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Full-Time (Three Years)

Our LLB (Hons) Law with Business three year full-time degree will give you a wide understanding of key legal topics and related skills, as well as developing business skills and competencies.

This is a qualifying law degree, enabling you to progress to the next stage of legal training as a solicitor or barrister.

It’s also a great choice if you want to move into a career outside of the legal sector as you’ll study a range of business modules that will make you employment-ready.

ULaw offers excellent employability outcomes for students; 92% of our full-time UK LLB students graduating in 2017 secured employment or further study within six months of successfully completing their course.

As The University of Law specialises in teaching, with a focus on problem solving and weighing up arguments, you’ll develop a formidable range of essential skills that can make all the difference when starting your career. The University of Law was awarded a silver rating in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) in June 2019. We were found to deliver high quality teaching, learning and outcomes for our students and consistently exceed rigorous national quality requirements for UK higher education.

ULaw has also achieved top ten placements among universities in the UK for 5 categories in the National Student Survey 2019: teaching, learning opportunities, academic support, learning resources and student voice.

With Foundation Year
(Four years)

Locations       Birmingham, Bristol, Guildford, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Nottingham

UCAS Code    M112

The first year is a Foundation year, which focuses on developing an understanding of the legal sector and the key skills required to undertake the LLB (Hons) Law Degree. The subsequent three years then follow our full-time course.

International Leadership Summer School

Students starting their course in September 2020 will have the opportunity to attend our International Leadership Summer School in Berlin, during the second year of their degree or third year of a degree with Foundation Year.  This week will focus on developing employability skills.

Looking to study in more than one city? 

Our unique Switch It Up facility allows you to study in two or more cities and/or add a specialist discipline.* Find out more about CampuSwitch and CourseSwitch.

*Terms and conditions apply

Course Content

You’ll study a total of 18 modules, six modules in each year of the course. This ensures you get a firm grounding in the legal areas, but also gives you choices so you can develop your knowledge and skills to suit your career.  Modules for the optional foundation year are also shown below.

In Semester 2 of Years 2 and 3 you choose three options from the modules listed below and you must select at least one law module and four business option modules over Years 2 and 3.

Each single taught law module consists of face-to-face tuition in 11 large groups and 11 x two-hour face-to-face sessions in small-group workshops.

Students studying at campuses who are also offering Law with Criminology, Law with Criminal Justice, Law with Legal Innovation and Technology, Law with Government and Politics, may be able to choose options from those programmes as well.

*All options are indicative and available subject to numbers. One option must be a Law option for the degree to be a Qualifying Law Degree and, at least four must be Business Modules to warrant the Business element of the degree.  

Level 5 Options: Human Rights*, Family Law; Employment Law; Access to Justice and Legal Services; Real Estate; Personal Finance; Business Change; Corporate Responsibility; Customer Behaviour; Information and Resource Management; Economics, Economy and Trade; International Human Resource Management; Marketing Communication in a Digital World; Extended Essay in Law

Level 6 Options: Wills & Succession; Companies: Governance, Tax and Insolvency; Human Rights*; Criminal Litigation and Evidence; Intellectual Property; Personal Finance; Strategic Management; International Digital Marketing; Leading Change; Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Global Leadership, International Digital Marketing; Business Research Project (double module); Canadian Constitutional Law (London only); Canadian Criminal Law (London only)

*Some options are available at more than one level but should be selected only once. 

Course Structure

Each year is made up of two semesters consisting of 12 teaching weeks and one week consolidation/revision and two weeks to complete assessments. You will study a total of 18 modules over the three years of the course.

• Year 1: 31 study weeks including a one-week induction
• Year 2: 30 study weeks plus one week optional International Leadership Summer School in Berlin
• Year 3: 30 study weeks

Assessment

Assessments are spread out throughout the duration of the course, rather than having lots of exams at the end of the year.  This means at the end of each semester, you have a revision/consolidation week followed by two weeks for assessment in each module.

Method of assessment

Throughout the course you are assessed by a variety of different assessment methods to enable you to demonstrate the development of your knowledge and skills throughout the programme. The methods of assessment include:

Examinations – two hours, ten multiple choice questions and a choice of two from six long form questions.

Coursework – essay, project report or portfolio.

Oral presentation.

The range of assessment methods reflects the practical nature of the programme and aligns the assessment with the learning outcomes of the programme. A mock assessment is included.

Your degree classification

You must pass each module to be awarded your LLB (Hons) Law Degree. The pass mark for each subject is 40%.

In calculating the overall average, for purposes of deciding the degree classification, the assessments are weighted as below.

Course Fees

UK/EU Course Fee per year

£9,250

International course fees per year

£13,750