LLB (Hons) Law

Year 1

In your first year, you’ll learn about the core theories, principles and processes of the law, introducing you to how it’s studied and practised. You’ll be able to join the Student Law Society and take part in mooting, debating, negotiation and advocacy competitions. We’ve structured the curriculum so that alongside studying legal systems, contract, constitutional and administrative law (fulfilling the requirements of professional bodies), you’ll also start to develop the kind of critical thinking and self-reflective skills that will equip you for your chosen career.

Core modules

• LAW1208 Legal Systems and Skills
• LAW1209 Contract Law
• LAW1214 Introduction to Law
• LAW1215 Ethics, Justice and Legal Reasoning
• LAW1216 Contemporary Legal Issues
• LAW1217 Public Law
• LAWGEAR1 Graduate Employability and Achievement Record

Year 2

In your second year, you’ll focus on real-life scenarios and develop practical skills in areas such as negotiation and advocacy. You’ll study law of tort, land and EU law in depth and begin to tailor your degree to your specific interests by choosing from modules in company, environmental, media, commercial and consumer law. Unlike most other law degrees, where you have to wait until your final year, you’ll also start gaining hands-on experience through work-based studies and a compulsory skills module.

Core modules

• LAW2213 Land Law
• LAW2221 European Union Law
• LAW2222 Tort Law
• LAW2230 Dispute Resolution Skills
• LAWGEAR2 Graduate Employability and Achievement Record

Optional modules

• LAW2214 Company Law
• LAW2215 Environmental Law
• LAW2216 Human Rights Law
• LAW2218 Family Law
• LAW2219 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law
• LAW2220 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation
• LAW2224 Work-based Learning
• LAW2225 Commercial Law
• LAW2229 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice
• LAW2231 Law, Literature and the Screen

Final year

In your final year, you'll complete the core subjects with criminal law and equity and trusts. You can choose to study electives such as family, employment and immigration law. You’ll be able to demonstrate your research skills with a dissertation on a legal issue that inspires you, or undertake a project based on your work experience within the Law Clinic.

Core modules

• LAW3242 Criminal law
• LAW3243 Equity and Trusts
• LAWGEAR3 Graduate Employability and Achievement Record

Optional modules

• LAW3222 Dissertation
• LAW3226 Company Law
• LAW3229 Environmental Law
• LAW3230 Family Law
• LAW3233 Commercial Law
• LAW3234 Human Rights Law
• LAW3235 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law
• LAW3238 Sex, Power and Legal Control
• LAW3239 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation
• LAW3244 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice
• LAW3247 Work-Based Learning
• LAW3248 Law, Literature and the Screen
• SOC3538 Philosophy of Social Science

Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.