Course Overview

Birkbeck’s Law LLB teaches you the foundational areas of law required by the legal profession and provides you with the key skills and knowledge to move towards successfully qualifying as a lawyer. You will gain highly transferable legal skills that are also valuable in other careers beyond the legal sector.

On our LLB Law, you will develop a sound knowledge and understanding of law across a range of foundational and specialist subjects. You will also learn to identify the political, economic, commercial, social, and cultural factors that inform how we understand the law and the problems, tensions, and contradictions within certain legal theories and doctrines.

Upon graduating, you will be ready to:

• prepare for the Solicitors’ Qualifying Exam (SQE)

• apply for a place on the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), or

• pursue a range of other careers.

Graduates can pursue career paths in the legal profession, human resources, or local government. Possible professions include:

• barrister

• solicitor

• chartered legal executive

• human resources officer.

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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.