Law
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UCAS Code: Combined Honours only – see combinations tab|Duration: 3 years|Full Time|Hope Park
UCAS Campus Code: L46
Work placement opportunities|International students can apply|Study Abroad opportunities
About the course
Law shapes our society and affects every part of our lives. It sets our duties, regulates relationships, and offers ways to resolve disputes. Studying law means exploring a complex subject and the rules that support society.
Our law degree gives you a strong foundation in both theory and practice. You will learn about the key principles and theories that form the law in England and Wales. You will also study how Public Law creates the framework for government and administration. This includes the values of democracy, constitutionalism, and the rule of law that uphold our system.
This law course aims to create graduates who not only know the law but also understand its impact and potential changes. You will think critically. You will connect ideas from different subjects. You’ll question readings and explore topics that interest you.
You can study the LLB or Joint law degrees over three or four years. Choose four years, and the third year offers legal work experience. This helps meet the Solicitors Qualifying Exams requirements.
Course structure
Teaching on this law degree is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, and tutorials. Lectures bring all students together, seminars are held in smaller groups of around 15–20 students, and tutorials usually include about 10 students. You also have the opportunity for weekly one-to-one meetings with your tutor for personalised support.
For the Law component of a combined honours law degree, you can expect approximately 6 teaching hours per week in your first year, reducing to around 5 hours per week in your second and third years. In addition to scheduled teaching, you are expected to dedicate time each week to independent study and collaborative group work in preparation for any assessments.
Assessment and feedback
Throughout your studies, you will have a number of assessments each year, including written exams, essays, repots and portfolios.
You will be given written feedback on your assessments, and you will have the opportunity to discuss this with your tutor in more detail.
Year One
The Year One curriculum of this law degree provides students with essential courses in substantive law, legal theory, and legal study skills, forming the foundation for future legal study. Students will study Public Law, which examines how laws are made and the relationship between lawmakers and the subjects of the law. They will also study the Law of Obligations, covering the rules that shape binding agreements between natural and legal persons, as well as the civil liabilities and responsibilities of individuals and organisations. Additionally, students will complete a course designed to develop essential skills in studying, reading, and applying the law. All Year One courses are compulsory.
Public Law
This course introduces the rules, conventions, and principles governing the institutions of the United Kingdom, including Parliament and the Cabinet. It also examines the legal framework that governs the relationship between citizens and public administration.
Legal System and Skills
This course provides an introduction to the legal system, key legal procedures, and fundamental principles such as binding precedent and judicial interpretation. Students will develop legal study skills, including reading and accessing the law, legal referencing, and practical skills such as advocacy, drafting, client interviewing, negotiation, and mediation. The course also covers the legal professions, routes into legal careers, and principles of ethics and professional conduct.
*These modules are subject to revalidation in 2025/26
Year Two
In Year Two students will build on the knowledge and understanding gained during Year 1. Students will broaden and their knowledge and understanding of the foundations of legal knowledge by studying the doctrines and principles of three more foundations of legal knowledge. Thus, they will study courses on the Criminal Law, Land Law, and Torts. Students will also attend tutorials that builds on the development of their legal skills. Students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to identify and evaluate the law as pertinent to problems of intermediate legal and factual complexity.
Criminal Law
It will explain the general principles of criminal law and explore the legal requirements of main criminal offences. It will look at basis of criminal responsibility, modes of participation, capacity, inchoate offences as well as explores a wide range of specific offences from theft, robbery, non-fatal offences to homicide.
Land Law
This course examines the various interests that can exists in land. It explores principles governing the creation, ownership, use, transfer, and extinction of these interests.
Tort Law
This course covers the rules that govern our civil liabilities to others. The course covers a set of rules that are essential to the workings of our communities because they determine and allocate individual and group responsibility for acts that may infringe the rights of others. In short, the law that governs civil wrongs and our duty to others
Year Three
In the final year of this law degree, students build a strong grounding in essential legal principles while tailoring their learning through optional elective modules in areas such as Family Law, Company Law, Human Rights, or International Law.
Students may also undertake an independent research project on a legal topic of their choosing, allowing in-depth exploration of a subject they are passionate about. Small group tutorials support the development of career planning and professional skills, preparing students for life after graduation. By the end of the year, students are expected to demonstrate the ability to critically analyse complex legal issues and engage in thoughtful evaluation of the law.
Human Rights Law
This course examines the development, nature, and enforcement of international Human Rights law. It covers international institutions with jurisdiction to interpret, protect, and enforce human rights, as well as key rights that are protected.
