Key facts

Entry requirements

120 or DDM

Full entry requirements

UCAS code

M100

Institution code

D26

Duration

3 yrs full-time

Three years full-time, four years with a placement.

Fees

2024/25 UK tuition fees:
£9,250

2024/25 international tuition:
£15,750

Additional costs

Entry requirements

UCAS code

M100

Institution code

D26

Duration

3 yrs full-time

Three years full-time, four years with a placement.

Fees

2024/25 UK tuition fees:
£9,250

2024/25 international tuition:
£15,750

Additional costs

You will enjoy a range of delivery and assessment styles such as presentations, discursive essays and problem‑solving questions to fully prepare you for subsequent years of study and the workplace.

Our Law LLB has been designed by legal experts to give you a solid grounding in law, whilst enabling you to tailor your learning to an area of law that interests you most with the choice of six pathways.

Participation is at the heart of the course, your learning will be complimented by a range of employability and placement activities. Our dedicated law environment, which included a mock courtroom and client interviewing room, will enable you to bring learning to life and learn valuable skill to equip you for the world of work.

Whether your goal is to progress to subsequent years of study or the workplace, you will be prepared for your future through a range of delivery and assessment styles such as presentations, discursive essays and problem-solving questions.

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Block teaching designed around you

You deserve a positive teaching and learning experience, where you feel part of a supportive and nurturing community. That’s why most students will enjoy an innovative approach to learning using block teaching, where you will study one module at a time. You’ll benefit from regular assessments – rather than lots of exams at the end of the year – and a simple timetable that allows you to engage with your subject and enjoy other aspects of university life such as sports, societies, meeting friends and discovering your new city. By studying with the same peers and tutor for each block, you’ll build friendships and a sense of belonging. Read more about block teaching.

Pathways

After your first year you will enjoy the opportunity to focus your studies by selecting from a chosen pathway in one of the following areas:

Business Law

This pathway will teach you core concepts, enabling you to take your first steps into the commercial world. You will learn how businesses are organised and regulated, the relationship of parties in commercial contracts, how the law protects consumers, and consider other relevant areas such as employment law and discrimination.

Criminal Justice

Are you interested in working in the criminal justice system? Or have you always been curious about the debates around police powers following national and international events? If so, then this pathway is for you. You will examine how the law regulates each stage of the criminal justice process, including police stop and search powers, public order powers, and the rules of evidence in criminal cases. You will also explore advanced criminal law areas, criminology and some of the wider academic debates about the purpose and effectiveness of the criminal justice system.

Human Rights and Social Justice

This pathway will open your mind to some of the major human rights issues and areas of social injustice facing the modern world. You will focus on the legal protections that prevent abuses of power and provide rights to individuals, examining areas such as social housing law, human rights law in a regional context and international-enforcement mechanisms. You will gain a deeper understanding of current debates in the key area of asylum and immigration law and learn to critically evaluate how far border controls can and should operate.

International Law

This pathway will focus on the core concepts of international law and policy, proviing a deep insight into the working of law on a global scale. You will explore the sources of international law and the ways in which states interact at an international level. You will also explore the institutional and procedural law of the European Union, looking at the institutions and their powers, concentrating on the powers of the Court of Justice.

Common Law

This pathway provides you with a broad spectrum in which to apply your knowledge. You will learn the law that regulates and affects the modern family in Family Law. In Law and Medicine, you will focus on issues such as consent to treatment, medical negligence, infertility procedures, the termination of a pregnancy, the meaning of death, withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging treatment, assisted suicide, euthanasia and organ transplantation. In Intellectual Property you will study how the law protects products of the mind such as Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trademarks.

By taking our law degree, you will be equipped with the confidence, skills and knowledge to achieve success in a variety of real-world areas. Previous graduates from our law course have gone on to enjoy many wide-ranging roles in different work sectors and legal roles such as judges, barristers, paralegals, legal assistants and solicitors in globally renowned organisations such as Pinsent Masons, D Young & Co and Gowling WLG.

