LLB Law and Criminology
Canterbury, United Kingdom
LLB
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 19,300 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for International| UK: TBC
Key Summary
You will have the opportunity to get real, hands-on experience, with our students getting to work on real cases in our Law clinic. Our law and criminology degree prepares you for a career in law and opens the door to countless other opportunities, so you can make your career your own.
At Kent, you’ll be taught by world-leading academics and experienced criminal justice professionals – including those drawn from Kent Police, the London Metropolitan Police, HMP Prisons Service, the Ministry of Justice, the Probation Service, the legal profession and charities supporting victims and communities.
Ultimately our diverse, international community of staff and students provides a dynamic and engaging environment to gain the professional legal skills and knowledge you need to effect change in the places you want to see it.
We have a range of subject-specific awards and scholarships for academic, sporting and musical achievement.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules currently include the following
- Institutions of Justice
- Critical Introduction to Law
- Public Law
- Contract Law
- Criminal Law
- Theories of Crime and Harm
Stage 2
Compulsory modules currently include the following
- Property Law
- Equity and Trusts
- EU Law
- Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Inequality, Crime, and Justice
Optional modules may include the following
- Understanding the World’s Codified Legal Systems
- Labour Law
- Law and Medical Ethics
- Jurisprudence: The Philosophy of Law
- Justice: A Critical Examination of Law and Justice
- The Skills of Argument: How to Argue and Win
- International Law: Principles and Sources
- Animal Law
- Appropriate Dispute Resolution: Theory & Practice
- Criminal Forensic Evidence
- Critical Issues in Policing Concepts, Theories and Debates
- Crime and Punishment in Britain from 1750 to the Present
- Prisons and Society
- The Psychology of Criminal Justice
Stage 2
Compulsory modules currently include the following
- Tort Law
Optional modules may include the following
- Advanced Topics in Property Law
- Human Rights and Equality at Work
- Banking Law
- International Economic Law
- The Law of Evidence
- Tax Law
- Law, Space and Power
- Law, Science and Technology
- Law and Social Change
- The Vulnerable Person in the Criminal Trial
- Privacy, Data Protection and Cyber Law
- Advanced Topics in Privacy and Cyber Law
- Law and the Political for the 21st Century
- Music and Law
- Asylum and Refugee Law
- Advanced Topics in Law and Medical Ethics
- Family Law
- Social and Criminal Justice Practice
- Drugs and Crime
- Offender Rehabilitation in Prisons and Probation
- Technology and Cybercrime
- The Politics of Criminal Justice
- Youth, Crime and Youth Justice
- Violence and Society
- Issues in Criminology: The Inside-Out Programme
This course opens up a wide range of options. You’ll graduate with strong academic and practical skills – and a deeper understanding of justice in action.
Graduates go on to roles in:
- Legal practice as solicitors or barristers
- Criminal justice and prison services
- Policy and research roles
- Government and public sector
- NGOs and advocacy
- Policing, investigation or probation
- Further study or academic research.
How you'll study
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Tutorials
- Independent Study
- Group Work
- Workshops
As well as scheduled teaching hours, you're expected to do an amount of independent study. For a student studying full-time, each academic year of the course includes 1200 learning hours. Our popular mooting programme develops your advocacy skills in a simulated courtroom setting before a bench comprising local judges, practising barristers, solicitors and lecturers.
Teaching and assessment
Kent Law School emphasises research-led teaching, which means that the modules taught are at the leading edge of new legal and policy developments.
Through diverse and timely assessments tailored to each course level, we aim to support the development and demonstration of legal knowledge, critical approaches, and both general and legal skills. Our progressive assessment approach builds and connects knowledge, providing constructive and timely feedback to enhance student learning throughout the course.