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Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)
High Wycombe Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
4 Year
Do you want to be at the centre of law and order, governance, and justice? Take the first steps towards a legal based career with our LLB (Hons) Law degree. Whether it’s holding people to account or protecting the innocent, our course will provide you with a strong foundation of legal knowledge and an understanding of how the law operates.This course is a four-year degree, including an initial Foundation Year. The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate programme.
Why study this subject?Studying an LLB (Hons) Law degree at BNU is an exciting opportunity that provides you with a knowledge of the law, develops high-level transferable and applied skillsets in legal practice, advocacy and research. BNU is a student focused and employer led university, with you at the forefront of all that we do. Whether you want to be a legal practitioner, work on regulation and contracts, helping transform governance by designing policies and advocating or making an impact through politics as a champion of social change, we can help enhance your employability.Having a degree that meets the requirements of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, the academic stage requirements for the new, centralised external Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and Bar council, will provide the perfect opportunity to kickstart your legal career.As well as the support from our lecturers, our Students’ Union has a Mooting Society. Giving you the perfect opportunity to pursue your passion for law outside of your timetable. It allows you to meet with likeminded students and practise court proceedings and arguing your case. Our law course has been specifically designed with an international and contemporary perspective. It is designed to focus on contemporary issues in law with an innovative teaching approach that underscores employability and professional skills and practice.There are plenty of chances to visit magistrates’ courts to participate in bail applications, visit Parliament and law courts to experience first-hand how they operate on a day-to-day basis. You can also meet guest speakers from across the legal industry, including judges, magistrates and law firms and learn more about how you can apply your knowledge in the workplace.
What will I study?You’ll cover diverse subject areas including civil and criminal human relationships and rights, legal practice and Law of Torts, as well as equity and trusts. Studying such varied topics will help you understand how law interacts with society and government. You will also develop key skills, such as understanding complex information, attention to detail and analytical thinking which will ensure you are well placed to enter the employment market.We are focused on providing you with all the building blocks you need to create a solid understanding of the law. Your first year will be integrated with the LLB (Hons) Business Law course. You will be taught a range of modules that cover both courses allowing you to collaborate with fellow students.During your second year, you will study the Law of Torts and property law and begin to develop your independent research skills with the research methods module. You’ll learn to apply, analyse and evaluate the principles and theories and be able to reference and apply them to contemporary situations. You will be able to choose optional modules from family and child law, employment law, and human rights and social justice. In your final year, you’ll focus on preparing yourself for life after BNU. In addition to equity and trusts law, you will undertake an independent dissertation project on an area of law of your choice. This will help you to illustrate how you have developed a depth of understanding through a combination of critical analysis and evaluation.
Foundation Year
Explore the essence of civil and criminal law in England and Wales, including creation and enforcement. You’ll delve into European and International law relations, legal specialties, and hone skills like legal reasoning and problem-solving in a practical context.
Foundation Year
Building on the content studied in Law in Practice, you’ll grow your legal knowledge and skills to create essays or reports on issues in society. You’ll debate current topics, understand the law’s role in various contexts, and apply legal reasoning to produce an independent study.
Foundation Year
This module hones your study and job skills, fostering leadership and resilience. You’ll learn BNU’s values and support systems, bridging academic skills with employability to thrive at university and beyond.
Foundation Year
In Research in Practice, you’ll master key research skills, from methodologies to efficient library use. You’ll practice summarizing and critical reading, tailored to your field, through interactive workshops, setting a strong foundation for your academic and professional growth.
Foundation Year
This module provides you with vital workplace communication skills and professional growth. You’ll engage in group work to explore industry communications through PESTEL analysis and develop a live industry demo. You’ll gain insights via practical seminars, real-life examples, and case studies, preparing you for effective communication.
Foundation Year
In this module, you’ll lead a mini-project. You will be taught and then use project management techniques as well as applying skills from other modules. You’ll tackle real-world problems, enhance your expertise, and gain confidence through regular tutorials and case study discussions.
You will be able to develop your knowledge of the principles of contract law and evolve your understanding of how these principles are applied in private and commercial contexts.
This module aims to provide you with a substantive knowledge and understanding of the basic legal rules and principles underpinning Criminal Law. The content includes the main elements of specific offences, partial defences and general defences.
This module aims to introduce you to the fundamental concepts of the legal system of England & Wales. You will gain substantive knowledge and understanding of the basic legal rules and principles underpinning the English Legal System, the sources of the English Legal System, statutes, precedent and the English court systems.
This module introduces concepts, principles and policy relevant to modern tort law, including tort as a means of compensating victims and as a loss distribution mechanism. You’ll study the tort of negligence, vicarious liability and an outline of the principles governing compensation for personal injury and death.
You will gain a knowledge and understanding of the basis legal rules and principles underpinning Public Law in United Kingdom. Topics including the relationship between the state and the individual, the key sources of the constitution, the doctrine of the separation of powers between the executive, legislature and the monarchy will be explored.
This module will provide you with opportunities to develop and practice key skills. You’ll gain an understanding of basic Legal Practice and Skills, such as the ability to draft legal documents and legal study skills you will need to study law as an academic discipline.
You’ll gain a substantive knowledge and understanding of the fundamental legal rules and principles underpinning Land Law. You will cover topics including the nature of property, the types of estates and interests categorised as real property (land) and the effect of those estates, interests and rights on the owners and on third parties.
You’ll study how professional ethics forms the foundation of professional regulation and underpins how lawyers advise and represent their clients and engage in legal practice. You will focus on the practical skills that all practising lawyers must develop i.e. practical legal research, interviewing, advocacy, writing, drafting and negotiation.
This module seeks to focus on formation and dissolution of marriages, and provision for and parental/state responsibilities to children. You’ll be introduced to the social context that informs the development of Family and Child Law. Cohabitation and civil partnerships between both heterosexual and homosexual couples will be included.
This module will introduce you to the sources of employment law. You will analyse why it is important to ascertain whether someone is an employee, worker or self-employed in terms of legal status. The nature of the employment contract will be analysed. The whole concept of wrongful and unfair dismissal will be discussed as well as redundancy.
You will learn the current legal debates and theories and criticisms surrounding global human rights issues. This module will allow you to look at the balancing of varying rights, such as right to privacy vs freedom of expression. Finally, you’ll examine social rights, and more specifically workers’ rights, protected in the various Conventions.
Examine the legal relationship and obligations of businesses to their stakeholders, customers, suppliers, and employees. Learn about various business structures such as: sole trader, partnership and limited companies. You’ll study the rights and obligations of directors and partners, both contractual and non-contractual, as well as regulation law.
This module will provide you with an understanding of the basic legal rules and principles of the Laws around Equity and Trusts. You’ll study topics including, the nature of Equity, the three certainties, the beneficiary principle, non- charitable purpose trust, constitution of the trust, resulting trust, constructive trust, charitable trusts and secret trusts.
This module will allow you to examine a contemporary legal issue or address a specific area of the law where there is uncertainty in terms of its application and indeed what is the law. You’ll gain the knowledge and skills to identify and carry out a small research project around a contemporary legal topic and to write it as a dissertation.
This module analyses the key principles and issues relating to the Law of Evidence. It aims to provide you with a sound understanding of the use and application of the rules of evidence in an academic and practical arena.
You’ll cover topics including history of EU, sources of law, institutions, law-making, the relationship between EU and national law, EU remedies in national courts, and some procedural EU law in national and European courts. You will look at the provisions of internal market law and economic integration.
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