Law (Law, Environment and Sustainability Pathway) LLB

What you will study

On our new LLB Law course, you’ll gain a deep understanding of the main areas of legal knowledge, including law as it regulates:   

• The functions of the state (public law and criminal law)
• Relations between private individuals (contract law and tort law)
• The ownership and control of land and other property (land law, and equity and trusts).    

This LLB includes mandatory law modules: Climate and Energy Law, Environmental Law in Action and Access to Environmental Justice – where you will explore access to environmental justice by doing innovative policy clinic work. The pathway is uniquely interdisciplinary for an undergraduate LLB as you will also be able to select optional modules on environment and sustainability offered by other departments in social sciences and sciences.   

All second-year law students are enrolled on a Professional Training Preparation module which enables you to develop key employability skills, complete a law-specific version of the University's Employability Award and hear from a wide variety of voices from practice (both legal and non-legal). 

Students who are inspired to undertake a deeper analysis into a specific topic can choose to do a dissertation – an extended final year research project, related to law, environment and sustainability. The dissertation element is an option available on all law programmes, not a mandatory requirement of the pathway. 

Levelling the legal field 

We support students from a diverse range of backgrounds and work in partnership with organisations to improve access to, and diversity within, the legal profession. This includes supporting students with successful applications for scholarships and mentoring opportunities. 

Foundation year 

If you don’t meet our entry requirements, you might still be able to apply for this degree with a Social Sciences Foundation Year. This is an extra year of study to develop your skills and make it easier for you to get started at university. On successful completion of your foundation year, you’ll be ready to progress to the first year of your degree.    

To see what modules you’ll be studying, refer to the foundation tab in the 'Course structure' section.