Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview This LLB (Hons) Law with Legal Practice degree offers a practical way to enter the legal profession. You'll graduate ready to work as a trainee legal executive and have the option to start your career with completed industry qualifications, thanks to our CILEX accredited modules. This course is designed around the outcomes you’ll need to study for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), so you'll cover all the foundations of legal knowledge and have plenty of opportunities to build your practical skills. You’ll be able to demonstrate more practical experience of dispute resolution, legal drafting and legal practice than on our other law courses. With professional skills modules included in all levels of study, you’ll develop key solicitor skills such as negotiating, client interviewing and legal writing. And by working with real clients in our Legal Advice Clinic you'll also gain three months of work experience that can count towards your qualifying work experience for the SQE. If you choose to complete an optional paid placement year before or after your third year, you’ll graduate with a year of industry experience too. Course highlights
- Gain real-world legal practice skills in legal writing, litigation, advocacy and applied law such as business or property practice
- Help local people solve their legal issues by working in our Legal Advice Clinic, or taking our Community Lawyer module, where you'll work with partners such as the British Red Cross or Citizens Advice
- Get a head start on studying for your SQE exams after graduation through teaching and assessment that's designed with these exams in mind — as well as through our partnership with Barbri, the world’s largest legal exam preparation experts
- Develop professional skills for the legal workplace in our dedicated skills module
- Benefit from teaching that's shaped by expert staff who have been practising lawyers and who understand how the legal landscape is changing
- Take a 1-year optional paid placement in a business or local law firm before or after your final year of study, with support from our Placement Team throughout the application and placement process
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Contract Law (20 credits)
- Criminal Law (20 credits)
- Planning your Professional Journey L4 (20 credits)
- Public Law (20 credits)
- The Art of Persuasion (20 credits)
- The English Legal System (20 credits)
- Equity and Trusts (20 credits)
- Human Rights Law (20 credits)
- Land Law (20 credits)
- Practical Writing and Professional Skills (20 credits)
- Advocacy Practice and Theory Level 5 (20 credits)
- Data Protection Law and Policy (20 credits)
- Dispute Resolution Skills (20 credits)
- Equality Law (20 credits)
- Law and Artificial Intelligence (20 credits)
- Medical Law and Ethics (20 credits)
- Social Care Law (20 credits)
- Sports Law (20 credits)
- Property Practice (20 credits)
- Advocacy - Practice and Theory (Level 6) (20 credits)
- Business Law (20 credits)
- Children's Rights (20 credits)
- Civil and Criminal Litigation (20 credits)
- Commercial Law (20 credits)
- Comparative Equality Law (Berkley) (20 credits)
- Environmental Law (20 credits)
- European Union Law (20 credits)
- Family Law and Practice (20 credits)
- Feminism, Law and Gender (20 credits)
- International Law and Armed Conflict (20 credits)
- Law in Practice (40 credits)
- Law in the Community (40 credits)
- Law of Succession L6 (20 credits)
- Legal Dissertation (40 credits)
- Public International Law (20 credits)
How to apply
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
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 - 120 points
A level - BBB - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 29 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0. |
PTE Academic | 61 | An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 91 | 91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
Trinity ISE | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9535 | Year 1 |
England | £9535 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
International | £17200 | 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
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP