Course Overview
The Law LLB (Hons) course examines the law’s role in a range of contemporary issues, recognizing the need to maintain social responsibility and ethical behavior.
You will have the chance to:
- Acquire knowledge and understanding of the foundations of legal knowledge, legal doctrines, concepts, principles, rules, and values in the core areas of law.
- Develop an appreciation of the context in which law operates, and an understanding of the dynamic nature of law, its uncertainty, the need for reform, and proposals for such reform.
- Develop the ability to apply the legal knowledge and skills acquired to both the theory and practice of law.
The January start for this course is condensed in Year 1. Please see the ‘How you’ll learn’ section for more details.
Why you should study this course
You will have opportunities to:
- Apply to volunteer in the Employment Law Clinic, Advocacy Clinic or Business Law and Enterprise Clinic at the Coventry Law Centre where selected students can gain practical legal experience under the supervision of trained solicitors and lawyers2.
- Get hands-on - immerse yourself in the law by exploring legal topics in our courtroom2, known as the ‘Moot Room’.
- Engage with students at other international universities and industry experts and develop your intercultural competencies and digital skills through our Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects2.
- Build your legal networks - by applying to participate in our mentoring schemes2, aimed to help you as you transition into your own legal career.
- Submit your legal writing to be considered for publication, alongside expert legal academics and professionals.
- Choose a January start - If you choose to start this course in January you will study exactly the same course but over a slightly shorter timescale in Year 1. This is ideal if you missed the September start, want to transfer from a different university or course or just need a bit more time to prepare for life at university.
Accreditation and professional recognition
The degree is accredited1 and recognized by the following bodies:
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)
Law LLB is a recognized degree by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) for the 2023 intake. Any graduates of this course that pass the optional third year modules ‘Family Law’, or ‘Company Law’ and ‘Employment Law’, will not need to pass the CPQ Foundation stage or CPQ Advanced stage assessments and as such are capable of being recognized as CILEX Advanced Paralegals. Those who do not complete either ‘Family Law’ or ‘Company Law’ and ‘Employment Law’ will still be exempt from the mandatory aspects of CPQ Advanced stage. On completion of your course, you will have the option to pay £400 for CILEX recognition.
Memberships
Coventry Law School is currently a member of the International Association of Law Schools, an association of around 160 law schools from over 55 countries, representing around 7,500 law faculty members. Having this status allows you to access a variety of international experiences, including with our partner institutions across the world.
Coventry Law School is also currently a member of the European Law Faculties Association with over 250 members from Europe and beyond.
Coventry Law School is currently a member of the British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association, one of the largest Technology Law associations in Europe.
Memberships are renewed annually, and there is currently no intention for any of the memberships or partnerships to lapse, however, if our memberships or partnerships are not renewed we will notify applicants and students as soon as possible1.
Collaborations with other organizations
Coventry Law School collaborates with the Central England Law Centre in order to offer a professional element to your learning, through our Law Employment and Advocacy clinics. Students who are selected to participate in the clinics get involved with many aspects of what the solicitors do at the Law Centre, with supervisors who are currently working in practice and experts in specific areas of law. They get hands-on experience doing reserved legal activities, providing supervised advice and assistance to members of the public.
How you'll learn
The Law LLB (Hons) degree has been designed so that it is capable of satisfying the academic component of Bar training as required by the Bar Standards Board. You can view further details of the requirements of the academic component of Bar training.
The course is delivered through a combination of live/asynchronous lectures, workshops, online activities and directed readings.
Lectures tend to be expository in nature, introducing you to basic concepts and core principles. Workshops provide you with the opportunity to deepen your understanding of the subject matter through active exploration of legal issues, for example through debates, discussions, presentations, and other practical activities. Teaching sessions are designed to be interactive and may involve exploring real-world and hypothetical problems, considering case studies and analysing contemporary or more theoretical legal issues. This interactive approach enables you to develop your legal skills throughout our degree and immerse yourself in authentic legal experiences.
Throughout the course, your learning will be supported through Aula, our mobile-first virtual learning environment and you will receive specialist training in the use of a variety of legal databases (our online platform may be subject to change).
If you choose to start this course in January it will be run as a condensed programme. You’ll start your course in January and finish your first year in August. Upon successful completion of Year 1, you will progress onto Year 2 in September and then continue to start subsequent years of your course in September, completing your degree at the same time as the September starters unless you opt to do a placement year.
Assessment
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.
Assessment methods include:
- Formal examinations
- Phase tests
- Essays
- Group work
- Presentations
- Reports
- Projects
- Coursework
- Exams
- Individual assignments
The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.
International experience opportunities
Throughout the Law LLB degree we aim to expose you to a wide variety of international opportunities2. From undertaking an international field trip to working with students from international universities in a Collaborative International Online Learning project, we aim to offer an international opportunity for everyone. The Law School has particularly strong links with the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing, China and established links with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, the University of Nebrija in Madrid and the University of the West Indies.
Throughout the course, you will explore aspects of international law and develop cognisance of diverse cultural and global perspectives. The Law School is a diverse community of legal academics and students, which brings depth and vibrancy to your student experience.
Careers and opportunities
Law graduates can pursue a wide variety of careers both in the UK and overseas. Many graduates enter the legal profession as solicitors, barristers, paralegals or legal executives (additional education/courses and training required). However, the skills learned are also transferrable to career paths outside of law such as recruitment, management, teaching or finance. Many of our law graduates also go on to pursue a career in academia or undertake further academic study.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Critically analyse theories, principles and laws across diverse substantive legal areas, appreciating the social, political and global context in which law operates.
- Appreciate and apply principles of sustainability, social responsibility and professional ethics, whilst being cognisant of diverse cultural and global perspectives.
- Identify and synthesise relevant information from primary and secondary legal sources, using both digital and non-digital resources, whilst adhering to principles of academic integrity.
- Draw reasoned conclusions through the application of legal principles and knowledge to complex problems, whilst tolerating ambiguity and recognising alternative legal outcomes.
- Communicate effectively and professionally, by conveying and explaining legal information, ideas and arguments appropriately in a variety of contexts.
- Demonstrate self-management and work independently or collaboratively as appropriate.
- Demonstrate intellectual independence through the acquisition of specialist knowledge and understanding of current legal thinking and emerging research.
- Apply a range of practical or clinical legal skills.
Where our graduates work
Previous law graduates from Coventry Law School have gone on to work at a wide variety of organisations and firms including:
- DAC Beachcroft
- NFU Mutual
- PwC
- Deloitte
- Linklaters
- Countrywide Tax and Trust Corporation
- Oracle
- Squire Patton Boggs
- Stobbs
- Co-op Legal Services
Further study
- Law LLM
- International Commercial Law LLM
- Professional Legal Practice LLM
- Understanding Legal Practice PGDip
- Diplomacy, Law and Global Change MA
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