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What you will study

Block 1: English and European Legal Systems

This module introduces students to the main features of the English and European legal systems and the procedures and processes that are followed. This module acts as an essential foundation for all further legal study.

Block 2: Criminal Law

This module will enable students to understand the general principles of the criminal law and the requirements of major criminal offences. It will develop your problem-solving skills in the field of criminal law and your ability to handle legal sources.

Block 3: Contract Law

This module concentrates on the general legal principles relating to the formation, content and the regulation of contracts along with remedies or breach and vitiating factors. Many of these principles are directly applicable to everyday contracting, others provide the foundation on which specific (often legislative) rules build further.

Block 4: Constitutional and Administrative Law

This module is designed to help students understand how the UK's system of government including Parliament, and The Courts and international obligations and to examine how the exercise of government power can be controlled. 

In your second year, you will choose a pathway to focus your studies.

Block 1: Law of Tort

This module will introduce general principles of tortious liability, including trespass to the person and land, nuisance, negligence, occupiers' liability and remedies

Block 2: Land Law

This module will make you aware of the different legal rights to land which can exist, when these rights can be binding on others, and how they can be protected by registration. The module will focus on the wider context of land as a necessity for not only housing, but also the production of food, industry, commerce and recreation.

Block 3: Inter-Professional Legal Skills

The module develops valuable generic skills, including those relating to employability and personal development. Students are encouraged to operate within the context of professional legal ethics. The module enables students to gain an appreciation of how lawyers use their skills in order to deal with a demanding case load. Timekeeping elements bring 'everyday reality' and an excellent opportunity to comprehend commercial awareness. An understanding of general procedural requirements and skills-based activities is provided.

Block 4: Choose a pathway

Law pathway: Family Law

This module will equip you with an understanding of the legal rules, doctrines and principles which regulate and affect the modern family, especially the relationships of spouses, civil partners and parent/child.

OR

Business Law pathway: Companies and Other Business Entities

This module will introduce students to the various ways in which it is possible to organise a business such as sole proprietorships, partnerships and companies and the law relating its regulation. This includes the law and policy governing the structure and the operation of companies.

OR

Human Rights and Social Justice pathway: Human Rights Law

This module considers the foundations of International Human Rights Law, and regional human rights protection frameworks. The module will also introduce the student to general issues concerning key qualified and unqualified rights and the international and regional enforcement mechanisms.

OR

Criminal Justice pathway: Police Power and Public Order

This module will focus on some of the more important powers which the police have for dealing with suspected crime, such as the powers of stop and search and arrest. The powers which the police have both under statute and at common law authorise what would otherwise be clear invasions of the right to liberty, and property and privacy rights and this module will examine their legitimacy.

OR

International Law pathway: International Law

This module will cover current issues in international law with a focus on the structural foundations, such as the sources of international law, subjects of international law and the way in which states interact with each other in the international sphere.

Block 1: Equity and Trusts

This module will concentrate upon the management of property (real and personal) and in particular, the management of personal property through the technical requirements of the trust relationship. It will consider the fiduciary nature of the relationship between trustees and beneficiaries and the consequences of any breach of a trustee's fiduciary duties.

Block 2: Pathway module

Law pathway: Law and Medicine

This module critically evaluates the relationship between law and medicine by concentrating on a number of important medicolegal topics. It focuses on issues such as consent to treatment, medical negligence, infertility procedures, abortion, meaning of death, withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging treatment, assisted suicide, euthanasia and organ transplantation.

OR

Business Law pathway: Commercial and Consumer Contracting

This module examines a range of areas which form the backbone of both domestic and international modern commercial law. It will help to facilitate an understanding of the relationships which exist between the parties to such modern commercial relationships. This module focuses on the rights and remedies which consumers have against businesses as well as the wider regulation of businesses to protect consumers.

OR

Human Rights and Social Justice pathway: Social Justice in Law

This module complements students' previous study of human rights law with a focus on economic, social and cultural rights issues (in general) and an in-depth treatment of social housing law (in particular, to provide concrete examples in a substantial body of law and secondary literature).

