LLB (Hons) Law

• 112 UCAS points. Please see our guide to the UCAS Tariff for examples of how to achieve these points.
• 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.
• You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
• You may be required to pass a diagnostic test prior to admission.
• 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.

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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 Legal Practice Course (LPC), followed by a two-year training contract with a law firm, or Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). If your aim is to work as a barrister in England and Wales, you need to undertake the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), followed by a one-year training period called a pupillage. Variations in training routes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland for both roles.

What can I do with this qualification?

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.

Alternative career options

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):

• 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
• Stockbroker
• Marketing

Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £6,000 for the academic year 2021/22.

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.

Bursaries

Click here for more information about the scholarships and bursaries available to University of Bolton undergraduate students.

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.

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.

• 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
• Human Rights Law
• Preparation for Practice
• Dissertation
• Employment Law
• Family Law
• Company Law
• Social Security Law
• Law of Evidence
• Intellectual Property Law
• Corporate Governance
• Jurisprudence
• Medical Law and Ethics
• Sports Law
• Street Law - A Law Clinic Module
• International Human Rights Law

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.