LLB Bachelor of Laws

at London School of Economics

The LLB degree is a three year degree consisting of a combination of core and optional courses to the value of 12 units. You will also take LSE100.

First year
In your first year, you will take five compulsory courses, as well as LSE100.

(* denotes a half-unit course)

Law of Obligations
Provides an introduction to the law of contract, including formation of contracts, express and implied terms, misrepresentation, exclusion clauses, remedies for breach of contract; an introduction to the principles of the law of restitution; and an introduction to the law of torts: negligence and other specific torts, causation, defences, remedies for torts.

Property I*
Introduces the role of property concepts in legal and social thought. 

Introduction to the Legal System*
Familiarises law students with the basic characteristics and functioning of legal systems.
 

Public Law
Covers the conceptual framework of public law. 

Criminal Law
Examines the 'general part' of criminal law and selected areas of the special part of criminal law in the context of theories of the aims and functions of criminalisation. 

Foundational Legal Skills (non-assessed)

LSE100*
A half unit, running across Michaelmas and Lent Term in the first year, LSE100 is compulsory for all LSE undergraduate students, and is designed to build your capacity to tackle multidimensional problems through research-rich education.

Second year
In your second year you will take courses to the value of four units from law options. Options include the following subject areas: medical law, human rights law, commercial law, information technology law, family law, EU law, environmental law, intellectual property law, corporate insolvency law, labour law, criminology, property law, public international law, taxation, media law, competition law, global commodoties law. One non-law option can be taken in either the second or third year. 

Courses to the value of four units from law options

Third year 
In your third year you will take one compulsory course, Jurisprudence. You will also take courses to the value of three units from law options. One non-law option can be taken in either the second or third year.

Jurisprudence
Introduces thinking philosophically about the law and familiarises you with the main methodological and normative questions concerning the law and its legitimacy. 

Courses to the value of three units from law options

Below we list our entry requirements in terms of GCSEs, A-Levels (the entry requirements should be read alongside our A-level subject combinations information) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. We accept a wide range of other qualifications from the UK and from overseas.
 

GCSEs
 

• A strong pre-16 academic profile such as several GCSE grades of A (or 7) and A* (or 8-9)
• GCSE English Language and Mathematics grades should be no lower than B (or 6)
• We also consider your overall GCSE subject profile

A-levels*

A*AA
We also consider your AS grades, if available.

Contextual admissions A-level grades**
AAA

IB Diploma 
38 points overall, with 766 at higher level

Contextual admissions IB grades**
37 points overall, with 666 at higher level

Additional tests: All applicants must sit the Law National Admissions Test (LNAT). The test must be taken between 1 September 2021 and 20 January 2022. Test centres are available throughout the UK and overseas. LSE only uses the multiple-choice score it its assessment of applicants; the essay is not considered for most applicants. If you are an applicant who would have otherwise been identified as having to sit the UGGA, the selector may wish to consider your essay.

Every undergraduate student is charged a fee for each year of their programme.
The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Tuition fees

Home students:
The 2023 tuition fee for new Home students has not yet been set. As a guide the 2022 fee for Home students is £9,250 per year. The Home student undergraduate fee may rise in line with inflation in subsequent years.

Quick Careers Facts for the LSE Law School

Median salary of our UG students six months after graduating: £45,000

Top 5 sectors our students work in:
 

• Financial and Professional Services
• Education, Teaching and Research
• Government, Public Sector and Policy
• Law and Legal Services
• FMCG, Manufacturing and Retail

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2018-19 were the second group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling and who were working in full-time employment.

This is a qualifying degree, meaning you can go straight from graduating to taking the LPC (Legal Practice Course), and recent leavers have secured training contracts at world renowned law firms, whilst others have been taken on as analysts and consultants. Others still have used the legal and social insights gained in their degree to set up their own NGOs or start their own businesses.

The analytical, critical and communication skills and legal and social insights gained within the LLB provide an excellent foundation for many careers and can be applied to a wide range of industries. Recent graduates have gone into fields as diverse as law and legal services, accountancy, banking and finance, government and politics, consulting, tax, charity and development, and education and academia.