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UDLLBLAW - LLB Law

Course Specification


Validation status Validated
Highest award Bachelor of Laws Level Honours
Possible interim awards Bachelor of Laws, Diploma of Higher Education, Certificate of Higher Education
Total credits for course 360
Awarding institution London Metropolitan University
Teaching institutions London Metropolitan University, European University College of Business
School Guildhall School of Business and Law
Subject Area Law
Attendance options
Option Minimum duration Maximum duration
Full-time 3 YEARS 4 YEARS
Part-time 4 YEARS  
Course leader  

About the course and its strategy towards teaching and learning and towards blended learning/e-learning

The Teaching and Learning strategy of the LLB degree is designed to: ensure that the subject content meets, and improves, on the benchmarks set out by the JASB and the QAA; encourage the acquisition and understanding of knowledge by students, engendering an enthusiasm for the subject and life-skills learning, including the progression from surface learning to deep learning; facilitate students to develop independent skills and responsibilities for their own learning; incrementally strengthen the subject specific knowledge and skills gained by a students, in combination with the awareness and application of skills needed successfully thrive in the workplace.

This degree draws on the Faculty of Law, Governance and International Relations’ reputation for pedagogical innovation, as well as utilising traditional teaching methods. The latter includes a mixture of lectures, seminars, and workshops. Within this a combination of whole group, small group, and student-led and tutor-led teaching occurs. This can included face-to-face teaching and discussion, but there is also an increasing emphasis on the use of blended learning opportunities.

Specific teaching/learning strategies and methods which are used include:

  • lectures – which introduce students to legal rules and concepts ; which introduce students to how legal rules operate in, have effect on, and are affected by, their context ; which introduce students to the social, political and ethical dimensions within which legal rules operate; which inform students of the latest developments in substantive law and procedure
  • seminars/workshops – which enable students to gain a deeper understanding of key legal rules and concepts; gain a deeper understanding of how legal rules operate in, have effect on, and are affected by, their context ; become aware through discussion with tutor and other students of the social, political, economic and ethical dimensions within which legal rules operate ; gain a deeper understanding of the latest developments in substantive law and procedure
  • module Weblearn – to enable students to gain a deeper understanding of issues and materials
  • independent study in the library and at home using traditional hardcopy material such as statutes, law reports, law journals, textbooks, casebooks, law commission reports
  • independent study in the library and at home using electronic sources such as legal databases and use of module Weblearn sites

Many modules are ‘paper free’, with learning materials and resources being placed on relevant module WebLearn sites, e.g. lecture notes, module handbooks, video links, recorded lectures, podcasts, original documents, and blogs. Some teaching staff utilise electronic feedback, the electronic submission of formative assessments, and online office hours. Materials are also available online through the University library, including access to journals and e-books. This is all designed to open up the learning space for students to enable them to have continuous access to degree materials and improve the student learning experience.

Course aims

  • To enable students who are undertaking the LLB as a Qualifying Law Degree to complete the academic stage of qualifying as a barrister or solicitor.
  • To provide a wide choice of optional modules in addition to the legal foundation subjects so that students can pursue their own interests.
  • To enhance the employability of students, including those who do not intend to practise as a barrister or solicitor but wish to enter other employment where legal knowledge is useful.
  • To enable students to acquire the legal and transferable skills set out in the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Law and the statements issued by the Joint Academic Stage Board, the Bar Council and the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Course learning outcomes

By the end of the course, the student is expected to:

  1. acquire knowledge and understanding of legal rules and concepts ;
  2. acquire an understanding of how legal rules operate in, have effect on, and are affected by, their context ;
  3. be aware of the social, political, economic and ethical dimensions within which legal rules operate ;
  4. be aware of recent developments in substantive law and legal procedure .
  5. analyse legal issues ;
  6. develop the skill of synthesis in reading and categorising a variety of legal materials ;
  7. develop the critical skills to evaluate legal materials ;
  8. engage in problem solving by applying relevant legal rules ;
  9. study and learn independently .

The student will also be expected to develop a the following transferable skills in the course :

  1. written communication skills ;
  2. oral communication skills ;
  3. IT skills;
  4. teamwork skills ;
  5. numeracy skills;
  6. problem-solving skills .

The course enables the student to develop the following practical skills:

  1. the ability to use IT to access legal materials from legal databases;
  2. the ability to do research to find solutions to legal problems ;
  3. the ability to present oral arguments to solve legal problems ;
  4. the ability to present written arguments to solve legal problems .

