LLB (Hons) Law
Southsea, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students/EU residents | £16,200/year: international students
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Introduction
With a Portsmouth law degree, you can change the world, fight for what you believe in and make a difference in people's lives. This Bachelor of Laws (LLB) is a fully accredited law degree that gives you a choice to go on to study for your solicitor exams or your Bar exams after you graduate.
If you take our Law in Practice module, you'll gain three months of work experience that can count towards your qualifying work experience for the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). You'll also have the option of a paid work placement between years 2 and 3 that will increase your employability.
Course highlights
- Get lots of practice at the type of assessment used in the first part of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).
- Cover in-depth all the foundations of legal knowledge you need to go on and take your Bar exams.
- Take our advocacy module, which prepares you to put a case in criminal and civil courts.
- Apply your learning in our community settings, gaining real-world legal practice skills.
- Benefit from teaching that's shaped by expert staff who have been practising lawyers and who understand how the legal landscape is changing.
- Enrich your learning through our research expertise in data protection, legal education and international business law.
- Benefit from expert guest lecturers.
New Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)
The route to qualifying as a solicitor has changed for new applicants.
If you accept an offer on this course after 21 September 2021, you'll need to take the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) after you graduate to qualify as a solicitor. The content and mode of assessment of many of our modules provide a good foundation for further specific SQE preparation.
If you completed or started this course, accepted an offer of a place, or paid a non-refundable deposit (international students only) before 21 September 2021 (inclusive), you can choose to take either the new SQE or the Legal Practice Course (LPC) after graduation.
Accreditation
This course satisfies all the degree requirements laid down by the Bar Standards Board.
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Curriculum
Modules
Year 1
Core modules
- The English Legal System – 20 credits
- Contract Law – 20 credits
- Criminal Law – 20 credits
- Public Law – 20 credits
- The Art of Persuasion – 20 credits
- Tort – 20 credits
- Law Level 4 Personal Tutoring – 0 credits
Year 2
Core modules
- Legal Writing and Research – 20 credits
- Equity and Trusts (Level 5) – 20 credits
- Human Rights Law (Level 5) – 20 credits
- Land Law – 20 credits
Optional modules
- Social Care Law (Level 5) – 20 credits
- Employment Law – 20 credits
- Advocacy, Practice and Theory – 20 credits
- Company Law – 20 credits
- Intellectual Property Law – 20 credits
- Jurisprudence And Ethics – 20 credits
- Dispute Resolution Skills (Level 5) – 20 credits
- Equality Law Level 5 – 20 credits
- Data Protection Law and Policy Level 5 – 20 credits
- Media Law and Ethics – 20 credits
- Medical Law And Ethics – 20 credits
Year 3
Core modules
- European Union Law – 20 credits
Optional modules
- Company Law – 20 credits
- Family And Child Law – 20 credits
- Intellectual Property Law – 20 credits
- CILEx Level 6 Practice – 20 credits
- Advocacy, Practice and Theory – 20 credits
- Public International Law – 20 credits
- Employment Law – 20 credits
- Jurisprudence And Ethics – 20 credits
- Law of Succession (Level 5) – 20 credits
- Social Care Law (Level 5) – 20 credits
- Dispute Resolution Skills (Level 6) – 20 credits
- Landlord and Tenant Law – 20 credits
- Data Protection Law and Policy (Level 6) – 20 credits
- Equality Law (Level 6) – 20 credits
- Comparative Equality Law – 20 credits
- International Law and Armed Conflict – 20 credits
Work placement year
You can boost your employability even more by taking an optional paid placement year between years 2 and 3.
Previous students have had placements in organisations such as:
- Verisona Law
- Opus 2 International
- GE Capital
- Oracle
- Rolls Royce Motor Cars
Whatever your career ambitions, our placements team will be there to help and guide you, and you'll maintain contact with your tutors throughout the year.
The average salary for a 12-month paid placement is £19,000. It could be more or less than this amount depending on your placement. You'll only pay a small percentage of your tuition fee for this year.
Career Opportunities
Law is an incredibly flexible degree. If you don't believe us, look at our blog about the seven reasons to study law.
When you graduate, you'll be ready to take your next step to train as a solicitor, a barrister or a Chartered Legal Executive. It's worth noting that Chartered Legal Executives can now become judges, coroners, advocates and partners in law firms.
Some of our graduates go on to secure training contracts, but others choose to go into different professions. Law degrees are in the top 10 for employability, as you'll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills that will make you very employable across a range of other sectors.
Previous graduates of this course have got jobs in companies such as:
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Churchers Solicitors
- Gammon Bell & Co
- Downs Solicitors LLP
- Coffin Mew LLP
- Shoosmith Solicitors
- HMRC
- National Assembly Wales
- Ministry of Defence
- Doing a law degree gives you a wide range of career options.
Graduates of this course have gone onto roles such as:
- trainee solicitor
- trainee barrister
- paralegal
- financial consultant
- intellectual brand protection analyst
- letting negotiator
- human resources manager
- recruitment consultant
- accountant
- international project manager
- senior researcher
Ongoing career support – up to 5 years after you graduate
Get work experience while you study with support to find part-time jobs and volunteering opportunities. Towards the end of your degree and after graduation, you'll get 1-to-1 support from our Graduate Recruitment Consultancy to find your perfect role. On top of this, you'll get bespoke careers to support through our faculty 'career-ready' programme.