Course description
The LLB degree offers you a sound understanding of the foundations of legal knowledge, which must be successfully completed at the academic stage of your legal career as well as offering you an opportunity to explore other exciting areas of law. The core modules meet the requirements of a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD) as you progress to the vocational stage of your career where you will either undertake the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE) or the training requirements of the Bar Standards Board, if you intend to pursue a career as a solicitor or barrister. However, the degree will also equip you with skills and knowledge to pursue a range of different graduate careers.
Our degree offers an opportunity to develop sound legal knowledge alongside practical legal and transferable skills. In addition, our LLB students are offered the opportunity to develop key employability skills in the real world. Our LLB is distinctive in offering the rare ability to undertake Professional Practice Placements in each year of the degree, allowing students to gain invaluable experience in the workplace.
**This course is subject to revalidation for September 2024**
Training Course Content
The course covers the seven foundations of legal knowledge required for a Qualifying Law Degree, including Contract Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Land Law, Equity and Trusts, European Law and Public Law. You will also have the opportunity to explore other areas of law through optional modules and through a dissertation. Some of the optional modules include Employment Law, Medical Law and Ethics, Dispute Resolution and Remedies, Law of Business Organisations, and International Human Rights.
Continuing Studies
Although an LLB is not essential for qualification as a Solicitor, Barrister or Legal Executive, it provides an excellent starting point in preparation for these careers. A significant number of law graduates use their degrees to pursue a range of other graduate careers where legal knowledge and skills are highly valued. These could include working as a company secretary, human resources professional or in corporate governance, the civil service, accountancy, probation services, the police, local government or charitable organisations.
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