjects early will also put you in a good position to obtain law work experience and placement opportunities and enhance your employability. It also allows you to take your time to decide on which aspect of the law is right for you.
If you already know that you want to be a solicitor, you may be interested in our MLaw Legal Theory and Solicitors Practice. This course provides a clear and supported pathway to qualification as a solicitor. Alternatively, you may transfer onto the MLaw course from an LLB course at the end of year 2, subject to good performance.
Professional accreditation
The Bradford LLB Law degree satisfies the Bar Standards Board law degree requirements for aspiring barristers for the academic component of bar training. It provides an excellent grounding for aspiring solicitors who wish to go on and prepare for the Solicitor's Qualifying Exam (SQE).
The SQE is centrally assessed and is in two parts. For more information, please see the SRA website.
Regardless of the route to qualification, an undergraduate law degree is still important as it will cover the seven foundation subjects and legal skills, and help prepare you for the SQE, although it will no longer provide any exemptions from the academic stage of training.
Studying our LLB will mean you are prepared for part 1 of the SQE or to progress onto the Bar Practice Course (if you wish to qualify as a barrister - for more information see the Bar Standards Board website).
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Every year we award numerous non-repayable scholarships to UK, EU and international students based on academic excellence, personal circumstances or economic hardship.
Curriculum
What you will study
All module information is for 2023 entry and is subject to change.
First-year
- Contract Law
- Introduction to Legal Skills
- Law of Tort
- Public Law
- Legal System: Sources and Institutions
- Human Rights
Second year
Core
- Criminal Law
- Equity & Trust
- EU and International Law
- Land Law
- Clinical and Employability Skills in Context
Option
- Law in the Community: Clinic Route
- The Law in the Community: Public Legal Education Route
Final year
Core
- Law Dissertation or Law Dissertation (extended)
Option
- Law Clinic
- Law Clinic (extended)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Law
- Family Law
- Immigration and Asylum Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Criminal Law
- The Law of Evidence
- University Semester 1 Elective Module
- Company Law
- Crime and Society
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law
- Law and the Internet
- Safe AI: Ethics, Law and Governance
- The Law of Succession
- University Semester 2 Elective Module
Learning and assessment
The programme is delivered through a combination of interactive lectures, tutorials and workshops using state-of-the-art IT, group work and individual study.
Assessment largely involves a combination of coursework assessments and formal examinations held at the end of each semester.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Career prospects
Our LLB Law degree will enable you to proceed to the second stage of training to become a solicitor or barrister.
It is designed to give you the legal tools you will need for a career as a solicitor or barrister, as well as equipping you for employment in other areas if you choose not to go on to professional qualification in law.
In any event, our LLB course is likely to increase your employability and employment prospects in a wide range of other professions, such as general management, legal executive positions, probation service, the police, or teaching.
Career support
The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.
Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes, there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.
Career booster
During your time studying at the Faculty of Management and Law, you will have the opportunity to take part in our distinctive career booster programme throughout your course. The programme is designed to equip you with the necessary skills and graduate attributes to be job-ready when seeking employment with leading innovative organisations. The Career Booster Programme offers you the opportunity to gain certificates in:
- The European Computer Driving License (ECDL) - the benchmark for digital literacy
- Sage 50 Accounting and Sage 50 Payroll - training that will allow you to develop leading accounting and payroll software skills
- Project Manager Professional certificates - giving you the edge when seeking to become a Certified Project Manager
- Big Data analysis and reporting skills - using Software and Services (SAS) that will lead to certification.
In addition, the programme will also include activities to promote teamwork, confidence, communication and many other skills sought by employers.
Developing a portfolio of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Certificates will demonstrate to employers that you are not only ambitious but also take responsibility for your professional development.