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Degree 
LLB
Address
Law: University of Birmingham, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Subject
Law Ethics and Politics
Duration 
3 years
Telephone 
+44 (0)121 414 3637
Fax 
+44 (0)121 414 3585
E-mail 

l...@bham.ac.uk

Website 
http://www.law.bham.ac.uk



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This Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree will help you develop an enquiring and critical attitude to law, learn to think logically and communicate clearly. It has something to offer able students of every background.

They have recently reviewed and restructured our programmes, but our approach remains the same: we insist that you look at law from both a practical and a technical perspective and from a philosophical or theoretical perspective. The core subjects are studied in the first two years, along with jurisprudence (legal theory), giving you a broad choice of options in your final year.

First year

They assume that you have no prior knowledge of the law, so the programme starts with lectures and discussion groups on the legal system, legal sources and methods of reasoning. You then take 120 credits of compulsory law modules assessed by a mixture of traditional examinations, essays and projects. These modules are Public Law, Criminal Law, and the Law of Obligations A (Contract) and B (Tort).

Second year

In the second year you complete your study of the core law subjects by studying both Property Law A and B and Legal Foundations of the European Union. You will also study Jurisprudence, which develops your understanding of the philosophical side of law in a formal and systematic way.

Third year

The final year is entirely dedicated to optional modules. You choose 120 credits of options from a broad range of law modules spanning the entire law spectrum from the highly technical to the sociological, from the procedural to the political, from the historical to the contemporary, and from the domestic to the international.

Options available from Birmingham Law School in the past have included: Agency and Domestic Sale of Goods; Company Law; Criminal Procedure and Evidence; Family Law; Human Rights; International Sale of Goods; Juvenile Justice; Law of the European Union; Law and Medicine; Public International Law; Shipping Law; and Women and the Criminal Justice System.

Career opportunities

Many of our students go on to become solicitors and barristers or work in an industrial and business context. Some have enjoyed success as accountants, hospital managers, bankers, business executives and academics. We can also count among our legal graduates a novelist, journalists, television presenters, chairs of statutory commissions, and a professional jockey.

Professional accreditation

This degree is a ‘qualifying’ degree. This means that it provides exemption from the first or academic stage of the examinations required by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board before you can qualify as a solicitor or barrister.

Entry requirements

  • Number of A levels required: 3
  • Typical offer: AAA and a good LNAT score
  • General Studies: not accepted but a good performance may be taken into account if you fail to meet the conditions of the offer
  • International Baccalaureate Diploma: 36 points

Other qualifications are considered – see the entry requirements section for full details

Additional information

All applicants will be required to take the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT). See www.lnat.ac.uk

About courses in Law

Contact details

  • Admissions Officer: Mrs Joanne Thacker
  • Telephone enquiries: +44 (0)121 414 6290
  • Email: law-llb@bham.ac.uk

For general information about open days

Main University Switchboard

  • Postal address: The University of Birmingham
    Edgbaston
    Birmingham
    B15 2TT
    United Kingdom
  • Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3344
  • Fax: +44(0)121 414 3971

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