LLB (Hons) Law

We are a friendly, supportive law school, where our aim is to make you feel at home as you learn amongst our diverse and dynamic student body. We have a team of highly committed staff who understand the needs of students aiming to move into the legal sector. 

Our focus on skills and employability in addition to the knowledge and understanding of the law means that we are always keeping in mind the need to prepare you for your future career. 

Our dedicated careers service will help you during your time at Wolverhampton and beyond, offering assistance with CV writing, interview preparation and much more. Our libraries are there to help you with your academic skills and we also embed these into your law modules. 

Our Student Life service ensures that you are never alone if you experience any difficulties during your time with us, whether you have issues with finance, mental health or wellbeing, safeguarding, disability, inclusion or accessibility. 

By the end of the LLB degree, you will have gained a wide range of academic, legal and employability skills. 

You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of various areas of law and be able to apply the law to specific legal scenarios. You will have researched and evaluated the law in context. You will also be able to evidence a range of employability skills through your collection of Digital Badges, awarded as each skill has been demonstrated throughout your studies. These can be embedded into your CV or onto platforms such as Linked In to evidence your skills profile to prospective employers. 

By the end of the degree, you will have achieved the following course learning outcomes: 

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamental doctrines, sources and principles which underpin the Law of England and Wales, including some of the Foundations of Legal Knowledge; how Law is made and developed, ethics and the concept of justice and the institutions within which the law is administered. 

• Demonstrate an ability to apply knowledge to complex legal situations; recognising potential alternative conclusions and taking into account ambiguity and uncertainty in the law, providing supporting reasons and communicating these, both orally and in writing, appropriately. 

• Demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to research and analyse the law; including the effective use of resources to retrieve and evaluate information; and to apply the findings of such work to the solution of legal problems. 

• Be able to act independently in planning and managing tasks with limited guidance in areas studied and produce a critically reasoned independent project. 

• Demonstrate an awareness of the contexts within which law operates and be able to use this awareness to offer critical judgments of arguments or legal issues. 

• Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment, requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making and undertake further training, developing existing skills and acquire new competences that will enable you to assume significant responsibility within organisations. 

The University is committed to a transparent fee structure, with no hidden costs, to help you make an informed decision. This includes information on what is included in the fee and how fees are calculated and reviewed

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Typical entry requirement: 96 UCAS points

• A Levels - grades CCC / BCD
• BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma - grades MMM
• BTEC L3 Diploma - grades DD
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (96 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at merit)

Use the UCAS Tariff calculator to check your qualifications and points

• If you've got other qualifications or relevant experience, please contact The Gateway for further advice before applying.
• International entry requirements and application guidance can be found at http://www.wlv.ac.uk/international/apply
• Successful completion of the International Foundation Year in Social Sciences guarantees entry on to this course

Other Requirements

Students must usually have studied for a minimum of two years post GCSE level. However, we will consider applications from mature students who do not have two years of post-16 study, where they have relevant work experience. Please see http://wlv.ac.uk/mature for further information.

Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status):

Most students will be able to apply for a loans to pay for these subject to eligibility. To find out more information please refer to the government Student Finance website.

Changes for EU students:

EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

Self-funding:

If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: See How to pay.

Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund.

Bursaries and Scholarships:

In addition the University also offers a range of Bursaries and Scholarships packages

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

Telephone

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Email

enquiries@wlv.ac.uk

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