樸茨茅斯大學(xué)

Overview

If you’re interested in learning law from an academic and practical perspective, this LLB (Hons) Law course gives you skills, knowledge and experience that are valuable in legal and non-legal careers.

The course is a qualifying law degree (QLD). It fulfils the requirements of the academic stage of training as specified by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board. This means that you can progress to the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or the vocational stage of training for the bar without additional study.

As well as core legal subjects, you can choose from various optional modules to suit your own interests. Optional modules currently include Commercial Law, Family and Child Law and White Collar Crime.

After the course, you could continue your legal training or take up employment in areas such as finance, commerce, recruitment or the public sector. You could also continue your studies on a Master’s (LLM) degree.

Accredited by

This course is accredited by Bar Standards Board and Solicitors Regulation Authority.

What you'll experience

On this LLB (Hons) Law degree course, you can:

• Bring what you learn to life in mock trials in our replica of a crown court, complete with dock, witness box, public gallery, jury room and interview room
• Use your skills advising members of the public on a variety of aspects of the law, by working in one of our community settings
• Join our student law society and take part in team competitions such as negotiation and mooting.

Careers and opportunities

After the course, you could progress to a graduate training scheme, go straight into employment in the private, public or voluntary sector, or continue your legal studies.

If you chose a career in law, you can do the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or vocational stage of training for the bar which are the traditional routes to becoming a barrister or solicitor.

If you take the CILEx Graduate Fast-track Diploma module in your final year, you can work as legal executive or paralegal when you graduate and become a Chartered Legal Executive lawyer following 3 years of qualifying employment. This gives you similar career opportunities to barristers and solicitors.

What jobs can you do with a Law degree?

Roles our graduates have taken on include:

• solicitor
• barrister
• legal executive
• paralegal
• insurance analyst
• chartered company secretary
• recruitment consultant
• local housing authority manager
• operations manager

After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.

Work experience and career planning

Our Careers and Employability service can help you find relevant work experience to boost your career prospects further.

We can help you identify placements, internships and voluntary roles that will complement your studies.