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Study Details: 2 years
Our two-year LLB Law course is ideal for you if you already have a degree in a non-law subject and wish to gain fast-track access to a qualifying law degree without compromising on rigour and your future options.
Covering the Bar Standard Board’s foundations of legal knowledge, this two-year graduate entry LLB course will equip you with a critical understanding of the English legal system while allowing for specialisation according to your career goals.
You’ll learn the foundations of a common law system, contract, tort, property, constitutional and administrative law of England and Wales, equity and trusts, criminal law and EU and international law, with the opportunity to delve into your topics of interest through a range of optional modules. Throughout your course, you’ll build key transferable skills that are sought after by employers and can be applied in the legal field, as well as across a range of industries and roles.
If you intend to practise law in another jurisdiction, our two-year LLB degree will be recognised as giving you a foundational knowledge and understanding of core common law principles. You’ll build the relevant skills to learn and understand legal rules effectively, so that you can undertake a jurisdictional bar course relevant to the jurisdiction(s) in which you wish to practise. It may also give you certain exemptions from some common law subjects.
If you plan to be a solicitor in England and Wales, you can also complete your Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) with the University of Law, right here at the University of Sheffield.
As a student in our two-year LLB Law course, you’ll benefit from our internationally renowned expertise in law and criminology and close connections with international, national, regional and local firms. You'll ultimately graduate with a valuable skill set for a successful career in the legal field and a range of managerial professions.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any non-law subject.
Many of our students from the School of Law enter the legal profession, either as barristers or solicitors in England and Wales (after further relevant vocational training) or as lawyers in other jurisdictions (after further relevant vocational training).
Our former students have joined global, national and regional law firms, barristers' chambers and have become judges. Three former Lord Justices of Appeal are among our former graduates. Each year our alumni visit to support us and meet with our current students.
With all the opportunities and skills on offer, our students have also taken up careers in the criminal justice system and in a wide range of managerial professions.
School of Law graduate careers include:
Core modules:
Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
Contract Law
Criminal Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Torts Law
Land Law Core modules:
Equity and Trusts
EU and International Law
Optional modules:
Principles of Healthcare Law and Ethics
Law, Accountability and Government
Drugs, Crime and Control
Special Project: International Mooting I
Digital Lawyering
Law Research Paper
Intellectual Property Law
Children and the Law
Commercial Law
Corporate Insolvency Law
Immigration and Asylum Law
Philosophies of Criminal Punishment
Competition Law
International Trade Law
Criminal Process
Foundations of International Law
International Human Rights Law
Youth Crime and Justice
Criminology Research Paper
Police and Policing in a Global Context
Special Project: Pro Bono
Law, Democracy and Populism
Criminal Evidence
Law Research Paper
Consumer Law
Corporate Governance, Law and Sustainability
Current Issues in Health Law, Ethics and Policy
Special Project: International Mooting II
UK Environmental Law and Policy
Law of Public Companies
Advanced Issues in International Law
Employment Law
Family Law
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