Course Overview

In this course, you will join a challenging, vibrant, and friendly community, led by an experienced team of academics and practitioners, including solicitors, barristers, and international lawyers. The foundation year helps you develop the study skills and self-confidence needed for higher education.

Your degree will enable you to progress to the vocational stage of lawyer’s training, to qualify as either a solicitor or barrister. This original and innovative course has been designed in consultation with senior managers to give you both theoretical and practical experience.

As part of your degree, you will have the option to get involved with practical justice including opportunities to shadow a local judge and experience live mediations from our in-house Mediation Clinic. Through our strong links with the local community, Citizens Advice, and local courts, you will have the opportunity to act as a Community Legal Companion for unrepresented parties in court. This is an excellent opportunity for you to gain hands-on work experience in a legal setting.

In addition to all our LLB degrees being Qualifying Law Degrees, we have designed our degrees in consultation with external stakeholders, such as local law practitioners as well as a range of local organizations. This ensures we help you to develop the skills which are highly valued by employers, with examples including written and verbal communication, initiative, time management, flexibility, and teamwork. Many graduates use these skills to become a barrister or solicitors, but others establish careers in education, public services, HRM, management, paralegals, chartered secretaries, or in financial services.

General Eligibility

Applicants should normally have 32 UCAS Tariff points. We will also welcome applications from students with few or no formal Level 3 qualifications who wish to return to education and applicants may be asked to attend an interview.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS requirements: 6.5 overall with no element below 6.0