LLB(Hons) Law (with Foundation Year)
This course is open for applications
Introduction
Stand out to employers by gaining professional experience through our Business and Law Clinic and developing your skills through creative assessment.
Why study law?
Law is an incredibly varied subject that affects every aspect of human life, right down to the air we breathe.
It affects our relationships with each other, the state and other countries. It affects our education, employment, travel, property, health and human rights.
The law industry is competitive and changes in line with social needs. A law degree offers diverse career pathways and a skillset to help you succeed in almost any career.
Why UWE Bristol?
LLB(Hons) Law is a practical and contemporary degree, recognised by employers and delivered by leading experts in one of the largest law schools in the country.
If you choose a legal career when you graduate, you'll have a solid grounding in law and enough experience from placements and pro bono work to ensure you succeed in your legal training.
Our students value the range of optional modules and opportunity to specialise according to their interests in the second and third year.
Research informs teaching at every level and you'll develop core legal knowledge in subjects spanning commercial law, criminal justice, environmental law, human rights and family law.
You'll have regular opportunities to practice legal submissions in our modern mock courtrooms, while law simulations allow you to test your case working abilities.
Where can it take me?
Whether or not you wish to become a professional lawyer, a law degree is well regarded by employers. It equips you with the skills needed for many graduate jobs, including problem solving, analysis, research and communication.
If you're interested in qualifying as a solicitor, our LLB will provide a good foundation for those students who go on to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). For those students who aspire to become barristers, our LLB includes the core subjects which you'll need to satisfy the academic stage of training before studying the Bar Training Course (BTC).
Structure
Content
The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.
There are three pathways through the course:
- Business and Commercial
- International and Social Justice
- Professional Practice.
Year zero (foundation year)
You'll study (all pathways):
- Becoming a Professional
- Economics and Accounting for the Real World
- Introduction to Law in a Social, Business and Global Context
- Introduction to Organisation, Enterprise and Management.
You normally need to pass your foundation year before going onto Year one.
Year one
You'll study (all pathways):
- Contract Law
- Criminal Law
- Law of Torts
- Public Law.
Year two
You'll study (all pathways):
- Land Law.
Plus, one of the following modules. The one you study will depend on which pathway you're taking:
- Commercial Law (Business and Commercial pathway)
- Environmental Law and Sustainability (International and Social Justice pathway)*
- Prepare for Practice (Professional Practice pathway)
- Sexual Offences and Offending (International and Social Justice pathway).*
*If you take the International and Social Justice pathway, you'll study one of these two modules.
Plus two optional modules from (all pathways):
- Commercial Law**
- Cyberlaw
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law and Sustainability**
- Migration Law and Policy
- Prepare for Practice**
- Public International Law
- Sexual Offences and Offending.**
**Not available as an optional module if already taken as a pathway module.
Placement year or study year abroad
After year two, if you study on the four year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work placement. Or you can carry out a study year abroad.
You'll complete a placement learning or study year abroad module as appropriate.
See the Placements and Fees sections for more information.
Final year
You'll study (all pathways):
- Student Lawyer Module.
Plus three optional modules from:
- Advocacy and Evidence
- Company Law in Context
- Criminal Justice
- Equality and the Law
- Equity and Trusts***
- European Union Law in Context***
- Extended Research Project
- Family Law
- Intellectual Property
- International Business Law
- International Human Rights Law
- Law of Financial Crime
- Practising as a Solicitor
- Succession Law.
*** You'll need to study this module if you intend to go on to the Bar Training course.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we'll inform you.
Learning and Teaching
Our approach to learning is student-centered, supporting you to develop the skills you need to have a successful legal career.
In year two and your final year, you can design the course to fit your interests and career ambitions.
You can specialise in many different aspects of law, either choosing to study subjects grouped to form a theme (following one of the three pathways) or studying subjects youre interested in.
Our modules differ in learning approaches, so you can choose those that match your style.
You'll be allocated a personal tutor who'll support you throughout your degree.
See our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.
Study time
During your degree, you'll have 12 hours of teaching with a lecturer each week.
In Year one and Year two, you'll also receive one hour of peer assisted learning (PAL) each week.
All students can access the College of Business and Law (CBL) Learning Hub for workshops and one-to-one sessions with tutors.
Assessment
You can expect to be assessed using problem and essay questions, exams, research based assessments, reflection on skills acquisition, report writing, portfolio submissions and presentations.
Features
Placements
We encourage you to do a 40-week paid sandwich placement after year two. It can be in the UK or abroad.
Your placement is valuable because it allows you to gain real-world experience and skills that increase your employability.
You'll get help to find all placement and support throughout from your School and the careers service.
Final year work experience
As part of the Student Lawyer journey, in your final year youll work in a practice-based environment, engaging with clients, in a supervised environment through the Business and Law Clinic. Past students have worked with, for example:
- Bristol Law Centre
- Watkins Solicitors
- Red Cross
- Death Row
- Citizens Advice
- Local schools.
Pro Bono Unit
You'll have opportunities to engage in Pro Bono work through your degree, volunteering your time to help the local community.
Supervised by academics and practitioners, you'll work on cases and provide legal advice through projects such as Legal Advocacy Support Project, Elderlaw, the UWE Street Law Programme and Bristol Musicians Advice Service.
Fieldwork
Field trips are an important part of your studies, particularly the annual visit to Lincoln's Inn where you'll dine in court with barristers and judges and learn more about this exciting career.
