LLB (Hons) Law

Advice from graduate James Peterson: 

"Get to know as many local business people as you can as it is all about connections. Go out to business networking sessions to build up your confidence of being a ‘sales person,’ and get work-based experience. I completed two work experience periods in firms in Cornwall over the summer; this gave me a feel for what the work environment would be like. I also think that you feel more confident when you go for an interview if you have some experience on your CV and something to talk about. 

I would recommend that students get as much hands on experience as possible because, although it isn’t easy, it is worth it. Use any connections which you have and try to offer something different to make yourself stand out. Practical experience and connections are invaluable, the more people you know, the better. Demonstrate that you really want to do it."

Read more from James in his case study.

• Get ahead with a skills-focused, qualifying law degree designed to help you stand out with employers, whatever your career goals. 

• Learn your practice while making a real difference to real clients, with work experience placements open to all in year 2 and 3 students supported by our well-connected Law Clinic. 

• Benefit from working with a faculty of highly qualified law and criminal justice staff who provide a great mix of research-informed and practice-led teaching. 

• Tailor your degree to match your career aspirations by studying LLB Law in conjunction with Business or Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies.  

• Choose the subjects that most interest you from a range of elective modules, so you can shape your degree and prepare for a career inside or outside the legal sector.

• Take part in a range of competitions and social activities – as well as networking with high-profile guest speakers and prospective employers – as a member of our highly successful, student-run Student Law Society.

• Deepen your understanding and insight through a sophisticated array of online resources.

• Pursue your ambition to become a solicitor or barrister, or a range of other professions linked to law.

• Year 1
• In your first year, you’ll learn about the core theories, principles and processes of the law, introducing you to how it’s studied and practised. You’ll be able to join the Student Law Society and take part in mooting, debating, negotiation and advocacy competitions. We’ve structured the curriculum so that alongside studying legal systems, contract, constitutional and administrative law (fulfilling the requirements of professional bodies), you’ll also start to develop the kind of critical thinking and self-reflective skills that will equip you for your chosen career.

  Core modules

  • LAW1208 Legal Systems and Skills

    Overview of the English Legal System with reference to the criminal and civil legal process and their operation in terms of dispute resolution; introduction to the role, influence and impact of International Law, the law of the European Union and European Convention on Human Rights, and their relationship to English law and procedure.

  • LAW1209 Contract Law

    An introduction to the law of contract through study of the essential elements in contract formation. This module then considers the nature and relative significance of contractual terms. The module fulfils the contract law professional requirements of the JASB

  • LAW1214 Introduction to Law

    This short immersive module will provide a basic introduction to the study of law, the law making process and legal institutions, and the legal profession. It provides a platform to enable students to develop the relevant legal and practical skills to effectively undertake a law degree.

  • LAW1215 Ethics, Justice and Legal Reasoning

    This module will offer learners an opportunity to evaluate different concepts of justice, law and ethics, and to assess and discuss critically their importance in legal and non-legal contexts. It will also provide a basic introduction to jurisprudential concepts, the types of arguments used in legal reasoning, and the relevant background of theoretical accounts, linking these with ethical and normative considerations present in human activity and institutional decision making.

  • LAW1216 Contemporary Legal Issues

    This module focuses on developing critical thinking about the role of law in dealing with the challenges of social change in the 21st century. This discourse will be positioned within a detailed understanding of the concept of human rights (in a national, European and international context) and the legal principles involved in the protection of such rights, with specific reference to the European Convention on Human Rights and UK Law.

  • LAW1217 Public Law

    This module focuses on Constitutional and Administrative Law, examining fundamental theories and principles, and their application and practice within the British constitution. This module fulfils the professional requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board.

  • LAWGEAR1 Graduate Employability and Achievement Record

    A module designed to facilitate students assessing and self-reflecting on their skills and to develop action to cope successfully with the transition to Higher Education. Students will also begin career planning.

• Year 2
• In your second year, you’ll focus on real-life scenarios and develop practical skills in areas such as negotiation and advocacy. You’ll study law of tort, land and EU law in depth and begin to tailor your degree to your specific interests by choosing from modules in company, environmental, media, commercial and consumer law. Unlike most other law degrees, where you have to wait until your final year, you’ll also start gaining hands-on experience through work-based studies and a compulsory skills module.