OR

Criminal Justice pathway: Criminal Evidence

This module will introduce students to the various ways in which it is possible to organise a business such as sole proprietorships, partnerships and companies and the law relating its regulation. This includes the law and policy governing the structure and the operation of companies.

OR

International Law pathway: EU Law

This module examines the institutional and procedural law of the European Union. It looks at the institutions of the EU and their powers, concentrating on the powers of the Court of Justice. It also looks at the sources of EU law and the application of those laws.

Block 3: Pathway module

Law pathway: Intellectual Property

This module will look at the 'great' statutory types of IP such as patents, designs, copyright and trademarks and also at more general concepts such as remedies for infringement. It will focus on the fast-changing nature of this subject.

OR

Business Law pathway: Employment Law

This module explores how the law determines whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor and why this is an important distinction. The focus then moves on to the contract of employment and the protection which the law offers against discrimination - both contractual and non-contractual - on the grounds of sex, marital status, race, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability.

OR

Human Rights and Social Justice pathway: Immigration and Refugee Law

This module will investigate how far border controls can (and should) operate and the extent to which people who apply for asylum are allowed to access benefits, employment and housing. It will investigate how the principles of refugee law created in the mid-20th century apply to contemporary issues.

OR

Criminal Justice pathway: Advanced Criminal Law

This module provides the opportunity to study criminal law in greater depth. It is about empowering students to critically address contemporary issues of their own choosing in criminal law.

OR

International Law pathway: International Child Law

This module introduces students to the field of international child law and policy. It focuses on critical engagement with key contemporary and substantive global policies.

Block 4: Project or SQE Preparation

Project

This module allows students to explore an area of law selected by themselves for detailed critical analysis. It allows them to work closely with a tutor-supervisor who will be able to advise and guide them through the relevant area. This module enables the synthesis of substantial legal knowledge by allowing for the functional application of law to real-life client briefing. It will empower the student by putting into practice the understanding of law and ethics which has been developed during the law degree.

OR

SQE Preparation

This module prepares students for a career as a solicitor developing practice-ready skills building on the foundations of legal knowledge acquired within modules previously studied as part of the degree programme.

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

Teaching and assessment

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, simulation of client interviewing and advocacy, case study analysis and self-directed study. Assessment is through coursework (presentations, essays and reports) and usually an exam or test, which is typically weighted as follows in your first year:

  • 100% portfolio

These assessment weightings are indicative only. The exact weighting may vary depending on option modules chosen by students and teaching methods deployed by the academic member of staff each year. Indicative assessment weighting and assessment type per module are shown as part of the module information. Again these are based on the current academic session.

Contact hours

This is a full-time course. Each module is worth 30 credits. It is expected that student will spend a total of 300 hours of study for each module. You should be prepared to devote approximately 10 contact hours a week to your studies and additional independent hours of study in order to succeed. Teaching is through a mix of lectures, tutorials, seminars and lab sessions and the breakdown of these activity types is shown in each module description.

Other: In addition, each module provides a two-hour surgery each week for individual consultation with the lecturer. You will also have timetabled meetings with your personal tutor and careers and/or subject meetings scheduled throughout the year.

Self-directed study: In order to prepare for, and assimilate, the work in lectures and seminars you will be expected to use our on-line resources, participate in flipped or virtual classroom discussions on our virtual learning environment (VLE) and engage in personal study and revision for approximately 25 hours per week.

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Our facilities

Students benefit from a dedicated law environment complete with its own mock courtroom, client interviewing room and an integrated law library.

Hugh Aston Building

You will be taught in our purpose-built Hugh Aston Building equipped with lecture theatres and classrooms, break-out spaces for group work, quiet study zones for individual work, and high-spec IT labs installed with professional software.

You’ll also have access to the building’s new £5.5 million extension called The Yard, which provides more than 22,000 square metres of extra space. This is designed to facilitate your learning experience with large and airy breakout spaces, a new Student Advice Centre, and a balcony on the top floor. The Yard also features more comfortable classrooms and self-study spaces, allowing you to carry out independent study as well as group work.

