Law LLB (Hons)

Course Structure

This Honours degree consists of six semesters, taken over three years of full-time study.

Modules Covered

This Solicitors Regulation Authority/Bar Council qualifying Law degree contains the seven core law subjects.

These are:

• Contract
• Tort
• Criminal Law
• Public Law
• Equity and Trusts
• Land Law
• European Law
• English Legal Process.These professionally required core modules are supplemented with a range of electives including:
• Immigration Law
• Work Placement
• Commercial Law
• Family Law.

A specialist Commercial/Business portfolio might include Contract Law, with options in Commercial Law, Company Law and a dissertation in one of those areas.

A specialist Criminal Law portfolio might include Criminal Law, with Criminology as an option and a dissertation in that area, and a Property Law portfolio might include Contract Law, Land Law and options in Landlord and Tenant Law, Conveyancing and a dissertation to support one of those areas.

A specialist Property Law portfolio might include Contract Law, Land Law, Landlord and Tenant Law, Conveyancing and a property dissertation.

With our wide range of courses and the flexibility within the pure Law degree, it is up to you to make of your study, what you want.

The programme employs a blended learning strategy where attendance in lectures, workshops and seminars is supported by a comprehensive e-learning portal, Moodle.

The resources on Moodle include links to websites, our e-databases, electronic books and tutor/ librarian produced materials. There are sections for each module of study which focus on specific module content, including a module handbook with assessment details, reading lists, workshop and seminar tasks. Each module is divided into a weekly breakdown of materials and specific resources.

The online resources may include lecture Power point lectures, hand-outs, television programmes, web links, video clips, Multiple choice quizzes and other materials.

Written assessments are submitted to Moodle and the submission goes through Turnitin (plagiarism detection software). Our primary intention is not to use Turnitin as a punitive tool but as part of the learning process. To that end, you can submit and re-submit your work to Turnitin as many times as you wish prior to the end submission date, and through this process you may identify referencing points that require rectification.

All tutors have access to Skype and this can be utilised inside and outside of the classroom. You may use this tool to have discussions with us throughout the year. Both Skype and Moodle also have messaging tools to assist communication to students, either as a group or to individuals.

Teaching will be delivered through a combination of Lectures, Workshops and Seminars.

Lectures will be interactive, with question and answer sessions and other forms of student involvement. Workshops are designed to enhance individual learning in relation to a common end task [the set seminar task(s)], which will then be explored in further detail with the tutor in the seminar. The individualised workshops may have you practicing timed essays, whilst others are involved in peer discussion and support. Alternatively, they may be based on last minute preparation, viewing resources on the e- learning portal or even test their knowledge with multiple choice questions (MCQs). In the workshop, the onus is on you to identify your own learning requirements.

• Students will be allocated a personal tutor in the Law School, who can be contacted in person, by telephone, e-mail or Skype. This tutor will be the first point of contact for both pastoral and academic issues.

• Induction is seen as an important aspect of the programme and helps to prepare students for studying at degree level and to help them familiarise themselves with the facilities and support mechanisms available to them. The Induction process will give the students the opportunity to meet other students on their programme, members of the programme team and the subject librarian, as well as preparing them for their programme of study

• Students will receive, via the College’s e-learning portal Moodle, a College student handbook which will provide information regarding the College and the services that the College can provide to students

• Law students also receive bespoke module handbooks for each module of study. These will include the full scheme of work, assessment details, and recommended reading, and seminar / workshop tasks. The seminar / workshop tasks will be a mixture of professional/vocational and academic exercises. These handbooks and other learning resources are available via Moodle.
• Various other guides, including course documentation and careers guidance, are available on Moodle.

• The College has a comprehensive law library which utilises on-line publications including Lexis Nexis Professional, Westlaw and Lawtel. These systems can be accessed from anywhere in the College including the Law School computer suite and, with an Athens account; students can access them from work or home.
• Students with disabilities, if disclosed to the College, will receive support from the College Learner Services Unit which has specialists in many areas to support students with learning difficulties or disabilities such as dyslexia, visual impairment, and epilepsy. The support which can be offered to students includes note-takers, the provision of specialist technical equipment, and ensuring that assessments are suitable with adjustments such as sitting examinations separately or having additional time being available

• We have students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and prayer rooms are located around college.

• The College has an active Students’ Union who support students throughout their study with such support ranging from academic advice to arranging events at the Freshers’ Fayre

• The Law School has an IT Suite, a Moot Courtroom and a Library Resource Area, in addition to offering access to the generic College facilities including The David Hockney Building, our award winning new campus

• Moodle, our Virtual Learning Environment, is at the forefront of the Law School teaching

• We have an online Law School journal – ‘The Brief’. The Brief incorporates subject updates, conference reviews and articles (staff and joint staff/student) and allows law students to publish work in conjunction with their tutors and peers and also act as academics in their own right, enhancing their employability

• Our Law courses rate very highly in the most recent NSS (National Student Survey) results.