Law LLB Honours
UCAS Code: M101 (3 or 4 Years)

Graduate destinations for this subject

Find out what 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:

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.

Careers and employability at Newcastle

Newcastle University consistently has one of the best records for graduate employment in the UK. 93.4% of our 2011 UK/EU graduates progressed to employment or further study within six months of graduating. More than three quarters (78.7%) of our graduates who entered employment achieved a graduate level position.

We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through an initiative called ncl+ which 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.

At Newcastle Law School, we integrate careers advice into the timetable and ensure that those who intend not to practise law, as well as those who do, receive appropriate and timely advice.

The Law School and the University Careers Service work closely together and run a successful Law Careers Fair every autumn. In 2008, 65 firms and other organisations attended from all over the country. All come to Newcastle because they know that our students are substantial achievers who have real potential for the future.