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Award:
LLB (Hons)
Mode of Study:
Part-time
Duration:
5 years
Location:
University of Bolton
UCAS points:
112
Start date:
To be confirmed
Whether you’re seeking to forge a career as a solicitor, barrister, costs lawyer, legal executive or conveyancer, or aspire to work in sectors such as business management, the civil service, politics, HR or finance, our LLB (Hons) Law is an excellent choice.
Our experienced team will guide you as you explore the sources of the law in England and Wales, how it is made and developed, the institutions within which that law is administered, and the personnel who practice law. You’ll study the law as it regulates the functions of the state, the relations between private individuals, and the ownership and control of land and other property. You’ll also be able to choose additional legal areas that are of interest to you or your career aspirations.
We’ll support you to develop the skills required to practice law; for example, you’ll be expected to take part in mooting debates (a mock legal hearing where points of law are argued) in our purpose-built courtroom. We’ll challenge you to develop sought-after critical reasoning, communication and advocacy skills, along with valuable transferable skills such as analytical thinking, practical problem-solving, presentation, negotiation skills and teamwork. Overall, our dedicated team are focused on helping you gain the skills employers value along with a deep and critical understanding of the law.
This LLB (Hons) includes the seven foundations of legal knowledge and the skills associated with graduate legal work such as legal research. If you wish to train as a barrister, you must achieve three components set out by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). These are the academic, vocational and work-based learning components. This LLB (Hons) fully meets the requirements of the academic component. It also meets the entry requirements for the Solicitor’s Qualifying Examination (SQE) if you’re an aspiring solicitor.
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 in to 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, ability to formulate arguments and great attention for detail. These skills are highly transferable and can place you well for a career inside or outside of the legal profession.
If you intend 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 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 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 31st 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.
As a graduate with a law degree, there are a range of career options that you’ll be more acquainted with and are more obvious to you, including 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 which cover 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 in 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. Others are employed in public sector bodies such as the Crown Prosecution Service, the Armed Forces legal service, and the Government Legal Service.
Not all graduates want to qualify as a lawyer, yet they want to work in an area that involves legal content whether it is in business or in the wider community. There are a variety of fields that you could work within (please note, that some of these areas may require further study or work experience):
Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £6,000 for the academic year 2022/23.
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2021-2022 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 eligibility 2021-2022 policy 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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 and its current rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
For details of how to apply for this course, please choose your status from the options below:
Please contact Admissions by telephone on 01204 903903 or email enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
Admissions
University of Bolton
Deane Road
Bolton, BL3 5AB
United Kingdom
Tel: 01204 903903
Email: enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the restrictions on your visa.
We offer a wide range of full-time courses in lots of different subjects, many of our courses start in September and January. If you would like to see what courses are available please visit our Course Search.
Please contact Admissions by telephone on 01204 903903 or email enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
Admissions
University of Bolton
Deane Road
Bolton, BL3 5AB
United Kingdom
Tel: 01204 903903
Email: enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
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 is taught using a variety of methods. You can expect lectures, seminars, tutorials, technology-enhanced applications, mooting, debates, role plays and student presentations.
In the majority of modules, formal lectures are used to introduce a topic, with follow-up small group seminars where you’re encouraged to apply this knowledge to case studies based on a range of legal problems. You’ll have the opportunity to attend additional weekly tutorials, ensuring you have space to ask questions or seek individual help.
In terms of assessment, a diverse and distinctive regime is in place so you benefit from a balanced approach including both examinations and coursework, as well as 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, while others are designed to help you identify areas that need extra attention on your part, or where you need extra support from your tutors.
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.
Level | Assesment method |
---|---|
Level one | Coursework 50%, Practical exams 25%, Written exams 25% |
Level two | Coursework 50%, Practical exams 17%, Written exams 33% |
Level three | Coursework 71%, Practical exams 22%, Written exams 7% |
Level | Learning activity |
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Level one | Guided independent study 74%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 26% |
Level two | Guided independent study 74%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 26% |
Level three | Guided independent study 78%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 22% |
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.
The academic staff detailed above teach across a range of courses in this subject area and may not teach on this course specifically.
Z.Kala@bolton.ac.uk
+44 (0)1204 903673
B.Caddick@bolton.ac.uk
+44 (0)1204 903976
enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
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