Law LLB with Professional Placement
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLB | On-Campus | Full-time | 4 | September | find out | find out |
About Law LLB with Professional Placement, LLB - at University of Exeter Law School
- Spend up to a year carrying out a professional placement with a law firm, in-house legal team or industry
- Provides students with the foundation to pursue a professional legal career*
- Delivers a rigorous understanding of legal principles as well as an examination of law in different theoretical and social contexts with a constant eye on regional and global developments
- Our wide range of optional modules in your second and final years enable you to tailor your degree to your own interests and career ambitions
- Our Exeter Law Projects programme gives you the opportunity to observe or participate in activities involving the application of the law via many streams of pro bono opportunities
Accreditation
Our LLB programmes provide an excellent start to a legal career if that is your goal, equipping you with the knowledge and skills that will support you towards the next steps to professional legal qualification. This includes the 'foundations of legal knowledge' subjects required for the academic stage of qualification as a barrister. If you plan to qualify as a solicitor or barrister, after you graduate you will need to comply with the further training and other requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Bar Standards Board, or the relevant regulatory body in the country in which you intend to practice.
* Canadian students who take an LLB programme at the University of Exeter can return to practice in Canada by applying for admission to a law society in a Canadian jurisdiction through taking exams through the National Committee for Accreditation (NCA)
Entry requirements
Contact University of Exeter Law School to find course entry requirements.
Why study at University of Exeter Law School
- Top 150 globally for Law (Times Higher Education 2025)
- Postgraduate law courses open to applicants from any undergraduate subject
- Triple Gold rated teaching – one of only four Russell Group universities to receive this prestigious rating (Teaching Excellence Framework 2023)
- 100% of our Law research has internationally excellent impact (based on research rated 4* and 3* in the most recent Research Excellence Framework 2021)
- Top 10 in the UK for Law graduate prospects (Complete University Guide 2026)
- Globally renowned Law School with strong international links to top law firms
- Beautiful campuses in one of the UK’s top 10 safest regions (Office for National Statistics)