Course Overview

On the LLB Law and Human Rights, you will gain skills, knowledge, insight, and experience from our expert academics and practitioners in the fields of human rights and public law. The world of human rights is vast and changing quickly. At the start of this degree, you will study the introductory human rights course that covers basic principles, treaties, and cases in the area of human rights. Then you will study more advanced modules on specific topics such as migration, medical ethics, immigration, international law, labor law, political violence, social welfare, and armed conflict, among others. You may also choose to complete your final research project on the topic of human rights. In addition to foundational legal reasoning skills, on this human rights-focused law degree, you will also develop:

• knowledge of the relationship between national and international laws

• an understanding of what it may mean in practice to have to balance conflicting concepts of justice

• the ability to assess the wider social, historical, and political dimensions of rights-based social movements.

You may find graduates from our law and human rights degree progressing in the following kinds of roles:

• barristers

• solicitors

• paralegals

• advocates

• policy researchers

A law degree from Birkbeck also provides you with a broad range of transferable skills and knowledge and understanding of the English legal system that may be relevant within a diverse range of other jobs and roles.

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General Eligibility

UCAS TARIFF POINTS

96-120 points (e.g. A-levels CCC-BBB)

The UCAS tariff score is applicable to you if you have recently studied a qualification that has a UCAS tariff equivalence. UCAS provides a tariff calculator for you to work out what your qualification is worth within the UCAS tariff.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests.