Law (Hons) Leeds Beckett University

Overview

Law is respected, influential, and intellectually challenging. It sharpens your thinking, strengthens your voice, and gives you the confidence to stand your ground.On our LLB (Hons) Law degree, you’ll explore the systems, structures, and principles that shape everyday life. You’ll question them, challenge them, and learn how to apply them to legal practice.As part of this  Law (Hons) course at Leeds Beckett University , you’ll:

• Develop a deep understanding of the legal systems, rules, and practices that regulate society
• Explore commercial and social relationships through a legal lens
• Analyse and challenge contemporary legal issues
• Build strategic solutions to complex legal problems
• Communicate with clarity, authority, and confidence using precise legal language
• Gain sought-after transferable skills, such as communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical reasoning, that employers value across sectors

Career opportunities:

Graduates have gone on to qualify as solicitors and barristers, or they have forged careers in the police, in local and national government, and in business and finance. A wide variety of roles across sectors will be open to you, such as:

• Solicitor

• Barrister

• Paralegal

• Legal executive

• Management positions

Throughout your degree you will receive help in order to decide what to do after university and how to get there. From guest talks to Bar Scholarship and application help to mock interviews, the university provides whatever support you need to take your next steps. 

This could include insight days, visits to legal areas in London, dining opportunities, and 1:1 support.You'll have the knowledge and skills to undertake postgraduate study, such as LLM International Business Law, LLM International Law: Conflict, Security and Human Rights, MRes and MPhil. If you want to train to become a solicitor, this university offers SQE preparation courses: LLM Professional Legal Practice or PG Dip Professional Legal Practice. Also there are opportunities to study for a PhD.