**Overview** With a Portsmouth law degree you really can change the world, fight for what you believe in and make a difference to people’s lives. This Bachelor of Laws (LLB) is a fully accredited, qualifying law degree (QLD), which gives you the choice to study for your solicitor exams or your Bar exams after you graduate. If you take our Community Lawyer module you’ll gain 3 months work experience that can count towards your qualifying work experience for the new Solicitor’s Qualifying Exam (SQE). You’ll also have the option of a paid work placement between years 2 and 3 that will increase your employability. This law course also offers you another route to qualifying as a lawyer. If you take the CILEx Graduate Fast-track Diploma module in your final year, you’ll be able to apply for work immediately when you graduate as a paralegal or trainee legal executive. You can then complete your training to become a Chartered Legal Executive whilst you work. New Solicitors Qualifying Exam The route to qualifying as a solicitor is changing. If you complete or start this course, accept an offer of a place, or pay a non-refundable deposit (international students only) by 21 September 2021 (inclusive) you can choose to take either the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) after graduation. If you accept an offer after 21 September 2021 you'll need to take the SQE to qualify as a solicitor. The content and mode of assessment of many of our modules provide a good foundation for further specific SQE preparation. **Accredited by:** This course is accredited by Bar Standards Board and Solicitors Regulation Authority. **What you'll experience** Your teaching is shaped by expert staff who have been practicing lawyers and who understand how the legal landscape is changing. Your teaching will also be informed by our research expertise in areas such as data protection, legal education and commercial law. You'll have a wide choice of optional modules, so you can choose the areas of law you're most interested in. You'll get lots of practice at the type of assessment used in the first part of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). You'll have unrivalled support to help you achieve your goals. You'll benefit from expert guest lecturers. You can choose to: Take our advocacy module, which prepares you to put a case in both criminal and civil courts. Volunteer in our General Legal Advice Clinic, getting real-world practice of applying what you've learned. Join in mooting competitions in our replica courtroom. Take a community lawyer placement with a local partner business. Take a 1-year paid placement to boost your employability and build contacts. Gain your CILEx diploma to set you on the road to qualifying as a Chartered Legal Executive. **Careers and opportunities** After the course, you could progress to a graduate training scheme, go straight into employment in the private, public or voluntary sector, or continue your studies. If you chose a career in law, you can do the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) or Legal Practice Course (LPC), which are the traditional routes to becoming a barrister or solicitor. If you take the CILEx Graduate Fast-track Diploma module in your final year, you can work as legal executive or paralegal when you graduate and become a Chartered Legal Executive lawyer following 3 years of qualifying employment. This gives you similar career opportunities to barristers and solicitors. **What jobs can you do with a Law degree?** Roles our graduates have taken on include: - solicitor - barrister - legal executive - paralegal - insurance analyst - chartered company secretary - recruitment consultant - local housing authority manager - operations manager After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.

Year 1 Core modules in this year include: - English Legal System - Contract Law - Criminal Law - Public Law - Art of Persuasion - Tort There are no optional modules in this year. Year 2 Core modules in this year include: - Equality and Human Rights - Land Law - Tort - Legal Writing and Research - Equity and Trusts Optional modules in this year currently include: - Family and Child Law - Employment Law - Commercial Law - Intellectual Property Law - Advocacy Practice and Theory - