Our Law and Legal Practice LLB degree aims to help develop your knowledge and understanding of the English Legal System, key areas within these systems, specifically the Foundations of Legal Knowledge, while providing you with a general foundation for legal practice.
You will gain a systematic understanding of key aspects of law and legal practice, including coherent and detailed knowledge, some at, or informed by, the forefront of the discipline. This includes:
- Public and private laws within an institutional, social, national and global context;
- Context of substantive areas of law and justice;
- The SRA Principles of Regulation and Code of Conduct and its ethical requirements;
- Doctrinal and policy issues;
- Equity and trusts;
- Property law;
- Conveyancing;
- Business law; and,
- Probate Practice.
You will learn to source, evaluate and comment upon research, or equivalent scholarship, in law and legal practice, with an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge, and show conceptual and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of assumptions, abstract concepts and data.
Course details
- On-campus
- Blended (On-campus)
- Full-time
- English
Tuition Fees 2023/24 and 24/25
Home (Full-time): £9,000 per year
Overseas (Full-time): £13,500 per year
Why choose this course?
What you will learn
Law and Legal Practice (LLB) has been designed to cover the fundamentals of law and the linked areas of legal practice required to enter the legal profession.
This new programme will prepare students to sit the Solicitor’s Qualifying Exams and has been designed around this national framework. It is entirely focused on employment or self-employment within legal practice. This can only enhance the student’s prospects and make them more competitive within the legal profession’s recruitment programmes.
There has already been a high level of engagement with professional organisations for the existing law programmes and this engagement continues throughout the year. Local law firms such as Peter Lynn and Partners, Graham Evans and Partners, JCP and DJM have been consulted and work with the team to create the opportunity of placements and internships for the students, with a number of graduates continuing into employment.
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Course Disclaimer
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We listen to student feedback and insights from industry and from professionals to ensure that course content is high-quality and up-to-date, and that it offers the best possible preparation for your future career or study goals.
For this reason, there might be modifications to the content of your course over time, to keep up to date with changes in the subject area or in the sector. If a module is no longer running, we’ll make sure to keep you informed, and work with you to choose a different suitable module.
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Staff
Our People
You will be taught and supported by a wide range of professional staff and teams here to help you get the university experience you are looking for. Our teaching staff were ranked 2nd in Wales for assessments and feedback (NSS 2023) meaning the comments you get back from your work will help you learn. Our commitment to your learning has seen our students place us as Top 10 in the UK for Lecturers and Teaching Quality. Find out more about our academic staff who teach across our courses.
Accommodation
Swansea Accommodation
Swansea has a huge student population, and the variety of accommodation available will leave you feeling spoilt for choice. Various purpose-built student accommodation providers provide accommodation in Swansea, and the accommodation team can guide you through your options. It will offer ongoing support throughout your time as a UWTSD student.
Further information
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80 UCAS points or equivalent.
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The course will be assessed by a mixture of written coursework, simulations, workbooks, presentations and exams. Each module is worth 20 credits which would equal two assessments per module with the equivalent of a 2,000- 3,500-word assignment or an exam per 10 credits, depending on level of study.
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It is possible to complete this programme of study without any additional costs.
Students may wish to purchase textbooks for modules, such as Research Project, but this is not a requirement and will have no bearing on the final grade.
There may also be optional field trips which may incur some costs.
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit our Scholarships and Bursaries section.
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The course team has developed very close links with a number of professional organisations in both the public sector and legal services fields. This has allowed for close consultation on the development of course content and the availability of unique work experience opportunities.
The course works closely with other Public sector organisations, the combination of both legal and public sector understanding and knowledge would be seen as a benefit to the wider legal Justice professions.
The team has developed close relationships with local law firms and organisations and developing work experience opportunities that would benefit the students if they chose to extend into further legal justice study.