Course learning outcomes / Module cross reference

- knowledge and understanding of legal rules and concepts:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- acquire an understanding of how legal rules operate in, have effect on, and are affected by their context:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600, 5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;

LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- be aware of the social, political, economic and ethical dimensions within which legal rules operate :

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- be aware of recent developments in substantive law and legal procedure:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- Analyse legal issues:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- Develop the skill of synthesis in reading and categorising a variety of legal materials:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- Develop the critical skills to evaluate legal materials:

LL5001;LL5002;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL500
7;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- Engage in problem solving by applying relevant rules:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6050;LL6051;LL6053;LL6054;LL6055;LL605
6;

- Study and learn independently:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500

2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- Written communication skills:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- Oral communication skills:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- IT skills:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5004;LL500
5;LL5006;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL60
05;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009; LL6010;LL6052;LL6055;LL6056;LL6W51;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- Teamwork skills:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500

2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5051;
- Numeracy skills:

LL4001;LL5004;LL5006;LL5007;LL6001;LL600
6;
LL6010;LL6052;

- Problem-solving skills:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6051;LL6053;LL6054;LL6055;LL6056;

- The ability to use IT to access legal materials from legal databases:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- The ability to do research to find solutions to legal problems:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056;LL6P01;LL6P51;

- The ability to present oral arguments to solve legal problems:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5004;LL500
5;LL5006;LL5051;LL6007;LL6008;LL6050;LL60
51;LL6052;LL6053;LL6055;LL6056;

- The ability to present written arguments to solve legal problems:

LL4001;LL4002;LL4003;LL4004;LL5001;LL500
2;LL5004;LL5005;LL5006;LL5007;
LL5050;LL5051;LL6001;LL6003;LL6004;LL600
5;LL6006;LL6007;LL6008;LL6009;
LL6010;LL6050;LL6051;LL6052;LL6053;LL605
4;LL6055;LL6056.

Principle QAA benchmark statements

Law

Assessment strategy

The range of assessment methods to be employed on this course reflects the range of skills required by the discipline of law and the standards expected. They will include examinations (unseen, part-seen and wholly seen), essays and problem question coursework, oral presentations, advocacy and interviewing, independent research papers, on-line diagnostic and SAT tests, multiple-choice tests, projects, research exercises, oral assessments, group presentations and assessed seminar participation.

An assessment strategy has been designed to ensure a reasonable spread of contributory summative assessment.

In line with our policy on facilitating formative feedback to students, the assessment strategy is designed to provide formative feedback on a piece of contributing summary assessment before another summative component is due to be submitted.

Module assessment is varied and generally does not comprise 100% exam/in-class tests unless required by professional bodies.

Students are encouraged to work in teams as this enables students to learn from each other and develop important team work skills.

Organised work experience, work based learning, sandwich year or year abroad

As part of our Undergraduate Student Promise, every student will undertake accredited work-related learning (in either the form of a work placement or ‘live’ project with a partner organisation or planning to set up small business) as a core, compulsory element within their course programme.

You will have the option of taking the “Work Placement for Professional Experience” or “Create a Winning Business” 15 credit module in the second or third year of your course programme. Work-related learning provides students with:

  • the experience of a competitive recruitment process or pitching for an opportunity
  • a work-related experience or project which impacts a real organisation
  • assessment and feedback on their reflections on their experience of the work-related learning and planning for their future career.

Where required, students will be supported in finding suitable opportunities which can be either be a placement, part-time role or ’live’ project for an external organisation untaken within the University. We have dedicated placements and careers teams who will assist learners with all aspects of their job search and application. The suitability of the opportunities will be assessed by the Module Leader on an individual basis. It is the student’s responsibility to apply for opportunities and engage with the relevant University personnel who to assist them in gaining a suitable role.

Learners may be able to utilise their existing part-time / vacation employment (whether or not this relates to their subject area), providing they can demonstrate that it is personally developmental and involves responsibility (decided upon submission of the role details by the Module Leader).

Course specific regulations

The course conforms to the framework and University Academic Regulations. For a Qualifying Law Degree to be recognised by the JASB additional specified regulations relating to the number of attempts at core modules and the time taken to complete the degree shall also apply. CURRENTLY THE JASB REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT ALL CORE MODULES MUST BE PASSED AND THERE CAN ONLY BE 3 OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE EACH ASSESSMENT COMPONENT WITH THE DEGREE BEING COMPLETED WITHIN 6 YEARS FROM FIRST REGISTRATION. The LLB may also be taken and the award gained within the University Regulations but without complying with the JASB Qualifying Law Degree Regulations.

Modules required for interim awards

Certificate in Higher Education – all Level 4 core modules

Diploma in Higher Education – all Level 4 core modules and the three Level 5 cores plus either one Level 5 30 credit option or two x Level 5 15 credits

Degree without Honours – all Level 4 and Level 5 core modules and a further 30 credits at level 5 plus at least 60 credits from Level 6 modules

Degree with Honours – all Level 4 modules and Level 5 core modules and a further 30 credits at level 5 plus the two core modules at level 6 and further modules providing a total of 120 credits at level 6 .

Professional Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) accreditations & exemptions

This course is recognised as a Qualifying Law Degree for progression to the Legal Practice Course (solicitors) or the Bar Professional Training Course (barristers).