Other study visits include the Houses of Parliament, European Court of Justice, World Trade Organisation and magic circle law firms.
Study facilities
In the Bristol Business School, you'll have access to modern learning spaces, including a dedicated law resource room.
Mock courtrooms help you practice legal submissions, take part in recorded mock trials and gain experience of being in court.
In our specialist library, you'll have a dedicated librarian to support your curriculum subjects and independent research.
The library and Business School both offer spaces for silent and group study and rooms you can book.
You'll have access to books, trade press, academic journals, and industry databases both on and off campus.
Learn more about UWE Bristol's facilities and resources.
Take a personalised virtual tour of the Law facilities and experience what a typical day could look like here for you.
UWE Bristol Law Society
Our Law Society runs an active programme of events and talks including trips to the Supreme Court in London, the European Parliament in Brussels and the European Court in Luxembourg.
Members also participate in competitions and attend regular socials, including the annual dinner.
Life
Accommodation
An excellent range of options for all of the Bristol campuses and the city centre.
Bristol
A stunning city for student living with all the qualities to make you want to stay.
Sports, societies and activities
There is more to your experience here than study. Choose to make the most of it and try new things.
Health and Wellbeing
We provide support in the way you need it.
Campus and facilities
Discover our campuses and the wealth of facilities provided for our students.
Careers
Careers / Further study
Law students are valuable to employers because of the broad skillset you gain from studying this subject.
You'll gain valuable insight and vital skills during this course. Mooting competitions, guest speakers, field trips, Pro Bono work, placements, and the embedded Student Lawyer journey will enable you to experience the law in action through your projects. In the Final Year, the Student Lawyer Module will let you explore cases and build your network.
As a full service Law School, you can study the LLM/PGDip Bar Training Course (BTC), the PGDip/PGCert Solicitors Training Course (SQE Prep) and the LLM/PGDip Solicitors Training Course (SQE Prep) with us at UWE Bristol. You can also undertake the LLM Global Business and Finance Law or LLM International Law and Security.
You could start your legal career immediately, or pursue a different career pathway entirely. Law graduates' broad skillset makes them very attractive to employers.
Our students have secured roles in law firms, chambers, city councils, banks, estate agents, higher education, accountancy, Citizens Advice and the Crown Prosecution Service.
You could pursue a legal career as solicitor, barrister, legal adviser, legal executive or paralegal, but you can also go into a career in HR, teaching, charity work and the public sector.
Our graduates have secured roles with law firms such as Osbourne Clarke, Burgess Salmon, Clarke Wilmott as well as Guildhall Chambers and Invictus Chambers.
A number of graduates establish careers within the banking and finance sector, accountancy, Citizens Advice and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Get inspired
Our award-winning careers service will develop your employment potential through career coaching and find you graduate jobs, placements and global opportunities.
We can also help find local volunteering and community opportunities, provide support for entrepreneurial activity and get you access to employer events.
Visit our employability pages to learn more about careers, employers and what our students are doing six months after graduating.
Useful links
Fees*
Full-time; Sandwich
Indicative Additional Costs
Supplementary fee information
*The UK Government has set a tuition fee cap for some integral foundation years from 1st August 2025. The tuition fee cap is £5,760 and applies to home students only. The final list of integral foundation courses which will attract the lower fee has yet to be confirmed but is expected soon.
Any tuition fee which is impacted by this change will be updated in due course.
The tuition fee for years of study after the integral foundation year will be charged at a higher level which will also be updated on the course web page (also see below update).
Please see GOV.UK for further information.
*The UK Government recently proposed that tuition fees for Home students will increase by 3.1% to £9,535 from 1st August 2025. This increase is subject to Parliamentary approval and the vote is expected to take place later this year.
Any tuition fee which is impacted by this change will be updated following approval.
Please see GOV.UK for further information.
Your overall entitlement to funding is based on how long the course is that you're registered on. Standard funding is allocated based on the standard number of years that your course lasts, plus one additional year.
You'll apply for funding each year that you study and Student Finance will take into account how long the course is in each year that you apply. So if you register for the five year course and then transfer to the four year course, the number of years you can apply for funding will change. Student Finance will reassess your funding based on how many years you have been in study, not just those years for which you received student finance.
Always seek advice before taking any action that may have implications for your funding.
Additional costs
This refers to items you could need during your studies that aren't covered by the standard tuition fee. These could be materials, textbooks, travel, clothing, software or printing.
Entry
Typical offers
- Tariff points: 48
- Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page.
- GCSE: Grade C/4 in English, or equivalent.
- English Language Requirement:
International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
*The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you'll need in our English language requirements. - A-level subjects: No specific subjects required.
- EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required. For information on required Guided Learning Hours please see our minimum entry requirements page.
- Access: No specific subjects required.
- Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required.
- Irish Highers: No specific subjects required.
- Welsh Baccalaureate: We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications.
- Cambridge Technical: No specific subjects required.
- T Levels: No specific subjects required.
Entry requirements
If you exceed the entry requirements you may be eligible for LLB(Hons) Law.
International applicants
If you are an international student your recommended route of study for this degree is through our International College, which upon successful completion to the required level and with good attendance, guarantees entry to Year one of the degree.
Read more about entry requirements.
How to apply
Read more about undergraduate applications.
For further information
- Email:
UK applicants
Admissions@uwe.ac.ukInternational/EU applicants
International@uwe.ac.uk - Telephone:
UK applicants
+44 (0)117 32 83333International/EU applicants
+44 (0)117 32 86644