If selected to transfer to one of our four-year degrees, you will spend your third year at a partner law school in another country. After this, you will return to Nottingham to complete your fourth and final year of study.
Course overview
Looking to study law and excel in your career? Our LLB Law programme is designed to provide a thorough foundation in English law with a focus on professional development. Our core modules give you a thorough foundation in English law, through the study of tort, trusts, contract law, public law, criminal law, EU law, and land law.
In your second year and final year, while still studying some compulsory subjects, you can specialise in the areas of law that interest you with a rich and diverse range of optional modules.
Our programme opens doors to a wide variety of professions and organisations, including law firms, barristers’ chambers, consultancies, business advisory services, marketing, civil service, public relations, accountancy, and campaigning. For example, recent graduates have secured positions at Clifford Chance, the Barristers’ Chambers 7 King’s Bench Walk, the London Stock Exchange, PwC and BAE Systems.
At our School of Law, we pride ourselves on providing not just academic excellence, but also a supportive community of like-minded individuals. Our law societies cater to a wide range of interests, from pro bono volunteering to placements, offering you the chance to make an impact and build your network.
If you're seeking a unique experience, you can apply in your second year to transfer to one of our four-year programmes, which include a year abroad at a partner law school. You could go and study in locations such as Australia, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, New Zealand, Europe or the USA. This experience sets you apart in the job market and makes you highly attractive to employers.
Indicative modules
About modules
The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. This content was last updated on Wednesday 26 March 2025. Due to timetabling availability, there may be restrictions on some module combinations.
You will be taught by a mixture of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
Legal Skills Team
The Legal Skills Team helps undergraduate law students with their academic legal skills as well as with transferable skills that help to deliver success outside the classroom. The team’s aim is to ensure that every student, regardless of background or performance, has the opportunity to thrive.
The team runs a diverse series of events which help with everything from answering problem questions to preparing for legal practice. Some of these events involve input from the Careers and Employability Service and from outside experts in the legal profession. The team also runs regular drop-in sessions where students can seek guidance on anything related to legal skills.
Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Tutorials
Teaching is delivered through a mix of in-person and online methods. The majority of your teaching will be in-person.
Some modules will be assessed by examination, some by coursework and some by a combination of the two.
Assessment methods
- Coursework
- Dissertation
- Essay
- Examinations
In year one, you will typically spend at least 12 hours per week in lectures taught by leading law academics. These will be supplemented by small group teaching.
Beyond formal taught sessions, you'll be expected to engage in self-directed study, including reading case law and legislation and preparing answers to tutorial questions.
This course will equip you with a thorough knowledge of English law and an in-depth understanding of the areas in which you choose to specialise.
Upon graduating, you can undertake further legal training to become a solicitor or barrister.
The University of Nottingham's law graduates are the 6th most highly paid in the UK above King’s College London and University College London.*
* Chambers Student law firms preferred universities study 2019.
Overseas practice
Law graduates from the University of Nottingham may be eligible to practise overseas including in Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Singapore, where admission to the Bar (or equivalent) can be attained subject to meeting the jurisdictions' conditions.
Graduate destinations
A high proportion of our graduates go on to qualify as solicitors or barristers.
Those interested in a career outside of law use their degree in a wide variety of professions and organisations such as consultancies, business advisory services, marketing, the civil service, public relations, accountancy and campaigning.
Recent graduates have gone on to work at organisations such as Avery Dennison, BAE Systems, Clifford Chance, the London Stock Exchange, and PwC.
Average starting salary and career progression
86.70% of undergraduates from the School of Law secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual starting salary for these graduates was £27,539.
HESA Graduate Outcomes (2017-2021 cohorts). The Graduate Outcomes % is calculated using The Guardian University Guide methodology. The average annual salary is based on graduates working full-time within the UK.
Studying for a degree at the University of Nottingham will provide you with the type of skills and experiences that will prove invaluable in any career, whichever direction you decide to take.
Throughout your time with us, our Careers and Employability Service can work with you to improve your employability skills even further; assisting with job or course applications, searching for appropriate work experience placements and hosting events to bring you closer to a wide range of prospective employers.
Have a look at our careers page for an overview of all the employability support and opportunities that we provide to current students.
The University of Nottingham is consistently named as one of the most targeted universities by Britain’s leading graduate employers (Ranked in the top ten in The Graduate Market in 2013-2020, High Fliers Research).
There’s a wide range of modules on offer so you can choose to study things that relate to your interests. The careers support is fantastic and comes in a wide variety of forms from three main sources: the School of Law, the university Careers Service and the law-related societies.
Benjamin Haynes
LLB Law
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