Law
Accredited and qualifying law courses with superb work experience opportunitiesWe are ranked 12th in the UK for Teaching Quality in Law by the Sunday Times (2022).
Many of our teachers are qualified solicitors and barristers, passing on their insights, real-world case expertise and passion for law to the next generation of legal minds.
Many of our graduates go on to become solicitors or barristers. Additionally, changes in the legal services market are creating a rising demand for additional roles, such as paralegals and legal executives.
We have strong links with the local legal profession, particularly through the South London Law Society and the Southwark Legal Advice Network, as well as with our own graduates practising across London and beyond.
A law degree is not just for aspiring lawyers. Law graduates are sought after in a wide range of sectors because of their exceptional analytical and communications skills.
As well as developing in-depth legal knowledge and academic skills, there is a strong emphasis on experiential learning and legal education for professional practice and the enhancement of professional career prospects.
Whatever career route you choose to take, our Law degree programmes provide opportunities for students to become more employable
What is it like studying Law at LSBU?
Our approach to teaching includes an important focus on experiential learning (learning by doing) and clinical legal education (learning by giving supervised legal advice to local people). One of our lecturers, Andy Unger, was recently nominated for the Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year (LTOTY) award. The award celebrates excellence in law teaching and Andy was a finalist. This video was made by OUP as part of the LTOTY award process. It gives a very good idea of what it is like to study Law at LSBU.
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Reasons to study undergraduate Law at LSBU
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- Ranked 2nd among London moderns for Research Rating and 3rd among London moderns for Graduate Prospects (Times Good University Guide 2022).
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- Ranked 12th overall in the UK for Teaching Quality (Sunday Times 2022).
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- Head start your career – We partner with Barbri, offer SQE-style MCQ assessments, provide professional practice and skills options and you’ll have access to our law library worth £5000. With us, you'll have everything you need to succeed in your legal career.
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- Impact on our community – We're passionate about promoting equal opportunities in education, professional careers, and justice, and we believe that legal education should be more than just memorising statutes.
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- Global opportunities – Our programs are designed to help you expand your horizons and gain new perspectives on the law. Whether you're interested in European crime and migration law or comparative law in Egypt, we have a program that's right for you. You'll also benefit from our energetic, award-winning Student Law Society that arranges talks, visits and competitions.
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- Experienced practitioners – You'll learn from legal professionals who know what it takes to succeed in the field, and you'll have the chance to work alongside them in our clinics.
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- Extra-curricular activities - Mooting, Street Law, Student Magazine – ‘Devil’s Advocate’.
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- We are diverse – We are proud to have contributed to diversifying the pipeline into the legal and paralegal workforces. We have a strong commitment to promoting equality and diversity, and our staff and students come from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.
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- Peer mentoring for Year 1 students to help support them with the transition to higher education and integrating onto the course.
Understanding the legal profession
We appoint leading lawyers as Visiting Professors to support our teaching. These include the crime and human rights experts: Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC and Imran Khan QC.
As well as this, our academic team draw upon significant research experience to enable students to apply critical and theoretical perspectives to current legal issues.
To see more about current issues in law and the legal profession, see tweets by @lsbu_law
Opportunities to give back to society
The School has a strong commitment to social justice and social conscience – and this comes through strongly in the courses we offer. However, it's not just evident in what we teach, but also how we teach it.
The Legal Advice Clinic offers our law students exceptional work experience opportunities, but it also provides a valued public service to the local community. There's a similar narrative behind StreetLaw, which is an outreach initiative where our law students engage with local school and college students to encourage them to better understand their legal rights and responsibilities.
"By taking law into the classroom, LSBU law students get the opportunity to engage school and college students with the law and how it affects them," explains Louise Andronicou, Principal Lecturer in Law. "LSBU students participating in the project also get this opportunity to give something back to their community, at the same time improving their legal skills and employability."
Courses
- LLB Law (NEW Law Main Pathway) (5780.1FS00)
- LLB Law (NEW Business Law Pathway) (5780.1FS01)
- LLB Law (NEW Criminal Law Pathway) (5780.1FS02)
- LLB Law (NEW Criminology Pathway) (5780.1FS03)
- LLM/PGDL Legal Studies (5191; 5192; 5195; 5196)
- Law - PhD; MRes
- Legal Practice (SQE) | London South Bank University (lsbu.ac.uk)
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