Law LLB (Hons)

at City University of London

This degree provides the first stage of professional training for aspiring barristers and solicitors, laying the foundations for a rewarding legal career.
 

It is also suitable for anyone who wants to develop in-demand transferable skills such as critical thinking, commercial awareness, reasoning and research.
 

You’ll be trained to deal with challenging situations, excel under pressure, and demonstrate professionalism in your work environment.

• Access 250,000 books and 25,000 online journals with City’s library service, including our brand-new dedicated Law Library (opening 2020)

• Choose to specialise in Commercial Law, International Law, Human Rights and Law with Professional Practice

• Develop your commercial awareness and professional network with an intensive five-week micro-placement.

• Practise your skills with our popular Pro Bono Unit, which provides legal advice to real clients

• Volunteer for the Start Ed Commercial Law Clinic - a free walk-in centre offering assistance for small businesses and start-ups

• Master important legal skills, such as research and analysis, public speaking and argument with regular mooting.
   

Get quick and easy access to the latest research materials and legislative updates with Lawbore, our acclaimed legal resource portal.
 

Course content
 

This three-year LLB Honours degree covers all of the core modules required in UK legal education.
 

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Pathways
 

In addition to the LLB Law degree we provide the opportunity for you to graduate with a degree in a specialised area of Law.
 

All students that enter our LLB Law route can apply to specialise in one of the 4 pathways below, or continue with their general LLB Law degree. You can make this choice at the end of your 2nd year.
 

If you enter a specialised pathway you will need to study at least 4 15-credit modules related to this pathway in your final year.
 

The additional pathways and respective degree titles are:

• LLB Law with Commercial Law

• LLB Law with International Law

• LLB Law with Human Rights

• LLB Law with Professional Practice.
   

Pease note: The programme specification is valid for academic year 2021/22, but may be subject to change in future years
 

Year 1
 

Begin studying the core legal subjects common to all undergraduate law degrees, to lay a firm foundation for specialisation later in the course.

• Debates in the English Legal System (15 credits)

• Constitutional Law (15 credits)

• Foundations of Contract Law (15 credits)

• Foundations of Criminal Law (15 credits)

• Foundations of Tort Law (15 credits)

• Contract Law and Practice (15 credits)

• Administrative law and Human Rights (15 credits)

• The City Law Student: Legal Reading, Writing and Research for Degree, Careers and Employability (15 credits)
   

  Year 2
   

  Study the remaining core legal subjects common to all undergraduate law degrees: Foundations of EU Law; Foundations of Land Law; Foundations of Trust Law.
  
  
  Also choose five modules from a wide range of elective subjects to study in a specialised field. Please note the list of available electives is subject to change due to lecturer availability and student numbers.

• Foundations of EU Law - Core module (15 credits)

• Foundations of Land Law - Core module (15 credits)

• Foundations of Trusts Law - Core module (15 credits)

• Legal Career Enhancement and Employability Skills (15 credits)

• Small Venture and Social Enterprise Law (15 credits)

• Commercial Awareness and Risk (15 credits)

• Mediation (15 credits)

• Politics & Law (15 credits)

• Legal Design (15 credits)

• Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility (15 credits)

• Further Issues in Criminal Law (15 credits)

• Further Issues in Tort Law (15 credits)

• The UK and The European Union (15 credits)

• Company Law (15 credits)

• Family Law (15 credits)

• Foundations of Public International Law (15 credits)

• Immigration Law (15 credits)

• Intellectual Property Law (15 credits)

• Introduction to Islamic Law (15 credits)

• Law relating to Domestic Banking (15 credits)

• Law, Rights and Context (15 credits)

• Regulation of Leisure Industries (15 credits)

• Contemporary issues in EU Constitutional law (15 credits)
   

  Year 3
   

  Specialise in your chosen area of the law with eight elective modules from a wide range of subjects. Develop important professional skills for your future career. Please note the list of available electives is subject to change due to lecturer availability and student numbers.
   

• Further Issues in Equity (15 credits)

• Further Issues in Land law (15 credits)

• Law of the European Convention of Human Rights (15 credits)

• EU Law and the Global Legal Order (15 credits)

• Human Rights Law in the UK (15 credits)

• International Human Rights Law (15 credits)

• Law of Domestic Sales (15 credits)

• Cross Border Commercial Law (15 credits)

• Global Issues in Corporate Law (15 credits)

• International Banking Law (15 credits)

• Media Law (15 credits)

• Competition Law (15 credits)

• Maritime Law (15 credits)

• Advanced Issues in International Law (15 credits)

• International Economic Law (15 credits)

• International Criminal Law (15 credits)

• International Commercial Arbitration (15 credits)

• Discrimination Law (15 credits)

• Labour Law (15 credits)

• Criminal Justice (15 credits)

