m101 - Law LLB
Law LLB Honours
UCAS Code: M101 (full time: 3 Years)
Course Overview
Our qualifying law degree is professionally accredited and provides exemption from the initial stage of the solicitor and barrister professional examinations for England and Wales.
At a Glance
UCAS Code
M101
UCAS Institution Name and Code
NEWC, N21
Degree Awarded
LLB Honours
Course Duration
3 Years
Entry Requirements
A Level: AAA
IB: 34 points
Opportunities
This means our graduates fulfil the academic requirements to apply for direct entry to the LPC or BPTC stage of professional training.
Newcastle provides a high quality legal education in a supportive and friendly environment.
All your modules in Stages 1 and 2 are compulsory to cover the essential foundation subjects in law.
In your final year you can choose legal topics that interest you from our wide range of research-informed modules, such as: human rights law; terrorism and counter-terrorism law; public international law; and environmental law.
You also have the opportunity to apply to spend a year studying law in Europe or Asia.
Quality and ranking
As the North East of England’s longest established Law School, Newcastle is highly regarded for its teaching of law.
We rank in the top 20 in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2018.
Professional accreditation*
Our degree is recognised as a qualifying law degree by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and accredited by the Bar Standards Board.
This means it provides exemption from the first part of the legal professional examinations for England and Wales, allowing you to progress directly to the Legal Practice Course (LPC) for solicitors or the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) for barristers on graduation.
We also offer the subjects required for entry by the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Northern Ireland.
*All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body.
What you will study
All the modules in Stages 1 and 2 are compulsory, covering the essential foundation modules of legal professional qualification - see the Course Details for more information.
You also learn about the legal and judicial processes of England and Wales, and develop and practise core professional legal skills such as interviewing clients and using legal databases.
In Stage 3, you have the freedom to follow the areas of law that interest you the most, choosing from a wide choice of optional modules.
You can choose modules informed by the research interests of our expert academic staff, such as:
- criminology and criminal justice
- employment law
- terrorism and counter-terrorism law
- US constitutional law
You can also select up to a third of your modules from other areas of the University, such as English, politics, history, business or a modern language.
Boost your employability
We offer a range of opportunities to help you boost your employability and stand out from the crowd in the graduate marketplace, including:
- pro bono initiatives. These give you the chance to develop key skills such as teamwork, leadership, legal research, presentation and public speaking. You'll make a worthwhile contribution to the local community or help provide vital services to people in real need
- the chance to develop career-enhancing skills such as client interviewing and mooting
- annual internships as an environment agency crime technical assistant (available on a competitive basis)
- you can apply to spend 9 to 12 months on an optional work placement between Stages 2 and 3. Find out more about Work Placements. Please note optional work placements aren't available for students studying on the Legal Studies Study Abroad Year (see below)
Study abroad
If you want to add an international dimension to your degree and stand out from the crowd, you can apply to spend a year studying abroad.
We offer:
- Law LLB Honours (European Legal Studies)
- Law LLB Honours (International Legal Studies)
These four-year degrees involve spending your third year studying law at one of our highly regarded international partner universities.
You can apply to transfer to one of these degrees once you're studying on our Law LLB Honours degree and places are available on a competitive basis.
The European degree offers exchange places with:
- KU Leuven (Belgium)
- the University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
- the University of Groningen (the Netherlands)
- the University of Oslo (Norway)
- the University of Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)
The international degree offers exchange places with:
- the National University of Singapore
- the University of Hong Kong
- the University of California, Davis
All of our partners teach in English so language skills are not required.
Successful completion of this year is recognised in your degree title on graduation: either Law LLB Honours (European Legal Studies) or Law LLB Honours (International Legal Studies).
Facilities and support
As a Law student, you’ll spend much of your time in our dedicated Law School. All of our facilities, staff and students are housed together in this building in the heart of campus.
Facilities
You'll have access to:
- high quality lecture theatre, seminar rooms and computing facilities
- a Dedicated Law Library containing over 40,000 volumes of materials
- subscriptions to various legal services, such as: Westlaw; LexisLibrary; Justis; and many electronic journals
Take a virtual tour of our facilities on the School website
Support
You'll be supported by a personal tutor throughout your degree – an academic member of staff who can help with academic and personal issues. You'll also have a peer mentor in your first year – a fellow student who can help you settle in and answer any questions you have.