  Core modules

  • LAW2213 Land Law

    The module examines the law relating to the ownership of estates and interests in land and the systems of registered and unregistered land. It fulfils the property law professional requirements of the Law Society and Bar Council.

  • LAW2221 European Union Law

    This module focuses on the law of the European Union. There will be emphasis on the means of enforcing EU Law and substantive legal areas such as the free movement of persons and goods and competition law. This module, in conjunction with the module Legal Systems fulfils the professional requirements of the Law Society and Bar Council.

  • LAW2222 Tort Law

    The Law of Tort is concerned with the creation and imposition of civil rights obligations on people generally. It is focused on the legal protection of a number of key rights, such as the right to bodily integrity, reputation, enjoyment of property and privacy amongst others.

  • LAW2230 Dispute Resolution Skills

    This module focuses on the development of transferable skills based on real-life scenarios with an emphasis on enhancing employability. It revolves around dispute resolution exercises helping ¿clients¿ to resolve disputes using role play and teamwork. It is designed to enhance practical skills such as negotiation as well as so called `soft skills¿ such as people skills and problem solving.

  • LAWGEAR2 Graduate Employability and Achievement Record

    A module designed to facilitate students assessing and self-reflecting on their skills and to develop action to enhance them; and to focus on career development planning to enhance employability.

  Optional modules

  • LAW2214 Company Law

    The module considers the key legal concepts, principles and policies relating to business organisation and corporate governance.

  • LAW2215 Environmental Law

    The module provides an examination of key themes in environmental law, with a focus on the generation, application and enforcement of this law within a critical and applied context.

  • LAW2216 Human Rights Law

    This module focuses on the law relating to human rights with reference to national, regional and international law principles. It examines the development and scope of fundamental rights in both theory and practice, and the legitimate limits and restrictions on rights in the interests of balancing conflicting interests in democratic societies.

  • LAW2218 Family Law

    This module will examine the principles of family law from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

  • LAW2219 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law

    This module focuses on the key and topical issues in Immigration, Nationality and Refugee law in the UK. The UK¿s system of immigration control is fully considered and there is some emphasis on the application of decision making to those entering the UK both for immigration purposes and as refugees. There is consideration of the global and European context and of the influence of policy, politics and the media in the field.

  • LAW2220 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation

  • LAW2224 Work-based Learning

    A module in which students apply knowledge and develop practical and transferable skills in a work-based situation. The placement may be in or for any work-based organisation, though many of these will be law related. Most students will be placed, unpaid, via a range of advice services supervised by the Law School's Clinic or partner organisations but some may choose to find the whole or part of their work experience independently.

  • LAW2225 Commercial Law

    In outline this module covers elements of commercial law, trading, commercial relations and practice. It includes aspects of commercial transactions, agency, regulation enforcement and remedies.

  • LAW2229 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice

    This module follows jurisprudential inquiries into themes and topics relating to the concept of law and the intersection between law and society. It analyses key ideas and theories on the development of legal concepts and regulatory frameworks. It adopts a broad range of theoretical perspectives from sociology, cultural studies and economics to examine the phenomenon of law, providing a platform for developing rich interdisciplinary discussion and reflection.

  • LAW2231 Law, Literature and the Screen

    To introduce students to fictional representations of the legal order in prose, film and TV, and to examine the inter-connections between law, literature and the screen.

• Final year

• In your final year, you'll complete the core subjects with criminal law and equity and trusts. You can choose to study electives such as family, employment and immigration law. You’ll be able to demonstrate your research skills with a dissertation on a legal issue that inspires you, or undertake a project based on your work experience within the Law Clinic.

  Core modules

  • LAW3242 Criminal law

    "This module provides in depth examination of basic principles and concepts of criminal law, an introduction to modes of participation, and detailed analysis of selected offences and defences. The module fulfils the professional requirements of the Law Society and Bar Council. "

  • LAW3243 Equity and Trusts

    The module examines the principles of equity and the law relating to trusts. It builds on the basic understanding of equity and trusts as acquired through Land Law and fulfils the equity and trusts professional requirements of the Law Society and Bar Council.

  • LAWGEAR3 Graduate Employability and Achievement Record

    A module designed to continue the process of development of self-assessment and reflection with particular focus on career planning and employability post- graduation.