Research Project
Students plan and undertake an independent research project under supervision, producing a piece of written work on a topic of their choice. This allows them to develop advanced knowledge and expertise in a specific area of law.
Company and Commercial Law
This course explores the internal workings of companies and how they operate in the marketplace. Topics include company formation, legal obligations, mergers and acquisitions, and shareholder rights.
European Union Law
This course examines the EU as a constitutional system of conferred powers, the key principles and doctrines of EU law, and the rules governing the relationship between the UK and the EU following Brexit.
Public International Law
This course covers the rules governing the birth, recognition, continuity, obligations, jurisdiction, and sovereign rights of states within the international legal order. It distinguishes between customary and treaty-based rules and examines the challenges of enforcement.
Family Law
This elective examines the concept and nature of marriage and the legal protections provided by the State. It also covers the law relating to conception, adoption, child abuse, juvenile crime, child rights, residence, and the legal relationships between parents and children.
Employment Law
This course explores the law regulating employment in the UK. It examines the legal framework and key principles, helping students understand the mechanisms of Employment Law and the political and social issues surrounding it.
Law Clinic
This course introduces students to legal practice. Under the supervision of qualified solicitors, students provide pro-bono legal advice to fellow students and members of the public.
Elective options are subject to availability and may change.
Entry requirements
| A-Levels | BCC - BBB |
|---|---|
| UCAS Tariff Points | 104 - 120 UCAS Tariff points must come from a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications |
| BTEC | DMM - DDM |
| Access to HE | 104 - 120 Tariff Points |
| IB | 26 |
| Irish Leaving Certificate | 104 - 120 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only |
| Welsh Baccalaureate | This qualification can only be accepted in conjunction with other relevant qualifications |
| T-Levels | Merit |
| Subject Requirements | No specific subject requirements |
International entry requirements
| Specific Country Requirements | Select your country |
|---|---|
| IELTS | 6.0 overall (with reading and writing at 6.0) and no individual score lower than 5.5. We also accept a wide range of International Qualifications. For more information, please visit our English Language Requirements page. |
Careers
The Combined Honours law degree teaches a range of subject knowledge, intelligences and skills. In this way we aim to produce graduates who can demonstrate an adaptable approach to problem solving, an ability to work in a diverse range of situations and subject areas and who have a real concern and regard for their client groups and service users. We believe that it is these graduates who will have a real advantage in the workplace and are likely to be well regarded by prospective employers. We also know that we produce students who are confident and capable.
By studying law as part of a combined degree, you will have a spectrum of opportunity for employment before you either in the public or private sector, or it will enable you to proceed further with your studies at postgraduate level. Graduates who can demonstrate an adaptable approach to problem solving and an ability to work in a diverse range of situations and subject areas have a real advantage in the workplace and are likely to be well regarded by prospective employers.
This degree will also enable you to continue on to qualification courses for those wishing to qualify as solicitors or barristers. Many of our recent graduates have gone on to careers in the legal profession
Enhancement opportunities
SALA
The Service and Leadership Award (SALA) is offered as an extra-curricular programme involving service-based experiences, development of leadership potential and equipping you for a career in a rapidly changing world. It enhances your degree, it is something which is complimentary but different and which has a distinct ‘value-added’ component. Find out more on our Service and Leadership Award page.
Study Abroad
As part of your degree, you can choose to spend either a semester or a full year of study at one of our partner universities as part of our Study Abroad programme. Find out more on our Study Abroad page.
Tuition fees
The tuition fees for the 2026/27 academic year are £9,535* for full-time undergraduate courses.
If you are a student from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, your tuition fees will also be £9,535*.
The University reserves the right to increase Home and EU Undergraduate and PGCE tuition fees in line with any inflationary or other increase authorised by the Secretary of State for future years of study.
*subject to Council approval.
Additional costs
As well as tuition fees, you will need approximately £10 per year for travel to fieldtrips. You will also need approximately £150 per year for purchasing core textbooks.
You will also need to consider the cost of your accommodation each year whilst you study at university. Visit our accommodation pages for further details about our Halls of Residence.
Scholarships
We have a range of scholarships to help with the cost of your studies. Visit our scholarships page to find out more.
International tuition fees
The International Tuition fees for 2026/27 are £14,500.
Visit our International fees page for more information.
Course combinations
This course is only available as a Combined Honours degree with the following subjects: