Law LLB(Hons)

International equivalencies

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Course structure 

We use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, workshops, group work, podcasts, problem-based learning, case studies and independent research.

Coursework can take the form of essays, presentations, group work or simulated court sessions.

You will have the opportunity to undertake a paid work placement during your third year. Placements add to your CV and many students return to university for their final year with firm job offers. 

In your final year, options enable you able to specialise in the areas you are most interested in.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. If you apply to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through our applicant portal.

Year 1

Modules in your first year will introduce you to the different aspects of law, such as legal research skills and courtroom procedures.

As a first year student, you will be allocated a personal tutor to help you settle in and answer any questions you may have.

Modules

• Law of Torts
• Public Law
• Legal Structure and Legal Ethics
• Law in Practice: Skills
• Criminal Justice and Theory
• Business Planning

Year 2 

In your second year, you will expand your practical capabilities. The mooting module, for example, will help develop your advocacy skills in a mock courtroom.

You may also have the opportunity to take part in national mooting competitions and take advantage of work shadowing opportunities, which could include shadowing judges and law firm partners.

Modules

• Criminal Law
• Law in Action: Moot
• Contract Law
• European Union Law
• Law of Organisations

Options*

• Practical Employment Law, or
• Intellectual Property and Data Privacy Law

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement year

Your employability will be supported through an optional work placement year.

The placement year is a great opportunity to gain work experience and enhance your CV. Some students return to university for their final year with firm job offers.

Our LLB students have completed placements at the Home Office, Acumen Business Law, SAP, Prysmian Cables, School Travel Group, Howlett Clarke Solicitors and Mourant Ozannes (off shore law firm). It is also possible to undertake a placement year abroad.

There is also an option to do an assessed placement project that can count towards your final mark.

Read more about our placement years.

Final year

In your final year, core modules further deepen your knowledge and understanding.

You also have the opportunity to specialise in subjects you are most interested in by choosing from a list of option modules.

Modules

• Equity and Trusts
• Land Law
• Legal research project

Options* 

Two from:

• Intellectual Property Law (if not taken in year 2)
• Employment Law (if not taken in year 2)
• Company and Finance Law
• Law dissertation
• Commercial Law
• Family Law
• Public International Law
• The Innocence Programme
• Migration Law
• Human Rights and Business
• Environmental Law
• Negotiation, Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Plus one from

• Placement project (for those who have undertaken the placement year)
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise: New business planning
• Understanding Employee Relations
• HRM and Organisational Change
• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Additional activities

CLOCK Legal Companion Scheme
The university is part of the CLOCK Time for Justice scheme. Students volunteer in the Brighton Family and County courts and assist litigants in person by accompanying them into hearings; helping them to fill in court forms and signposting to our legal and charitable partners. As well as enabling you to gain unique court experience, you will develop essential skills through assisting clients on many issues and build on links with local law firms.

Negotiating
Negotiation is a key lawyer skill – many legal disputes do not end up in the courts, but instead are resolved by some form of negotiated agreement. Our negotiation programme is an opportunity to prepare for a negotiation, and to apply and practise your negotiation skills. The programme is sponsored by solicitors’ firms who judge the final competition and the top teams go on to represent the University of Brighton at the national negotiation competition sponsored by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution. 

Client interviewing
Our client interviewing skills programme enables students to develop the essential skill of interviewing clients, a key component of legal work. The programme culminates in an internal competition, sponsored by a local law firm, and the winning students proceed to represent the university in the national Law Society competition.

In 2016 two of our Law with Business students, Fionnuala Richardson and Chloe Chatton, won the national competition and went on to represent England and Wales in the international competition, finishing third in the world.

Law societies 

Student Law Society

The Student Law Society is a thriving community of over 150 law students. With support from the Students’ Union, it organises an exciting schedule of social and educational events.

Members have recently enjoyed visits to Lewes Crown Court, Brighton Magistrates Court and the Houses of Parliament. Social events have variously involved paintballing, go-karting, surfing, a Christmas Ball at the Brighton Hilton Metropole, and a trip with law students from other universities to Amsterdam.

Through initiatives such as these, the society provides excellent opportunities for personal development and for networking with other students interested in a career in law.

Student Mooting Society

The Mooting Society has a fast-growing membership of over 120 students. The society provides workshops, guest speakers, socials, trips and competitions to help build members' confidence and adversarial skills that are increasingly essential in any career path in the legal sector.

The objective of the mooting competitions is to develop the research and advocacy skills of future practitioners. Students argue both sides of a fictitious legal case in a court room setting in front of a panel of judges.

Location

Campus where this course is taught

Accommodation

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Accommodation

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