Law LLB (Hons)

Our Law LLB has been designed by legal experts to give you a solid grounding in law, whilst enabling you to tailor your learning to the areas of law that interests you.

Participation is at the heart of the course, your learning will be complimented by a range of employability and placement activities. Our dedicated law environment, which included a mock courtroom and client interviewing room, will enable you to bring learning to life and learn valuable skill to equip you for the world of work.

Our award-winning careers team provides dedicated support to help students secure valuable work experience and long-term career success. Students have completed year-long placements with leading global companies such as Warner Brothers and Toyota, and with major law firms including Shoosmiths and Gateley.

After graduation, our students have gone on to careers as solicitors, paralegals, civil servants, or pursued research opportunities. Career destinations include prestigious organisations such as the Crown Prosecution Service, Gowling WLG and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).

Whether your goal is to progress to subsequent years of study or the workplace, you will be prepared for your future through a range of delivery and assessment styles such as presentations, discursive essays and problem-solving questions.

Take advantage of the innovative Law Lab Enterprise, where academic theory meets real-world legal practice. Gain hands-on experience to prepare for a successful legal career
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Students feel very positive about their Law lecturers, with their votes placing us 1st in the East Midlands for the teaching on their course (NSS, 2025).

Enhance your learning with Oxford Law Trove and other specialist Law databases. Oxford Law Trove contains more than 200 law textbooks relevant to the core and optional modules within the Law LLB course
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Boost your CV at DMU Street Law, or DMU’s Law and Mooting Society. These extra-curricular activities present opportunities to take part in mooting, presentations, mock trials and interviewing.

Study Law at our Dubai campus – students starting this course in September 2025 will have the opportunity to apply to spend a block in year two studying at our Dubai campus.*

At DMU, the focus is on your future - with work experience opportunities on every course, an employability-boosting careers award, and industry-led course content, you'll be well prepared to start your career.

You’ll get guaranteed work experience opportunities with UK and overseas placements, internships, and personalised training. DMU has been named the UK’s Best University for Work Experience (RateMyPlacement 2024 & 2025), offering personalised careers support, industry connections, and placements with global names like Rolls-Royce and Adobe.

DMU is one of only a few universities where you’ll benefit from modular, block teaching where you’ll study one subject at a time for deeper learning and better results.

Situated in the heart of Leicester, a vibrant student-friendly city, the campus is just a short walk from everything the city has to offer. Its central location means you can hop on a train and be in cities like London, Birmingham and Nottingham in around an hour or less.