Undergraduate Pathway in Law

The Brunel Law LLB gives you the chance to earn a law degree and develop a dynamic perspective of English law – not only what the law is, but why it is.

You’ll learn the theories and principles underlying the law and acquire the research, analytical and communication skills you’ll need for a successful legal career.

The educational aims of the programme element are to:

1. Develop a fundamental knowledge and understanding of the main institutions of the English legal system, and provide a sound basis for exploration of theoretical and practical approaches to basic legal problems.
2. Develop an appreciation and desire to learn based on competent intellectual and practical skills that build to a set of transferable skills that will support them in all aspects of their onward academic studies/careers and support their decision making in an informed manner.
3. Ensure that students have attained the prescribed level of inter-disciplinary language competence.

Typical Modules:

• Criminal Liability and Process
• Critical Analysis and Writing Skills
• Interactive Learning Skills and Communication 1
• Introduction to the Law of Civil Obligations
• Legal Ethics and Skills
• Legal Foundations
• Legal Research using ICT skills
• Management

This course can be studied 2 semesters full-time, starting in September.

Our high quality placements will give you first-hand professional legal experience and a real taste of what life after your studies could be like. You’ll benefit from the guidance of dedicated careers advisers so whether you want to explore your passion for law or already have your dream job in mind, we’ll support you on your career journey.

Our strong links with industry will help you to boost your career potential. Brunel is one of the few UK universities on the Blake Morgan Brand Ambassador Scheme – offering great work experience opportunities, mentoring programmes and giving you great exposure to the graduate recruitment team of a leading law firm.

The Brunel Law School has strong industry links, allowing us to offer placements in a variety of legal environments to strengthen your learning and professional experience.

With our own law careers advisers, we will help you to work on your future career from day one. As a Brunel Law School student, you will have access to many workshops and masterclasses to gain the knowledge you need to make your first step after you graduate.

£9,250 Domestic Foundation Studies
£11,500 EU Foundation Studies
£17,450 International Foundation

September is the only available intake for EU/Domestic students who are applying for a Student Finance Loan.

Formative assessments are a key aspect of the programme element and are varied to ensure that a student has a variety of learning opportunities. These will include: individual and group formative assessment methods: presentations, individual and group work; and peer review.

Each student is expected to undertake a minimum number of hours in individual study per week in order to support and build the skills, knowledge and understanding presented in each lecture and small group tutorial session per week. It is expected that students will increase the number of individual study hours as they approach formal assessment events. The ability for students to expand their learning by creating effective self-directed study patterns is a transferable skill deemed fundamental to further academic success as well as a key time-management tool. All students are provided with access to a range of on line resources through the student portal.