Law LLB (Hons) with professional experience

Program Overview

Kingston University's LLB (Hons) with Professional Experience provides a comprehensive legal education with a focus on practical skills and professional development. The program emphasizes critical thinking, logical analysis, and effective communication, equipping graduates with the skills and knowledge valued by employers.

Program Outline

The program emphasizes practical skills and professional development, preparing graduates for a wide range of legal careers.

• Description: The LLB with Professional Experience offers a more rounded approach compared to a conventional Law degree.
It also includes the opportunity for internships, sandwich placements, or study abroad. This program emphasizes developing critical thinking, logical analysis, argumentation skills, and effective communication.

Outline:

• Structure: The program spans three years full-time or four years full-time with a professional placement.
• Course Schedule: The program is primarily delivered in person, but may include online components (live or recorded).
Scheduled learning and teaching take place on any day of the week between 9 am and 6 pm.
• Modules:
• Year 1:
• Core Modules:
• English Legal System and Methods (30 credits):
Introduces the English Legal System (ELS), courts, procedure, sources of law, legal research, analysis, and writing skills. It also focuses on personal and professional development, building professional identity and global citizenship.
• Law of Contract (30 credits): Explores legally enforceable agreements, rules governing commercial activity, and the principles of contract law, covering a wide range of scenarios.
• Law of Tort (30 credits): Covers civil wrongs like negligence, nuisance, and occupier's liability, providing a remedy for parties who have suffered breach of protected interests.
• Year 2:
It also emphasizes employability skills development.
• Optional Study Abroad Year: Students can spend a year abroad working or studying at a partner institution in North America, Europe, Australia, or Asia.
• Law in Context (30 credits): Develops legal reasoning skills in specific legal contexts, including environmental law, criminal justice, employment issues, business law, company law, and family matters.
It also enhances employability skills through real-life scenario analysis.
• Company Law (30 credits): Explores the legal framework surrounding companies, including company formation, director's duties, shareholder rights, and employee positions under the Companies Act 2006.
• Employment Law (30 credits): Focuses on the legal framework governing employment relationships, including contract of employment, termination remedies, equality law, and trade unions.
• Family and Child Law (30 credits): Covers the legal regulation of family life, including marriage, civil partnerships, the family home, divorce, parental responsibility, and child protection.
• Dispute Resolution (30 credits): Examines conflict dynamics and dispute resolution processes, comparing litigation with alternative methods like mediation and negotiation.
It covers theories of conflict and conflict management.
• International Criminal and Human Rights Law (30 credits): Focuses on the international criminal law responsibility of individuals and their human rights protection under international law.
• Intellectual Property Law (30 credits): Explores legal protection for intellectual property, covering copyright, patents, and comparative analysis of international protection.
• Law of Technology and Innovation (30 credits): Examines the role of law in technological innovation, focusing on AI regulations, cyberspace, cybercrime, e-commerce, employment, the environment, healthcare, intellectual property, and outer space.
• Environmental Law (30 credits): Provides an introduction to environmental law, outlining different sectors, principles, concepts, and international contexts.
• Jurisprudence (30 credits): Analyzes law from a theoretical and social perspective, placing studied subjects in a broader context.
• Optional Modules Availability: Optional modules are only offered if enough students express interest.

Assessment:

• Assessment Methods: The program uses a variety of assessment methods, including coursework (written assignments, presentations, projects), exams, and practical elements.
• Assessment Breakdown (Approximate):
• Year 1:
Coursework 63%, exams 27%, practical 10%
• Year 2:
Coursework 30%, exams 57%, practical 13%
• Year 3:
Coursework 70%, exams 30%
• Feedback: The university aims to provide feedback on assessments within 20 working days.

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods: Scheduled learning and teaching includes lectures, seminars, and small group tutorials.
Students also engage in guided independent study outside scheduled time, involving self-study, research, and project work. Postgraduate research students and academic peer mentors also contribute to teaching seminars under supervision. It also offers a dedicated Assessment Centre Experience to provide personalized feedback and guidance for graduate employment.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths:
• Solicitor
• Barrister
• Insolvency Practitioner
• Financial Consultant
• Court Clerk
• Other Law-related Positions in Business, Government, and Non-profit Organizations
• Graduate Employment: Law graduates have secured jobs at companies like KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lyons Davidson Solicitors, Fredrickson International, BM Advisory, Hudson Advisors, Gill Solicitors, and Stuart & Co Solicitors.
• Kingston School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences: The School offers courses in economics, sociology, law, psychology, and criminology, fostering a vibrant research culture and providing hands-on experience.
• Law Competitions: Students actively participate in national and international law competitions, including:
• Client Interviewing Competition
• National Student Negotiation Competition
• International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition

• Home (UK students): £9,250
• International:
• Year 1 (2025/26): £18,500
• Year 2 (2026/27): £19,200
• Year 3 (2027/28): £19,900
A re-study of any modules will incur additional charges calculated by the number of credits.