Course summary

LLB/BA Law thoroughly covers the foundations of English law. Core modules examine areas including tort, trusts, contract law, public law and criminal law. In your second year, you can select from a range of optional modules to specialise in the areas of the law that interest you, such as family law, human rights or criminal law. You could also select modules from subjects outside of the school, which will expand your knowledge and career opportunities in a wide variety of sectors. We also offer the opportunity to apply in your second year to transfer to one of our four-year programmes, which include a year abroad at a partner law school in locations including Australia, Europe or the USA. Students who have participated have proved to be very attractive to employers. You will graduate with specialist knowledge and the transferable skills and confidence you need to stand out to employers as you start your career. Exemptions All our undergraduate law degrees allow exemption from the academic stage of qualification as a Barrister. Graduates wishing to qualify as barristers may proceed directly to the vocational stage of legal training - the Bar Training Course. Students who begin their course in 2022, or thereafter, and who wish to become a solicitor must undertake the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. There are no exemptions conferred on students who have an undergraduate law degree. A number of institutions offer courses preparing students to pass the SQE. Some of these institutions guarantee a place for Nottingham graduates with at least a 2:2 degree.