LLB in Law University of Bristol Law School

Law facilitates and constrains every aspect of our lives. This degree will give you both the foundations of legal knowledge and an opportunity to explore the most challenging legal questions facing today's global society.

Our intellectually demanding, research-rich curriculum will spark your passion for a subject that opens doors to top-flight careers in both law and non-law sectors, with an exciting range of optional units to choose from that reflects the expertise of our globally-renowned academics.

An embedded law clinic and growing opportunities for work on real-life cases mean unique opportunities to put theory into practice. A strong academic experience, combined with vocational development, makes our students highly sought after by employers.

Our ambition is for you to graduate equipped for any future career with a rich, ethically grounded appreciation of law in business and society, and an ability to demonstrate excellent legal, analytical and reasoning skills.

Course structure

First-year units are designed to help you start to think, write, reason and argue like a lawyer, while developing key skills in research and analysis. Our Law in Action unit provides an exciting introduction to essential knowledge and skills needed for effective study of law at university.

As you progress, our second- and third-year units provide increased flexibility to focus on what interests you most. Our specialist units range from banking and finance, international and commercial law, to criminology, IT, health and human rights law. Our third-year Clinical Legal Studies option embeds real-life experience into the curriculum.

Your final-year dissertation will illustrate your ability to undertake legal or social-legal research and critically engage your chosen topic area.

Teaching

The typical percentage of time spent in different learning activities for this course based on student choices.

This information is collated from the previous year and will not be available if the course is new.

Year 1

• 18% Lectures, seminars and similar

• 82% Independent studies

• 0% Placements (if relevant)

Year 2

• 17% Lectures, seminars and similar

• 83% Independent studies

• 0% Placements (if relevant)

Year 3

• 14% Lectures, seminars and similar

• 86% Independent studies

• 0% Placements (if relevant)

Assessment

Typically how work is assessed for this course based on student choices.

This information is collated from the previous year and will not be available if the course is new.

Year 1

• 67% Written exams

• 0% Practical exams

• 33% Coursework

Year 2

• 83% Written exams

• 0% Practical exams

• 17% Coursework

Year 3

• 67% Written exams

• 0% Practical exams

• 33% Coursework