Birkbeck University of London

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Law & Legal Practice

Study detals

Course type: Undergraduate Degree: LLB Study mode: Full time Duration : 36 Month

Requirements

If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.

Speciality

You may find graduates from our law and human rights degree progressing in the following kinds of roles:

barristers
solicitors
para-legals
advocates
policy researchers
A law degree from Birkbeck also provides you with a broad range of transferable skills and knowledge and understanding of the English legal system that may be relevant within a diverse range of other jobs and roles.

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Additional information

The LLB Law and Legal Practice offers you an opportunity to graduate with a set of legal skills and competencies relevant to the pursuit of legal practical qualification. You will be taught by leading scholars as well as expert legal practitioners. You will be examined in oral and written forms of advocacy and reflectively engage with what it means to advocate on behalf of a client.  Your studies will be organised around skills-oriented courses relevant to the legal profession, including but not limited to:

evidence
legal argument and language in law
mooting and trial skills
transformative lawyering.

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