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

Learn with purpose. Advocate with confidence. Build the legal knowledge, practical experience and professional confidence to make your case where it matters.

As the legal profession evolves with new tech, changing legislation and complex social issues, today's lawyers need more than legal knowledge. They need practical experience, commercial awareness and the confidence to make an impact.

At De Montfort University, you'll develop all the skills required. You'll be combining academic theory and real-world legal practice through placements, mentoring, and opportunities to work with legal professionals. And you'll be building your experience, awareness and confidence in unique law facilities, from iconic 19th-century courtrooms to contemporary spaces purpose-built for 21st-century education. Law definitely feels different when you’re learning in spaces that are part of its history.

Our Law LLB covers the Foundations of Legal Knowledge (essential for progression to a bar course or prep for qualifying as a solicitor). And while your first year provides a solid grounding in legal principles, your second and third years give you the freedom to explore areas of law you’re passionate about, choosing optional modules to shape your degree around your interests. There are also industry experience opportunities throughout, including our: Bar Futures Programme for those interested in the Bar, Panel Talks with legal professionals, Speed Interviewing with solicitors and barristers, Law Link Mentorship Scheme, and Tigers Temple – a chance to pitch solutions in exchange for a mentoring or work experience prize.

At De Montfort University, your legal career starts before you graduate. Connect with the profession, put your learning into practice and gain the experience to take your next step with confidence. Whatever comes next, you’ll graduate ready for it.

Following your first year, you’ll have the opportunity to specialise. All our Law degrees have a common first year, after which you can continue on your first choice or switch to one of our specialist degrees that best fits with your interests and career goals:\
Law LLB with Business Law\
Law LLB with Criminal Justice\
Law LLB with Criminology

Why choose DMU to study a Law degree?

* No 1 in the East Midlands for teaching Law – don’t take our word for it, listen to our students (NSS, law subject area, 2026)

* Boost your CV with the Law Lab Enterprise – get real-practice experience for a head start in your legal career

* No 2 in the UK and 13th in the world for legal research quality (Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026)

* Less stress, less overload – study one block at a time, giving you more time to focus, understand and apply the law

* Internationalise your DMU degree - Study abroad for a year at one of DMU’s partner universities across the globe.

* Get experience in the Justice Clinic – provide supervised legal advice to real clients, building your confidence, professional ID and a powerful sense of purpose

* Future proof your career – 96.2% of students agree that our course developed the knowledge and skills they needed for the future (NSS, law subject area, 2026)

* Textbook costs? None – we provide all the textbooks you’ll need online through Oxford Law Trove, free for you at DMU