What makes us special

Block teaching

Block Learning

With block teaching, you’ll learn in a focused format, where you study one subject at a time instead of several at once. As a result, you will receive faster feedback through more regular assessment, have a more simplified timetable, and have a better study-life balance. That means more time to engage with your DMU community and other rewarding aspects of university life.

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DMU Global

This is our innovative international experience programme which aims to enrich your studies and expand your cultural horizons – helping you to become a global graduate, equipped to meet the needs of employers across the world.

Through DMU Global, we offer a wide range of opportunities including on-campus and UK activities, overseas study, internships, faculty-led field trips and volunteering, as well as Erasmus+ and international exchanges.

LLB Law students have visited key institutions in New York to gain valuable insights into the American justice system this involved a tour of the iconic Supreme Civil Court.

Where we could take you

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Placements

As part of this course, you will have the option to complete a paid placement year which offers invaluable professional experience.

Our award-winning Careers Team can help you secure a placement through activities such as mock interviews and practice aptitude tests, and you will be assigned a personal tutor to support you throughout your placement.

Current and previous students have benefitted from placements with blue-chip companies such as Warner Brothers and Toyota, as well as stand-alone placements with major law firms, such as Shoosmiths and Gateleys.

We advertise posts in all locations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, including some international posts.

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Graduate careers

Leicester De Montfort Law School provides a unique programme for final year students who wish to pursue a research or academic career to work as paid researchers supporting major research projects and to develop their own research expertise.

All years have the opportunity to hone their legal skills by engaging with our Legal Advice Centre, which provides advice to businesses, organisations and individuals, with the opportunity to claim Qualifying Work Experience to speed your way to qualification as a Solicitor.

In addition, our award-winning Street Law project enables you to engage in campaigning and education in the promotion of legal rights for individuals and communities.

Additional costs

The core textbooks for all law modules and the main law reference materials are available in the dedicated Faculty Law Library. DMU subscribes to the services of Westlaw UK, LexisLibrary and Family Law Online which provide online access to all essential course materials such as cases, legislation, legal commentary and selected journals. Some students like to purchase their own copies of textbooks or other published materials. We suggest allowing up to £200 per year if you wish to purchase new textbooks, less for second hand copies.

Optional extras

There are no compulsory placements or trips associated with this programme, however, you will have the option of participating in DMUGlobal trips either as part of some of the modules or as an extra-curricular activity. These trips are subsidised by the university and the cost and the subsidy varies by location.

Find out more about DMU Global

All Business and Law students have the opportunity to take a paid placement year in industry before their final year. Placements are full-time jobs and are available in a wide variety of sectors include private, public and not-for profit. Over 90% of employers will pay between £12,000 and £26,000. The average for placements is around £14,000 outside of London.

Find out more about placements

Course specifications

Course title

Law

Award

LLB (Hons)

UCAS code

M100

Institution code

D26

Study level

Undergraduate

Study mode

Full-time

Start date

September

Duration

Three years full-time, four years with a placement.

Fees

2024/25 UK tuition fees:
£9,250

2024/25 international tuition:
£15,750

Additional costs

Entry requirements

GCSEs

  • Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and Maths

Plus one of the following:

A levels

  • A typical offer is 120 UCAS points. You need to study at least two subjects at A Level or equivalent (e.g. BTEC)

T Levels

  • Merit

BTEC

  • BTEC National Diploma - Distinction/Distinction/Merit
  • BTEC Extended Diploma - Distinction/Distinction/Merit

Alternative qualifications include:

  • Pass in the QAA accredited Access to HE overall 120 UCAS tariff with at least 30 L3 credits at Merit.
  • English and Maths GCSE required as separate qualification. Equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification. We will normally require students to have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.
  • International Baccalaureate: 28+ points.

Mature students

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

UCAS tariff information

Students applying for courses starting in September will be made offers based on the latest UCAS Tariff.

Contextual offer

To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application, we consider more than just your grades. So if you are eligible, you may receive a contextual offer. Find our more about contextual offers.

Scholarships

DMU offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships and bursaries to help you realise your academic ambitions.

International student scholarships

Find out about available international scholarships or visit our fees and funding page for more information.