Course summary
Our Law and Legal Practice LLB degree aims to help develop your knowledge and understanding of the English Legal System, key areas within these systems, specifically the Foundations of Legal Knowledge, while providing you with a general foundation for legal practice. You will gain a systematic understanding of key aspects of law and legal practice, including coherent and detailed knowledge, some at, or informed by, the forefront of the discipline. This includes: Public and private laws within an institutional, social, national and global context; Context of substantive areas of law and justice; The SRA Principles of Regulation and Code of Conduct and its ethical requirements; Doctrinal and policy issues; Equity and trusts; Property law; Conveyancing; Business law; and, Probate Practice. You will learn to source, evaluate and comment upon research, or equivalent scholarship, in law and legal practice, with an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge, and show conceptual and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of assumptions, abstract concepts and data.
Modules
Year One – Level 4 (CertHE, DipHE & LLB) • Criminal Law (20 credits; compulsory) • Criminal Litigation (20 credits; compulsory) • Legal Process (20 credits; compulsory) • Preparing for Employment (20 credits; compulsory) • Public Law (20 credits; compulsory) • Study Skills (Law) (20 credits; compulsory). Year Two – Level 5 (DipHE & LLB) • Business Law and Practice (20 credits; compulsory) • Civil Litigation (20 credits; compulsory) • Contract Law (20 credits; compulsory) • Family Law and Practice (20 credits; compulsory) • Legal Research (20 credits; compulsory) • Tort Law (20 credits; compulsory). Year Three – Level 6 (LLB) • Conveyancing (20 credits; compulsory) • Equity and Trusts (20 credits; compulsory) • Principles of Professional Legal Practice (20 credits; compulsory) • Probate Practice (20 credits; compulsory) • Land Law (20 credits; compulsory) • Law of Succession and Administration of Estates (20 credits; compulsory)
Assessment method
The course will be assessed by a mixture of written coursework, simulations, workbooks, presentations and exams. Each module is worth 20 credits which would equal two assessments per module with the equivalent of a 2,000- 3,500-word assignment or an exam per 10 credits, depending on level of study.
How to apply
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Application codes
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Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 96 points
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9000 | Year 1 |
England | £9000 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9000 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9000 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9000 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9000 | Year 1 |
International | £13500 | Year 1 |
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Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road
Carmarthen
SA31 3EP