LLB (Hons) Law (Law, Environment and Sustainability Pathway) at University of Surrey

Want to save the planet AND be a lawyer? This is your chance! Our unique pathway meets the growing demand amongst law firms, governments and businesses for graduates who understand the links between law, environmental and sustainability issues.

Department: Surrey Law School  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with placement year  |  Study mode: full-time (optional placement year)  |  Intake: September 2027 (UCAS M100)  |  Location: Guildford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The ownership and control of land and other property (land law, and equity and trusts). This LLB includes mandatory law modules: Climate and Energy Law, Environmental Law in Action and Access to Environmental Justice – where you will explore access to environmental justice by doing innovative policy clinic work. The pathway is uniquely broad for an undergraduate LLB as you will also be able to select optional modules on environment and sustainability offered by other departments in social sciences and sciences. Year 1 core modules include Legal Systems, Public Law 1, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Tort Law - Concepts and Context (level 4), Public Law Ii: Administrative Law, Environmental Law in Action (he5), European Union Law: Selected Topics.

Career pathways

These have included Clifford Chance, Eversheds and other firms of solicitors, sets of barristers’ chambers and legal departments of large companies. In combination with our student Law Society, we run a variety of events, competitions and activities, such as mooting and client interviewing.

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