Law (Graduate Programme) University of Sheffield

Fast-track your legal qualifications without compromising on academic excellence. Designed for graduates from non-law backgrounds, this senior two-year LLB Law course will allow you to develop a critical understanding of modern English law. Whether you want to practice in England and Wales or other Common Law jurisdictions, you’ll be equipped with a valuable skill set for a successful career.

Our two-year LLB Law course is ideal for you if you already have a degree in a non-law subject and wish to gain fast-track access to a qualifying law degree without compromising on rigour and your future options.

Covering the Bar Standard Board’s foundations of legal knowledge, this two-year graduate entry LLB course will equip you with a critical understanding of the English legal system while allowing for specialisation according to your career goals.

You’ll learn the foundations of a common law system, contract, tort, property, constitutional and administrative law of England and Wales, equity and trusts, criminal law and EU & international law, with the opportunity to delve into your topics of interest through a range of optional modules. 

Throughout your course, you’ll build key transferable skills that are sought after by employers and can be applied in the legal field, as well as across a range of industries and roles.

If you intend to practise law in another jurisdiction, our two-year LLB degree will be recognised as giving you a foundational knowledge and understanding of core common law principles. You’ll build the relevant skills to learn and understand legal rules effectively, so that you can undertake a jurisdictional bar course relevant to the jurisdiction(s) in which you wish to practise. It may also give you certain exemptions from some common law subjects.

You’ll benefit from our internationally renowned expertise in law and criminology and close connections with international, national, regional and local firms. You'll graduate with a valuable skill set for a successful career in the legal field and a range of managerial professions.

Entry requirements for this course

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