Career opportunities

Many LLB graduates go on to train as a solicitor or barrister. As well as qualifying you for this next stage of training, the course also opens the door to many other graduate careers, including roles in business, media, voluntary organisations and NGOs.

Throughout your degree, you’ll have the opportunity to gain relevant experience while studying though legal work placements, mooting and pro bono opportunities. Students studying LLB Law or combined law degrees are also eligible to join the Law Mentoring Programme, where students are paired with postgraduate London Met mentors in order to obtain support in relation to personal and professional development, selecting career paths, acquiring work experience and commercial awareness, and writing CVs and covering letters. As part of the Programme, participants are able to attend interactive careers workshops, postgraduate ‘taster’ sessions, and networking events, attended by students, London Met staff, and legal professionals, as well as our annual ‘Get Into Law’ day, where students are given the opportunity to hear from, and grill, a panel of legal professionals about their careers and how to get ahead in the legal profession.

Employability skills are also developed through extracurricular activities including presentations and events organised by the Mansfield Law Society and the careers service, together with work experience and networking with other students.

Career management is encouraged through reference to the relevant professional bodies, work experience and careers advice. Guidance and feedback from an individual personal development profile is provided to prepare you for a professional career. Our online vacancy system, Prospects Net illustrates opportunities for part-time, full-time, vacation and voluntary work.

Entry requirements

In addition to the University's standard entry requirements, you should have:

  • GCSE English at grade C or above, or Higher Diploma (or equivalent), plus at least 280 points, including at least two A-levels or
  • A level 3 Advanced Diploma.

Applications are welcome from mature students who have passed appropriate Access or preparatory courses or have appropriate work experience.

These requirements may be varied in individual cases.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. Applicants who require a Tier 4 student visa may need to provide a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. For more information about English qualifications please see our English language requirements.

Official use and codes

Approved to run from 2013/14 Specification version 1 Specification status Validated
Original validation date 01 Sep 2013 Last validation date 01 Sep 2013  
Sources of funding HE FUNDING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND
JACS codes M200 (Law by Topic): 100%
Route code LLBLAW

Course Structure

Stage 1 Level 04 September start Offered

Code Module title Info Type Credits Location Period Day Time
LL4001 Legal System Core 30        
LL4002 Contract Law Core 30        
LL4003 Law of Tort Core 30        
LL4004 Criminal Law Core 30        

Stage 1 Level 04 January start Offered

Code Module title Info Type Credits Location Period Day Time
LL4001 Legal System Core 30        
LL4002 Contract Law Core 30        
LL4003 Law of Tort Core 30        
LL4004 Criminal Law Core 30        

Stage 2 Level 05 September start Offered

Code Module title Info Type Credits Location Period Day Time
LL5001 Public Law Core 30        
LL5002 European Union Law Core 30        
LL5003 Law of Tort Core 30        
LL5004 Property Law Core 30        
LL5W51 Work Placement for Professional Experience Alt Core 15        
MN5W50 Creating a Winning Business 1 Alt Core 15 NORTH SPR FRI PM
          NORTH AUT WED AM
          NORTH SPR WED AM
          NORTH AUT WED PM
          NORTH SPR WED PM
          NORTH AUT THU AM
          NORTH SPR THU AM
          NORTH SPR THU AM
          NORTH AUT THU PM
          NORTH AUT FRI AM
          NORTH SPR FRI AM
          NORTH AUT FRI PM
LL5005 Evidence and Advocacy Option 30        
LL5006 Employment and Equality Law Option 30        
LL5007 Consumer Rights Law Option 30        
LL5050 Medical Law Option 15 NORTH SPR TUE AM
LL5051 Women and Law Option 15        
XK0000 Extension of Knowledge Module Option 15 NORTH SPR NA  
          NORTH AUT NA  

Stage 3 Level 06 September start Offered

Code Module title Info Type Credits Location Period Day Time
LL6001 Equity and Trusts Core 30        
LL6W51 Work Placement for Professional Experience Alt Core 15        
MN6W50 Creating a Winning Business 2 Alt Core 15        
LL6003 Intellectual Property Law Option 30        
LL6004 Civil Liberties and Human Rights Option 30        
LL6005 Public International Law Option 30        
LL6006 Company Law Option 30        
LL6008 Immigration and Asylum Law and Tribunals Option 30        
LL6009 Family and Child Law Option 30        
LL6011 Law of International Trade Option 30        
LL6050 Jurisprudence Option 15 NORTH SPR MON AM
LL6051 Environmental Law Option 15 NORTH AUT TUE AM
LL6053 Landlord and Tenant Law Option 15        
LL6054 Penal Policy Option 15 NORTH SPR THU PM
LL6056 Criminal Litigation Practice Option 15        
LL6057 Law of Evidence Option 15 NORTH AUT FRI AM
LL6P01 Law Dissertation Option 30        
LL6P51 Law Extended Essay Option 15