Course Overview

The LLB Law and Legal Practice offers you an opportunity to graduate with a set of legal skills and competencies relevant to the pursuit of legal practical qualifications. You will be taught by leading scholars as well as expert legal practitioners. You will be examined in oral and written forms of advocacy and reflectively engage with what it means to advocate on behalf of a client.  Your studies will be organized around skills-oriented courses relevant to the legal profession, including but not limited to:

• evidence

• legal argument and language in the law

• mooting and trial skills

• transformative lawyering.

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.

We offer a comprehensive Careers Service - Birkbeck Futures - your career partner during your time at Birkbeck and beyond.  At every stage of your career journey, we empower you to take ownership of your future, helping you to make the connection between your experience, education, and future ambitions.

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.