Overview
The LLB covers the foundations of English law - contract, tort, criminal, public and land law - and prepares you for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination or the Bar.
Students run a free legal advice clinic for local residents, supervised by practising solicitors, which has helped more than 4,000 people since 2016.
- 4,000Clients helped by the student clinic
- 6Mooting competitions a year
- 2Tutorials a week
Course structure
The outline below shows a typical path through the course. Options change a little each year as tutors join and research moves on.
Year 1
- Contract
- Criminal Law
- Constitutional Law
- Legal Method and Mooting
Year 2
- Tort
- Land Law
- Human Rights
- Legal Advice Clinic
Year 3
- Equity and Trusts
- EU and International Law
- Two options, e.g. Family Law, Law and Technology
- Dissertation (optional)
How you will learn
You will have two tutorials a week with one or two other students, where you discuss the essay or problem set you wrote that week with a tutor. Lectures, seminars of ten to twelve students and practical classes fill the rest of the week. Each student has a personal tutor for the whole degree.
Assessment
Examinations, problem questions, a moot and clinic casework reviewed by supervising solicitors.
Entry requirements
- A levels: AAA in any subjects
- International Baccalaureate: 38 points
- The Law National Aptitude Test (LNAT)
We make contextual offers, typically one grade lower, to applicants from schools that send few students to university. If your qualifications are not listed, the admissions office will tell you what we would expect.
Fees and funding
Tuition for 2027-28 is $38,400 a year, including college membership. Under the Aldermere Promise, students from families earning under $85,000 a year pay no tuition, and partial awards continue up to $150,000. Every undergraduate also receives a $2,000 grant each year for books, travel and equipment.
Careers
Graduates of this programme go on to a wide range of careers. Recent destinations include:
- Solicitor
- Barrister
- Civil service
- Human rights organisations
- Business and finance
- Journalism
By my second term I was helping a family keep their home. Nothing in a textbook prepares you for that, and nothing teaches you more.
Daniel Brooks Second year
Questions
Can I change programme after I arrive?
Yes, at the end of the first year, if there is space on the programme you want to move to and your tutors agree. Around one student in twenty does.
Is there an interview?
Yes. Shortlisted applicants have a conversation of about twenty-five minutes with two tutors in December, in person or online. It is about how you think, not what you have memorised.