  Optional modules

  • LAW3222 Dissertation

    The production of a substantial dissertation (12,000-15,000 words) on a legal or legally related area with content and form determined by the student. For the LLB with CCJS or Business the dissertation will be set in context.

  • LAW3226 Company Law

    The module considers the key legal concepts, principles and policies relating to business organisation and corporate governance.

  • LAW3229 Environmental Law

    The module provides an examination of key themes in environmental law, with a focus on the generation, application and enforcement of this law within a critical and applied context.

  • LAW3230 Family Law

    This module will examine the principles of family law from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

  • LAW3233 Commercial Law

    In outline this module covers elements of commercial law, trading, commercial relations and practice. It includes aspects of commercial transactions, agency, regulation enforcement and remedies.

  • LAW3234 Human Rights Law

    This module focuses on the law relating to human rights with reference to national, regional and international law principles. It examines the development and scope of fundamental rights in both theory and practice, and the legitimate limits and restrictions on rights in the interests of balancing conflicting interests in democratic societies.

  • LAW3235 Immigration, Nationality and Refugee Law

    This module focuses on the key and topical issues in Immigration, Nationality and Refugee law in the UK. The UK¿s system of immigration control is fully considered and there is some emphasis on the application of decision making to those entering the UK both for immigration purposes and as refugees. There is consideration of the global and European context and of the influence of policy, politics and the media in the field.

  • LAW3238 Sex, Power and Legal Control

    This module examines how law and society controls and regulates sexual behaviour and conduct and why and how it criminalises and punishes certain activities and sexual expression. In particular it will focus on the enactment and implementation of laws relating to sexual autonomy and sex crime and examine how these are practically operationalized within the criminal justice process. Within this context the impact upon those affected by such legal regulation is also examined.

  • LAW3239 Cybercrime: Issues and Regulation

  • LAW3244 Jurisprudence: law, society and justice

    This module follows jurisprudential inquiries into themes and topics relating to the concept of law and the intersection between law and society. It analyses key ideas and theories on the development of legal concepts and regulatory frameworks. It adopts a broad range of theoretical perspectives from sociology, cultural studies and economics to examine the phenomenon of law, providing a platform for developing rich interdisciplinary discussion and reflection.

  • LAW3247 Work-Based Learning

    A 40 credit module in which students develop intellectual, practical, transferable and ethical skills in a work-based learning context. The placement may be in or for any work-based organisation, though many of these will be law related. Students may be placed within one of the Law School's Law Clinic projects or within a Law Clinic partner organisation or they may choose to find the whole or part of their work experience independently.

  • LAW3248 Law, Literature and the Screen

  • SOC3538 Philosophy of Social Science

    A critical introduction to the philosophical foundations of social scientific research, with an emphasis on the development of analytic skills through which students explore the philosophical and methodological possibilities and limits of knowing the social world. Critical reflexivity toward future research practice is sought.

Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.

The following programme specification represents the latest course structure and may be subject to change:

LLB Law and LLB with Business and with CCJS programme specification 4692

UCAS tariff

104 - 120

A levels: Including a minimum of two A levels. Excluding general studies. 

GCSE: All applicants must have GCSE (or equivalent) mathematics and English at grade C or above. 

18 Unit BTEC National Diploma/QCF Extended Diploma: DMM–DDM in any subject. 12 Unit BTEC Diploma: D*D to D*D* dependent on subject.

BTEC National Diploma modules
If you hold a BTEC qualification it is vital that you provide our Admissions team with details of the exact modules you have studied as part of the BTEC. Without this information we may be unable to process your application quickly and you could experience significant delays in the progress of your application to study with us. Please explicitly state the full list of modules within your qualification at the time of application.

Access: Pass a named Access to HE Diploma in any subject with at least 33 credits at merit/distinction.

International Baccalaureate: 27–30 overall to include Higher Level 4 English and Maths accepted within: Higher Level = 4, Standard Level = 5.

All relevant international qualifications will be considered - please contact admissions@plymouth.ac.uk.

Short of the entry requirements for this course? Don’t worry you may be eligible for a foundation year to prepare you for possible entry onto this course for the following year.

English language requirements 

For a full list of all acceptable qualifications please refer to our tariff glossary.