Our LLB Law degree provides the essential training you’ll need to become a successful solicitor or barrister. You’ll learn about ground-breaking research topics such as war crime trials and women in prison.
One of the greatest benefits of studying on the LLB Law programme is the opportunity to improve your learning and development. You will get the chance to gain hands-on experience with real legal cases and take further training in mooting, mediation, negotiation and arbitration.
You will study a range of modules and receive guidance on the various pathways you can take. This will align your degree and interests with your career aspirations. You can also learn about ground-breaking research topics such as war crimes trials, hate crimes, and women in prisons from leading academics.
We have a broad and insightful syllabus. You will graduate with knowledge in how the law operates, how legal practices work and everything to give you an exhaustive law degree in the UK.
Why study with us
- 1st in the North West. Our Law courses are ranked 1st in the North West for individual support* (*Number of students per member of teaching staff Guardian University Guide, 2021)
- You can practice your knowledge in our Pro Bono, Mediation and Business Law Clinics and experience first-hand legal practice.
- Learn in our moot court room, practice presenting cases, take part in trials and learn how to conduct yourself in a court of law.
About the LLB Law degree
- Our Pro Bono Law Clinic, Business Clinic and Mediation Clinic give you first-hand experiences of legal practice, providing countless opportunities to deal with real cases.
- Each year we organise a dedicated law careers fair which is supported by a range of employers from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to County Councils and solicitors’ firms.
- You’ll enhance your experience through travel. You could visit the European Commission in Brussels, the European Parliament and the European Commission in Luxembourg.
Module overview
Year 1Compulsory modules
• LW1982: Introduction to Professional Skills and Employability
• LW1983: English and EU Legal Systems
• LW1984: Criminal Law
• LW1985: Contract Law
• LW1986: Social Justice and the Law
• LW1987: Law and Emerging Technology
Year 2
Compulsory modules
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LW2121: Tort Law
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LW2122: Consumer and Commercial Law
• LW2123: Advanced Professional Skills and Employability
• LW2124: International and European Law
• LW2125: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Optional modules
• CJ2207: Drugs, Crime and Society
• FZ2006: Digital Investigation
• LW2126: Family and Child Law
• LW2127: Rights and Responsibilities
• SO2306: Violent Times? Violence, Conflict and Culture
Year 3
Compulsory modules
• LW3081: Equity and Trusts in Life and Death
• LW3082: Graduate Professional Skills and Employability
• LW3083: Law for Entrepreneurs
• LW3084: Land Law
Optional modules
• CJ3204: Human Trafficking
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FZ3049: International Humanitarian
& Criminal Law
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LW3025: EU Single Market Law
• LW3085: Street Law: Community Law in Action
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LW3086: Medicine and the Law
• LW3087: Project
• LW3088: Company Law
• SO3204: Sexy Bodies: Sexuality and the Body
Course delivery
This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Future careers in Law
Successful completion of our LLB Law degree can provide you with the basis to undertake the next stage of training as a barrister (the Bar Professional Training Course) or in becoming a solicitor. The degree is also valued in careers in management, banking, retail, marketing and more.
Our Law graduates are highly sought after and you’ll find our alumni working as judges, Queen’s Counsel, barristers and solicitors across the UK and around the world.
You’ll develop skills that are attractive to a range of employers – you could find yourself working for a football club or insurance company, within the probation service or the police force, for the civil service or a local government office – in a variety of roles in addition to a solicitor or barrister: CEO, business leader, teacher, academic, researcher, or board representative.
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