• Medical Law and Bioethics (15 credits)

• Forensic Science and the Legal Process (15 credits)

• Law of Evidence - The Evidential Implications of Criminal Investigation (15 credits)

• Law of Evidence: Safeguarding Reliability and Protecting Witnesses (15 credits)

• Legal Skills (15 credits)

• Introduction to the Solicitor’s Professional Qualification (15 credits)

• Canadian Constitutional Law – Foundational Principles (15 credits)

• The Canadian Charter of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (15 credits)

• Canadian Law of Business Organisations (15 credits)

• Constitutional Law of the USA – Foundational Principles (15 credits)

• Constitutional Law of the USA – Modern Controversies (15 credits)

• Child Law (15 credits)

• Justice Law and History (15 credits)

• Micro-Placement (15 credits)

• Comparative Constitutional Law (15 credits)

• International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law

• Law, Race and Colonialism (15 credits)

• Dissertation (30 credits)

• Movement of Products and People into and within the EU (15 credits)

• UK
   

  A-level:

  ABB
   

  Tariff:

  128 tariff points
   

  International Baccalaureate:

  29 points, including 5 in Higher Level English or 6 in Standard Level English
   

  BTEC:

  DDM required. Applied Law or Business preferred
   

  GCSE:

  A minimum of grade 4 (C) in English Language and Mathematics in addition to other outlined requirements.
   

  In addition to our other entry requirements, City also accepts T-levels with the following grades:

  • T-Level in any of the following. Must have a grade of Merit, or above:
    Science
    Accounting
    Finance
    Legal
    Management and Administration
     

  Mixed qualifications

  Typically the only scenario where we make conditional offers expressed as UCAS tariff points is when an applicant presents with mixed qualifications, most typically a combination of A-levels and a BTEC qualification.

  In this instance, we may make a tariff point offer to present the applicant with more flexibility on equivalencies. In this case, please be aware that we may still ask for a specific score across certain qualifications and subjects. E.g. 'This offer is conditional on you achieving 128 tariff points. This must include A-level Mathematics at grade B.'
   

  Subject exclusions

  We do not accept General Studies and Critical Thinking. These subjects will not be included in any conditional offer we make.
   

  Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

  We welcome applications from students who are completing relevant EPQ Projects. Whilst we recognise the value of these projects in preparing students for independent learning at university, the EPQ is unlikely to form part of any conditional offer we make.

  The EPQ will also not lower the specifics of any conditional offer we choose to make. We will consider the EPQ as part of the holistic assessment of the application and it could be used to form part of our final decision at Confirmation stage.
   

  AS levels

  We recognise that there will be differences of opportunity varying by school and college. As not all students will have the opportunity to sit AS Level exams, it is unlikely we will include AS Level grades in any offer we choose to make. Where students have completed an AS Level subject, we will consider this as part of the holistic assessment of the application and it could be used to form part of our final decision at Confirmation stage.
   

  University preparation programmes

  If you do not qualify for direct entry, you may wish to take a foundation programme first. These programmes are designed to prepare students for entry to City's undergraduate courses.
   

  Access to Higher Education

  We welcome Access course applications from 'mature' students. These applicants will be considered on the basis of their own merits. Please be aware that Access students are often asked for further information to supplement their application, this is normally in the form of a questionnaire.

  A typical offer for an Access applicant would be: Access course with 60 credits overall to include 45 credits at Level 3 with 24 Level 3 credits at Distinction and 21 Level 3 credits at Merit.

   

  English language requirements
   

  If your first language is not English, we will require evidence of English language proficiency. Minimum requirements are:

  IELTS:

  7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in all components

  Other accepted evidence of English language proficiency are:

• TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition: 95 overall with no less than 24 in Writing and Reading, 22 in Listening and 25 in Speaking

• LanguageCert ESOL International online: C1 Expert Pass (combined written and oral test)

• PTE Academic: 65 or better.

Fees for year 2022/23
 

UK

£9,250

Overseas/EU

£15,700

The fees indicated are for undergraduate entry in the 2022/ 23 academic year only. Fees for future years may be subject to an inflationary increase, which is normally 2%.

Career
 

This LLB (Hons) qualifies students to progress directly to the professional stage of their legal training – the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or the Solicitors Qualifying Exam for solicitors and Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) for barristers.

As a graduate you might also work for:

• other providers of legal services

• regulatory agencies

• non-governmental bodies and international NGOs

• the Law Commission

• the Civil Service.
   

The skills acquired during the course of your study will also open doors to a variety of other, non-law specific careers. Graduates often successfully apply for places on general graduate training programmes with property firms, investment banks, consultancy firms and within the retail sector.
 

Some of the organisations where our graduates have found employment are:

• Capital Solicitors

• Standard Chartered Bank

• HSBC

• Amnesty International

• Nationwide Law Associates.