Law Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)

Our flexible LLB degree in Law allows you to follow your own path in your second and final year, giving you the opportunity to focus more on criminal justice, business and commercial law, or social justice depending on your interests and career goals.

We offer a diverse and practise-based LLB Law course, which enables you to take the first step to becoming a solicitor or barrister, as well as being a foundation for numerous other careers.

What's covered in this course?

Employability has been embedded throughout the degree to support your career aspirations. At the heart of this is our Law Clinic, which offers you the ability to engage with a whole range of real-world briefs and clients in multiple areas of Law, including Immigration Law and Welfare Clinics, while you study. Placement modules and volunteer opportunities are also a key part of the course to expose you to the real world of the Law.

The Law is wide and varied, and so is our course. While you will follow a set programme of study during your first year, you will have flexibility in your second and final year to pursue optional modules and customise your degree to align with your interests and future career ambitions. We support you by suggesting routes you could select from, including Criminal Justice, Commercial Law, and subjects commonly used by a ‘high street lawyer’, which can help you to focus on developing skills, knowledge and understanding in the areas most closely aligned to your career aspirations. Among these are a wide range of module options at Levels 5 and 6, allowing you to approach your degree with flexibility and personalisation.

Creating an excellent learning experience is our priority. We concentrate on delivering outstanding teaching from staff who are experienced in either research or practice, so that you receive a ‘hands on’ approach to become confident, creative, resilient and responsible as you progress towards your preferred career.

We also encourage you to engage in extracurricular activities to support your learning, with student societies, such as the highly successful Mooting & Debating Society. Alongside this there are opportunities to engage with the wider Birmingham legal community through our connections with the Birmingham Law Society, the largest regional law society in the UK. Our close links with the Citizens Advice Bureau and Support Through Court also offer you a wide range of choices to ensure that you are experiencing different forms of Law and practice, through our Law Clinic. This clinic allows you to volunteer with these and other organisations to begin applying your practical skills and gain legal experience.

Professional Placement Year

This course offers an optional professional placement year. This allows you to spend a whole year with an employer, following successful completion of your second year, and is a great way to find out more about your chosen career. Some students even return to the same employers after completing their studies.

If you choose to pursue a placement year, you will need to find a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. You will be able to draw on the University’s extensive network of local, regional, and national employers, and the support of our Careers teams. If you are able to secure a placement, you can request to be transferred to the placement version of the course.

Please note that fees are payable during your placement year, equivalent to 20% of the total full-time course fee for that year.