Law, LLB (Hons)

Our LLB degree course is the first step to a career in law. It equips students with the skills and knowledge to progress onto the Bar Professional Training Course and become qualified barristers. Alternatively, for those wishing to qualify as solicitors, the LLB degree acts as a preparatory legal education for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.

The LLB course offers subject-specific teachings of the areas of law known as the Foundations of Legal Knowledge. These are comprised of:

• Constitutional and administrative law and human rights law
• Law of the European Union
• Criminal law
• Contract law
• Tort
• Property law
• Equity and trusts

Students will also undertake an initial study of legal skills, English and European legal systems, and legal research training.