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Course summary
Overview This course has been designed by legal experts to give you a solid grounding in law, whilst enabling you to tailor your learning to an area of law that interests you most with the choice of six specialism pathways. In your first year, you will cover core modules in Constitutional and Administrative law, Contract Law, Criminal Law, and English and European Legal Systems. You will enjoy a range of delivery and assessment styles such as presentations, discursive essays and problem-solving questions to fully prepare you for subsequent years of study and the workplace. The focus on foundational legal knowledge and skills will continue in the second and third year with modules on Land Law, Law of Tort, and Equity and Trusts, also developing your functional awareness through Inter-Professional Legal Skills. After your first year you will also enjoy the opportunity to focus your studies by selecting from a chosen specialism pathway. Law LLB Course Pathways
- Business Law
- Criminal Justice
- Human Right and Social Justice
- Socio-Legal Studies
- International Law
- Our students can focus their studies by selecting a preferred specialism whilst continuing to develop functional awareness – there is an emphasis on doing rather than simply reading or listening; participation is a central feature.
- Previous graduates have gone on to enjoy a wide range of roles in different sectors such as judges, barristers, paralegals, legal assistants and solicitors in globally renowned organisations such as Pinsent Masons, D Young & Co, Gowling WLG, Bobby Dhanjal Legal Services and more.
- Bring learning to life with activities in our dedicated law environment, including a mock courtroom and client interviewing room. Participation is a central feature of this course, and teaching of law modules is augmented by a range of employability and placement activities.
- Enhance your learning with Oxford Law Trove and other specialist Law databases. Oxford Law Trove contains more than 200 law textbooks relevant to the core and optional modules within the Law LLB course.
- Our award-winning Careers Team will help you gain the skills and qualities that today’s employers are looking for through placement opportunities with local, national and global companies. Students form this course have worked at Disney, Wilkin Chapman LLP Solicitor, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Shoosmiths.
- Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.
- You will be taught by legal experts who have a wealth of experience. These will include barristers, solicitors, professors and practitioners from the international legal arena.
- Broaden your horizons with our international experience programme, DMU Global. Students on this course have visited the Italian Consumer Protection Summer School in Udine, and enhanced their knowledge of international law in the Hague.
Modules
Year one Block 1: English and European Legal Systems Block 2: Criminal Law Block 3: Contract Law Block 4: Constitutional and Administrative Law Year two Block 1: Law of Tort Block 2: Land Law Block 3: Inter-Professional Legal Skills Block 4: Choose one pathway from the below: Law: Family Law Business Law: Companies and Other Business Entities Socio-Legal: Law and Religion Human Rights and Social Justice: Human Rights Law Criminal Justice: Criminal Evidence International Law: International Law Year three Block 1: Equity and Trusts Block 2: Choose one pathway from the below: Law: Law and Medicine Business Law: Commercial and Consumer Contracting Socio-Legal: Law and Gender Human Rights and Social Justice: Social Justice in Law Criminal Justice: Police Powers and Public Order International Law: EU Law Block 3: Choose one pathway from the below: Law: Intellectual Property Business Law: Employment Law Socio-Legal: Penology and Criminology Human Rights and Social Justice: Immigration and Refugee Law Criminal Justice Pathway: Advanced Criminal Law International Law: International Child Law Block 4: Project or SQE Preparation
Assessment method
Education 2030 We want to ensure you have the best learning experience possible and a supportive and nurturing learning community. That’s why we’re introducing a new block model for delivering the majority of our courses, known as Education 2030. This means a more simplified timetable where you will study one subject at a time instead of several at once. You will have more time to engage with your learning and get to know the teaching team and course mates. You will receive faster feedback through more regular assessment, and have a better study-life balance to enjoy other important aspects of university life. You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, simulation of client interviewing and advocacy, case study analysis and self-directed study. Assessment is through coursework (presentations, essays and reports) and usually an exam or test, which is typically weighted as follows in your first year: Exam: 70% Coursework: 30% These assessment weightings are indicative only. The exact weighting may vary depending on option modules chosen by students and teaching methods deployed by the academic member of staff each year.
How to apply
31Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- M100
- Institution code:
- D26
- Campus name:
- Leicester Campus
- Campus code:
- Y
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 120 points
A level - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 0 credits M: 30 credits P: 15 credits
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | including a minimum of 5.5 in each component |
or equivalent
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £15750 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| International | £15750 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Please note that fees for subsequent years of study for continuing students are subject to an annual review. Any increase in fee will be in line with RPI-X (linked to the retail price index) and the fee cap set by the Government.
Provider information
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH