The LLB Law is an excellent programme that meets the demand from highly-qualified students who wish to study law as an academic discipline, irrespective of whether they also wish to pursue a career in legal practice.
Beyond the study of the foundation subjects of English Law, the programmes provide you with the opportunity to specialise in further areas of law according to your own interest and future career plans and to undertake a limited amount of study in non-law subjects.
LLB students devote most, if not all, of their time to the study of law.
The structure of the LLB Law degree is outlined below.
First year
The first year of the LLB degree is made up of the following compulsory modules (totalling 120 credits):
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Understanding Law (semester one only)
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Constitutional Law
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Foundations of Tort
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Law of Contract
Second year
The second year is made up of following compulsory modules (totalling 90 credits):
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Criminal Law
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Land Law
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Law of the European Union
The remaining 30 credits required for the year can be made up from optional law modules or a combination of optional law modules and a limited number (20 credits) of non-law modules
Final year
The final year is made up of following compulsory module (totalling 30 credits):
The remaining 90 credits required for the year can be made up from optional law modules or a combination of optional law modules and a limited number (20 credits) of non-law modules
Students registered on the LLB Law degree may apply at the beginning of their second year to be transferred on to one of the four-year degrees, depending on their examination results and other considerations (competition for these courses is highly competitive and transfer cannot be assumed).
Further information
You can find more detailed information about the LLB Law from the Undergraduate Prospectus.