Law

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This law degree allows you to learn about the law, both in the sense of ‘thinking like a lawyer’ and studying law as a social institution.
As a law student you will gain expertise in analysis, research, logical argument and more as you develop an understanding of key topics within law and the legal sector. In addition to areas such as contract law, international law and criminal law, you’ll examine the broader context of the law and its relationship with society.
We offer a wide range of optional modules, enabling you to develop your interests in specialist legal areas such as company or employment law, human rights law, environmental law and family law. You could also explore topics in criminal justice and criminology, such as policing or youth crime.
Throughout the course, you’ll gain diverse skills that will be valuable to you as a citizen, as well as in your professional career – whether you choose to enter the legal profession or not.
Study abroad is not automatically available on this programme, however it is available on our LLB Law with European Legal Studies and LLB Law with International Legal Studies programmes. If you study LLB Law you may be able to transfer onto one of either of two programmes mentioned at the end of year two, subject to academic performance and available places on the study abroad programme.
Accreditation
All our LLB courses are currently accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Bar Council*
*The Solicitors Regulation Authority is proposing changes to the system from 2020. To find out more, please visit
Exemptions
LLB Law is a Qualifying Law Degree*. This status means that graduation from the programme exempts you from the Common Professional Examination: the initial stage of professional qualification as a solicitor or barrister for both the Law Society of England and Wales, and the Bar Council. This shortens your professional training by one year, should you wish to practise in England and Wales.

Facilities

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAA excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Two of your A-levels must be in traditional academic subjects. Please see our Accepted A-level subjects document to check your subjects.
If your choice of A-level subjects has been constrained by factors outside your control (such as if your school or college did not offer certain subjects), please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office to discuss your application..
GCSE: We expect applicants to have a substantial number of GCSE passes at a high standard and grade A in the EPQ.
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Subjects

  • Contract Law
  • IT Law
  • Human Rights
  • Human Rights Law
  • Criminology
  • Employment Law
  • LLB
  • International
  • Law

Course programme

Year 1 provides you with a firm foundation in key legal areas such as contract, criminal and constitutional law. You’ll also complete our Foundations of Law module, which equips you with the skills to study law at undergraduate level and gives you the chance to practice mooting.

In the following year you’ll build on your knowledge and skills with an in-depth understanding of European law as well as key facets of English law such as land law and torts. Additional core modules will help you to develop your research skills and understand how new insights into the law are developed, as well as examining the broader relationship between law, the legal system and wider society. Optional modules will allow you to focus on topics that suit your interests and career plans, such as financial services law, employment law and issues related to the victims of crime.

Your final year will give you the chance to apply the research skills you’ve gained in previous years to an independent dissertation on a topic of your choice, which you’ll work on with your supervisor. At the same time you’ll study equity and trusts. A final choice of optional modules will allow you to gain specialist knowledge in areas like war crimes, discrimination law or penology.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Contract Law 30 credits
  • Foundations of Law 30 credits
  • Constitutional and Administrative Law 30 credits
  • Criminal Law 30 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • European Union Law 20 credits
  • Land Law 20 credits
  • Torts 20 credits
  • Law and Society 10 credits
  • Researching Law 10 credits
Optional modules
  • Company Law 20 credits
  • Criminology: Theories and Concepts 20 credits
  • International Human Rights Law 20 credits
  • Lawyers, Ethics and Society 20 credits
  • Competition Law 20 credits
Discovery modules
  • You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Equity and Trusts 20 credits
  • Long Dissertation 40 credits
Optional modules
  • Company Law 20 credits
  • International Law 20 credits
  • Cyberlaw: Law and the Regulation of the Information Society 20 credits
  • Disability Law 20 credits
  • Evidence 20 credits
  • Gender and the Law

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