Social activities
The student-run society The Eldon Society organises a packed programme, including:
- social events
- employer presentations
- annual mooting competition
Louisa, Law LLB HonoursI enjoy being able to use my own knowledge and creativity to come up with innovative solutions to complex legal problems, particularly when this involves working with other students.
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Course Details
Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.
Programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules
Stage 2
Compulsory modules
Study Abroad Year (optional)
You have the opportunity to apply to join our Law LLB Honours (European Legal Studies) or Law LLB Honours (International Legal Studies) degree. Places available on a competitive basis.
These four-year degrees include a year studying law at one of our European or international partner universities. See the Course Overview for details.
Work Placement (optional)
You can apply to spend 9 to 12 months on an optional work placement between Stages 2 and 3. You can apply to spend your placement year with any organisation and will receive University support to do so. It will extend your degree by a year and is subject to availability. It isn't available if you're spending a year studying abroad. Find out more about Work Placements.
Stage 3
Optional modules
You take 120 credits of the following optional modules:
- LAW3003 Competition Law
- LAW3010 Company Law
- LAW3013 Criminology and Criminal Justice
- LAW3015 Environmental Law
- LAW3016 Evidence
- LAW3017 Public International Law
- LAW3020 Employment Law
- LAW3024 Medicine and the Law
- LAW3025 Private International Law
- LAW3029 Law and Literature
- LAW3030 Copyright Law
- LAW3031 Succession
- LAW3032 Legal Theory
- LAW3034 Human Rights Law
- LAW3035 Terrorism and Counter-terrorism Law
- LAW3036 Family Law
- LAW3038 Law and History
- LAW3040 US Constitutional Law
- LAW3041 Law, Gender and Sexuality
- LAW3043 Patent and Trade Mark Law
- LAW3044 Media Law
- LAW3098 Dissertation in Law
You may take a total of 40 credits in Stage 3 from other subjects offered by the University, with approval of the DPD.
Entry Requirements
All candidates are considered on an individual basis.
If your qualifications are not listed here, please see our additional entry requirements web pages to find out which other qualifications are considered.
The entrance requirements below apply to 2019 entry.
Careers
Law careers
It is a mistake to think of a law degree merely as a narrow route to a legal profession. On the contrary, a law degree opens up a wide range of possible careers.
Approximately 70 per cent of our graduates do indeed go on to qualify as solicitors or barristers. This requires one year’s further training in the form of either the Legal Practice Course for intending solicitors, or the Bar Professional Training Course for intending barristers plus, in both cases, professional on-the-job training.
Once qualified, a solicitor or barrister may choose to enter into either a private practice or employment with such entities as the civil service, large companies or local authorities. For those who do not choose one of the legal professions, a law degree is a particularly valuable qualification that is highly respected by a range of employers.
Employers know that a law graduate has acquired a variety of useful skills including a capacity for logical and critical thought, the accurate use of language, communication skills and the ability to make a persuasive argument. Thus, our graduates are to be found pursuing a wide variety of careers.
A significant number of our law graduates are recruited by accountancy firms. Others go into management, insurance, banking, teaching, public relations, the civil service and the armed forces.
Less well-travelled paths chosen by our graduates include the theatre, the representative of a farmers’ union and a commercial pilot.
Given the breadth of opportunities available to them, it is not surprising that unemployment among law graduates is among the lowest of all degree programmes.
Find out more about the career options for Law from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.
What our graduates go on to do: employment and further study choices
See what our recent graduates went on to do and view graduate destinations statistics. These statistics are based on what graduates were doing on a specific date, approximately six months after graduation. Take a look at the most recent data available for our graduates.
The destination data is available in varying levels, beginning with the University and moving through Faculty and School down to individual course reports. This final level may give you some useful ideas about possible options after your course or a course you are considering.
Careers and employability at Newcastle
Newcastle University consistently has one of the best records for graduate employment in the UK.
95% of our 2016 UK-domiciled graduates progressed to employment or further study within six months of graduating.
Of our graduates who entered employment more than three quarters (78%) achieved a professional or managerial position.
We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through an initiative called ncl+. This enables you to develop personal, employability and enterprise skills and to give you the edge in the employment market after you graduate.
Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers.
Fees & Funding
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UCAS codes for Newcastle University
- institution name - NEWC
- institution code - N21
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