Law (Professional Placement Year) LLB (Hons)

**Our LLB Law degree develops your practical and professional skills alongside your knowledge of legal theory.**<br/>- Put the legal knowledge you gin on this course into practice while you develop career-enhancing skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Our Law degree is designed to prepare you for a wide range of careers, both within and beyond the legal sector.<br/><br/><br/>- This LLB Law meets the requirements of the Bar Standards Board and prepares you for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam.<br/><br/><br/>Designed to help you attain many of the skills required to complete the practice elements of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), LLB (Hons) Law at Bath Spa develops your legal knowledge, research and professional skills.<br/><br/>This innovative, qualifying Law degree is informed by the new regulatory framework for the training of solicitors and barristers, and meets the requirements of the Bar Standards Board. <br/><br/>Gain a broad understanding of legal systems and criminal law. Youll expand your knowledge to topics such as international law, media and entertainment law, and cybercrime. In your final year, you’ll hone your practice skills in The Bath Law Clinic, which is a collaboration between Bath Spa University, Stone King LLP and the Citizens Advice Bureau, or undertake a law research project. <br/><br/>Learn how to be a lawyer in practice and understand the business of law, so that you can hit the ground running when you graduate. We recognise that many Law students don’t pursue a career in law and have built career planning into each strand of the course, with a focus on the growing number of roles that require related skill-sets. These include roles in governance, risk management, advocacy, public policy, HR and finance.<br/><br/>**More about the Professional Placement Year**<br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team.

Discover who you are with a course at Bath Spa University this September, in a beautiful and unique city.<br/>Bath Spa University offers a range of Clearing courses across Business and Law, Science, Design, Music, Computing and Performing Arts. Explore their career-focused degrees and get in touch today. Many of their degrees can be studied in combination, so you don’t have to limit yourself to one subject!<br/><br/>Their degrees offer practical, real-life experiences that build your skills through placements and trips. You'll be taught by knowledgeable and passionate educators who bring their industry expertise directly to you.<br/><br/>BSU offers a thriving community across two main campuses with industry standard facilities and a buzzing social scene. The Bath Spa SU offers over 70 clubs and societies for you to choose from to help you get settled in and find your people.<br/><br/>Bath Spa prioritise student well-being and provide plenty of support to make sure you can realise your full potential, including a range of 24/7, digital services. The Student Wellbeing Team will support you through whatever challenges you may face.<br/><br/>Discover more and get in touch today!