LLB (Hons) Law at Solent University

Get a head start in your legal career. Our industry recognised degree has professional practice at its core so you can build experience and confidence with an extensive network of real-world partners. Solent University’s LLB has professional practice at its core and covers the foundation subjects required to become a solicitor or barrister. Our dedicated Solent Courtroom offers the chance to build experience and confidence in a professional legal setting, which includes weekly mooting and inter-university competitions to enable you to develop your industry skills further.

Faculty: Law and criminology  |  Duration: 3 years; 4 years with foundation year; 4 years with year in industry; 5 years with foundation and industry years  |  Study mode: full-time (placement year option)  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Legal System and Legal Method, Tort Law and Dispute Resolution, Contract Law and Practice, Criminal Law and Practice, Business Law and Practice, Public Law and Civil Liberties, Land Law and Conveyancing, Wills, Trusts and Probate, Future Ready. Optional modules include Human Rights, Intellectual Property Law and Artificial Intelligence, Law of Evidence, Medical Law and Practice, SQE 1 Preparation, Law in Practice, Employment Law and Practice, Family Law and Practice.

Career pathways

A law degree provides a wide variety of transferable skills relevant to both legal practice and other areas. Following graduation, many students go on to train as a solicitor or barrister, while others pursue careers as legal executives, company secretaries or licensed conveyancers, or in areas such as business, property management and marketing, taxation, legal and financial compliance, local and central government, the police service, or paralegal work.

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