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About this course
Do you want to develop and apply your critical thinking and analytical skills in a legal context? Are you excited about the impact you could make in the legal profession?
Start your journey to becoming a lawyer with our LLB Law degree, covering subjects including The Legal System of England and Wales, Public Law, Contract Law and Criminal Law.
The LLB (Bachelor of Laws) degree is an internationally recognised and valued qualification. This course gives you an excellent grounding in aspects of law relevant to the additional study and training that must be completed to pursue a career as a lawyer.
Our Law degree can also open doors to a wide range of legal careers, thanks to our focus on giving you an all-round legal education.
Our smaller class sizes allow us to give you high levels of personal student support.
Your degree includes professional work placements and opportunities for pro bono activity so you can build an invaluable portfolio of legal experience during your studies.
In your final year, you can explore specialist areas of the law such as Family Law, Employment Law and Business Law. You can also study a selection of non-law option subjects offering the opportunity for you to expand your law study into areas such as Business; Criminology and Sociology.
What’s more, Leeds is a rapidly growing legal centre, making it the perfect place to start your legal career.
**Professional work placements**
You’ll get exclusive opportunities to work with law and legal service providers through an integrated programme of preparation, training and placements throughout your degree. In your final year, our Professional Learning through Work module gives you the opportunity to complete a specific legal project with an employer.
**Graduate opportunities**
Graduating with a Law LLB degree gives you an excellent basis for starting your journey for a career in the law. You will develop key transferable skills that will also be useful in other professions such as chartered accountant, immigration adviser, barrister’s clerk and working within the Criminal Justice System. Further study may be required for some of these specialist roles.
Modules
On this course you will study a selection of modules, which may include: The English Legal System; Contract Law; Legal Skills; Human Rights and Social Justice; Criminal Law; Equity and Trusts; Employment Law; Family Law; Law for Journalists; Child and Youth Justice; Intelligence and Security; Prisons and Punishment.
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