In this Law (LLB) degree you’ll gain a detailed understanding of legal rules, their contexts and application, as well as developing transferable skills in communication, independent research, teamwork and public speaking. As one of the biggest law schools in the country, we also offer a wide range of optional modules.
Our expert teaching team have numerous links to employers, professional bodies and international organisations. In addition, you’ll benefit from high-quality classroom teaching enhanced by an online learning environment, academic skills support, mentoring, and careers guidance including workshops, fairs and work placements. There’s also a lively programme of events and outside speakers organised through the Mansfield Law Society – the president of which is a Supreme Court judge.
To help you become familiar with the courtroom environment and hone your presentation skills, you’ll have access to our mock courtroom, complete with dock, witness box and public gallery. This excellent facility helped two of our legal students to come an impressive fifth place out of 64 universities in the ESU National Mooting Competition 2012.
You’ll also have the opportunity to join our new group mentoring programme in collaboration with international law firm Clyde & Co and business charity the East London Business Alliance. Created specifically for first year students, you can apply to join and attend law offices near to our Goulston Street base, for six interactive sessions with qualified lawyers, in order to gain confidence in and discuss options for entering the legal profession.
Throughout your degree, you’ll have the opportunity to gain relevant experience while studying though legal work placements, mooting and pro bono opportunities. You’ll also be eligible to join the Law Mentoring Programme, where you’ll be paired with postgraduate London Met mentors in order to obtain support in relation to personal and professional development, selecting career paths, acquiring work experience and commercial awareness, and writing CVs and covering letters. As part of the programme, you’re able to attend interactive careers workshops, postgraduate taster sessions, and networking events, attended by students, London Met staff, and legal professionals, as well as our annual Get Into Law day, where you’re given the opportunity to hear from, and grill, a panel of legal professionals about their careers and how to get ahead in the legal profession.
Assessment
You will be assessed by a range of methods including case studies, essays, examinations, presentations and research projects. These allow you to develop and demonstrate a wide range of skills and knowledge which will be invaluable in further study and your future career.
Modular structure
The modules listed below are for the academic year 2018/19 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.
Year 1 modules include:
- Contract Law (core, 30 credits)
- Criminal Law (core, 30 credits)
- Law of Tort (core, 30 credits)
- Legal System (core, 30 credits)
Year 2 modules include:
- European Union Law (core, 30 credits)
- Property Law (core, 30 credits)
- Public Law (core, 30 credits)
- Creating a Winning Business 1 (alternative core, 15 credits)
- Work Placement for Professional Experience (alternative core, 15 credits)
- Consumer Rights Law (option, 30 credits)
- Employment and Equality Law (option, 30 credits)
- Law of Advocacy and Mooting (option, 15 credits)
- Law of Evidence (option, 15 credits)
- Medical Law (option, 15 credits)
- Equity and Trusts (core, 30 credits)
- Creating a Winning Business 2 (alternative core, 15 credits)
- Work Placement for Professional Experience (alternative core, 15 credits)
- Civil Liberties and Human Rights (option, 30 credits)
- Company Law (option, 30 credits)
- Criminal Litigation Practice (option, 15 credits)
- Environmental Law (option, 15 credits)
- Family and Child Law (option, 30 credits)
- Immigration and Asylum Law and Tribunals (option, 30 credits)
- Intellectual Property Law (option, 30 credits)
- Jurisprudence (option, 15 credits)
- Landlord and Tenant Law (option, 15 credits)
- Law Dissertation (option, 30 credits)
- Law Extended Essay (option, 15 credits)
- Law of Evidence (option, 15 credits)
- Law of International Trade (option, 30 credits)
- Penal Policy (option, 15 credits)
- Public International Law (option, 30 credits)
After the course
Many LLB graduates go on to train as a solicitor or barrister. As well as qualifying you for this next stage of training, the course also opens the door to many other graduate careers, including roles in business, media, voluntary organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Career management is encouraged through reference to the relevant professional bodies, work experience and careers advice. Guidance and feedback from an individual personal development profile is provided to prepare you for a professional career. Our online vacancy system, Prospects Netillustrates opportunities for part-time, full-time, vacation and voluntary work.
