Law (Graduate Entry) with Placement Year

Law is among the most intellectually demanding and practically consequential of academic disciplines. It asks you to read complex texts with precision, to construct arguments that are logically rigorous and grounded in authority, to understand how rules are made and applied, and to think about justice, rights and the organisation of society. A law degree also prepares you for one of the most demanding and varied professional careers available to graduates, whether in practice as a barrister or solicitor, or in the wide range of roles where legal knowledge and analytical skill are valued.

This programme at Brunel University London is a graduate-entry LLB, designed for students who already hold a degree in a discipline other than law and wish to qualify as lawyers or develop a strong legal education. The programme includes a placement year that provides professional work experience alongside the academic study of law. You will cover the foundations of English law, including contract, tort, criminal law, public law and equity and trusts, alongside more specialist areas of legal study.

The course equips you with the professional skills that legal practice demands: research, drafting, advocacy and client communication.

Graduates from qualifying law degrees can proceed to vocational training for the bar or solicitor profession in England and Wales, and the programme is specifically designed to enable that progression for graduates entering from other academic backgrounds. Law graduates also work in compliance, legal publishing, civil service, finance, human rights organisations, international institutions and policy roles where the analytical rigour of legal training is an asset. The combination of a prior degree and a law qualification is particularly valued by employers in sectors where specialist and legal knowledge overlap.