LLB (Hons) Law with foundation year

• 48 UCAS points. We accept a full range of qualifications that carry UCAS points, including A-levels, BTECs and T levels. Please see our guide to the UCAS Tariff for examples of how to achieve these points. For most courses, we are also able to consider non-tariffable qualifications.
• Any subjects are acceptable at Level 3.
• You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent), including English and Mathematics.
• You may be required to attend for an interview, complete a diagnostic assessment and/or provide a portfolio of appropriate work.
• If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.
• Please note that this course is subject to the University of Bolton's Fitness to Practise procedure.
• If English is your second language and you feel you need extra help with your language skills, you have the option of studying specialist language modules during the foundation year. Please contact the English for Academic Purposes team for further information and advice.

Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

The academic study of law will give you an insight into the legal systems on which much of our day-to-day life is based. As well as acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of the law, this degree will enable you to develop a range of key employability skills such as reasoning and critical judgement, researching for accuracy, confidence gained from public speaking, the ability to formulate arguments and great attention to detail. These skills are highly transferable and can place you well for a career inside or outside the legal profession.

To practice law after graduation, you must go on to further study and vocational training. To become a solicitor in England and Wales, you have to complete the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) and undertake a minimum of two years of full-time (or equivalent) Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) in a qualifying legal role. If you aim to work as a barrister in England and Wales, you'll need to undertake a Bar course with an authorised institution, followed by a pupillage or work-based learning component. Variations in training routes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland for both roles.

This degree is a Qualifying Law Degree, so if you started this course before 31 December 2021 (date subject to change), you have a choice of qualifying as a solicitor through either the SQE route or by completing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) route.

What can I do with this qualification?

As a graduate with a law degree, you'll likely wish to pursue one of the many law-related careers, such as becoming a solicitor, barrister, paralegal, legal executive, legal secretary and patent attorney.

If you qualify as a solicitor, you'll have direct contact with clients, with the broadest caseload coming from high street practices covering criminal, family, probate and business law. Opportunities are therefore available in private practice, in public sector bodies such as local authorities and the government, and the in-house legal departments of companies.

If you choose the barrister route, you'll most likely work in sets of chambers on a self-employed basis. Alternatively, barristers may seek employment in public sector bodies such as the Crown Prosecution Service, the Armed Forces legal service, and the Government Legal Profession.

Alternative career options

Not all graduates want to qualify as a lawyer. You may prefer to work in an area involving legal content, perhaps in business or the wider community. As a law degree is highly regarded, you'll be well placed to seek a career in a huge variety of fields, bearing in mind that some jobs may require further study and/or work experience. Some possibilities are:

• Immigration
• Police
• Trading standards
• Investment banking
• Tax advice/inspection
• Teaching and education
• International aid/development
• Human resources
• Health and safety
• Probation/social work
• Accountancy
• Political research
• Charity and advice work
• Recruitment
• Stockbroking
• Marketing

Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.

The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.

For 2023-2024 entry, the maximum government approved undergraduate tuition fee for UK students is £9,250 per year. The University is able to charge this fee subject to an approved Access and Participation Plan for 2023-2024 and its current rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework.

Bursaries

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The School of Law is led by professionally qualified and specialist law staff with a wide range of experience in practice, teaching and research. The LLB programme uses a blended learning and teaching style, including online delivery and engagement where appropriate. You can expect lectures, seminars, tutorials, technology-enhanced applications, mooting, debates, role plays and student presentations.

In most modules, formal lectures introduce a topic. We'll then encourage you to apply this knowledge to case studies based on a range of legal problems in follow-up small group seminars. You'll have the opportunity to attend additional weekly tutorials, ensuring you have space to ask questions or seek individual help.

We employ a diverse and distinctive suite of assessment methods, allowing you to benefit from a balanced approach. You can expect examinations, coursework, presentations, mock interviews, mooting and negotiations. Some assessments will contribute to your final module mark and allow you to demonstrate that you've met the learning outcomes. In contrast, others focus on helping you identify areas that need extra attention on your part or where you need additional support from your tutors.

Modules

The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.

• Academic and Research Skills
• Law in Context
• Mooting and Interviewing
• Core Legal Principles
• Academic Language and Skills 3
• English Legal System and Foundation Legal Skills
• Contract Law
• Criminal Law
• Public Law
• Equity and Trusts
• Professionals in Practice
• Law of Tort
• European Law
• Land Law
• Legal Skills
• Preparation for Practice
• Professional Standards and the Commercial Environment
• Dissertation
• Employment Law
• Family Law
• Company Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Jurisprudence
• Advanced Legal Practice
• International Human Rights Law
• Sports Law
• Medical Law and Ethics
• Professional Standards and the Commercial Environment

Assessment methods

Learning activities

Disclaimer

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.