LLB Honours in Law

The Law LLB Honours course offers you an exciting and dynamic educational experience, while also providing you with the core subjects required by the professional legal bodies. The legal profession requires graduates to possess both intellectual and practical skills, and the course explicitly addresses these requirements with a structured programme of skills development. It will also equip you with the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.

Our LLB course provides you with an excellent amount of choice. Alongside the core modules, required by the professional legal bodies, you are able to study a wide range of distinctive modules to suit your areas of interest.

You will gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamental doctrines and principles that underpin the English legal system and beyond.

You will have the opportunity to study an extensive range of options covering wide and diverse areas of law that are closely linked to staff research interests. These options can be linked together to form one of six coherent streams: commercial law, criminal law and justice, entertainment law, human rights, law and theory, and welfare law.

You can also add an international dimension to your studies through a further year of law study abroad in one of the School's partner institutions in Europe and overseas. Some of the studies abroad is undertaken under the Erasmus scheme set up by the European Commission.

Teaching methods include lectures, seminar-based discussion, class presentations, invited guest speakers and practical group exercises.

Assessment methods include open- and closed-book exams, in-class tests, oral presentations, and written coursework.

Course structure

The following modules are indicative of what you will study in this course.

To help you make an informed decision, you can have a look at how marks have been calculated and study time has been distributed on this course in the past.

Year 1

Core modules

• Contract Law
• Criminal Law
• Law: Policy and Practice
• Public Law
• Tort Law

Option modules

• Criminal Justice: Crime and Punishment
• Introduction to Business Law
• Introduction to Legal Practice
• Introduction to Rights and the Law
• Islamic Law in Context
• Law and Social Media
• Mooting and Advocacy
• People Culture and Property
• The Portrayal of Justice: Screen Representations of Law and Lawyers

Credit Level 4

Year 2

Subjects of study include:

Core modules

• Equity and Trusts
• EU Law
• Land Law
• 21st Century Law

Option modules

• Adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Child Protection Law and Policy
• Housing Law
• Introduction to Human Rights Law
• Law and Culture
• Law and Social Justice
• Law and Sport in Contemporary Society
• Medical Law and Ethics
• Rethinking Criminal Justice
• Work Placement in a Legal Setting

Credit Level 5

Study Abroad Year

Students can spend an additional year of study abroad at partner institutions around the world. They study for 120 additional credits through the two Law Study Abroad modules.

Year 3

Subjects of study include (all option modules):

• Advanced Criminal Law
• Commercial Law
• Company Law
• Competition Law
• Criminal Procedure and Evidence
• Disability Law
• Dissertation in Law
• Employment Law
• Entertainment Law
• Environmental Law
• Family Law and Family Justice
• Human Rights: Substantive Legal Protection
• International Law and Global Justice
• Law of Intellectual Property
• Law of International Trade
• Media Law
• New Legal Thinking, Theory, Philosophy and Justice
• Religion, Law and Society

Credit Level 6

Professional recognition

This course is a Qualifying Law Degree and graduates who wish to become barristers or solicitors are granted exemption by the professional bodies.

Entry Requirements

UK

Typical Offer

One of the following (or an equivalent qualification):

• A Levels – BBB
• International Baccalaureate – 28 points
• Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended National Diploma – DDM
• Access to HE Diploma - Pass with 45 credits at Level 3 with a minimum of 36 Level 3 credits at Merit or Distinction

In addition to one of the above, you should have:

• GCSE minimum grade 4 (Grade C in grading system prior to 2017) in Maths and English.

Overseas students whose first language is not English will need an IELTS score of 6.0, with a score of 6.0 in each element.

EU and International

Typical Offer

• International Baccalaureate – 28 points

If your first language is not English, you should have an IELTS score of at least 6.0, with a score of 6.0 in each element.

We welcome applications from students around the world who have other internationally recognised qualifications.

Careers

Career success

89% of our graduates go on to work or further study within six months, according to Unistats. Successful alumni have had very successful careers as barristers and advocates, solicitors, clerks and officers of the court, legal executives and paralegals. They have gone on to work for some of the UK’s leading legal services providers including Allen & Overy, Baker & Mackenzie, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Addleshaw Goddard, Hodge Jones & Allen, Weightmans and Ropes & Gray. Our graduates also pursue careers in accountancy, the Civil Service, education and government.

Career path

We have a strong focus on employment and we spend a lot of time supporting you to develop your career. From the outset, we concentrate on professional and transferable skills, employability and personal development planning.

We also offer innovative modules to prepare you for the realities of working in modern law practice and the changing profession, which will allow you to progress after you graduate. We also aim to provide you with a host of opportunities to boost your career and develop your professional and transferable skills.

A law degree is seen as a valuable asset by a variety of employers, legal and non-legal. This course will prepare you for a range of legal careers including practice as a barrister or advocate, solicitor, clerk and officer of the court, and legal executive.

Our graduates also pursue careers in accountancy, the Civil Service, education and local government.

Mentoring

Westminster Law School students can currently apply for a place on one of the following:

• Career development mentoring scheme – this enables students to be mentored by solicitors and barristers.
• Undergraduate ethnic minority scheme – for students from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background. This scheme is part of the National Mentoring Consortium and aims to promote equality and diversity in graduate recruitment.

By taking part in our schemes, you will have a fantastic opportunity to develop communication and team-working skills and make contacts with professionals in the legal sector.

Some of the employers participating in the scheme who have mentored Law students in recent years include:

• The BBC
• Hodge Jones and Allen
• Kennedys Law
• Barclays Bank
• Dentons
• Enyo Law
• Hughmans
• Mischon de Reya
• Cobalt Music
• Berwin Leighton Paisner
• Government Legal Service
• HM Revenue and Customs
• Ministry of Justice
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Wolseley UK (legal counsel)