Course Overview

Study Law with History and join a challenging, vibrant, and friendly community, led by an experienced team of academics, practitioners, solicitors, barristers, and international lawyers.

Your Law 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 a 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 Medication 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 at 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 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.

To further your personal development, our staff will help you obtain work-based learning in your own time. Through our extensive links with local firms of solicitors, the local courts, Citizens Advice, and our CLOCK community outreach project, you can develop valuable employability skills and have the opportunity to network with local lawyers and judges.

General Eligibility

A typical offer would be 96-120 UCAS Tariff points including BBB at A2 level, or equivalent.

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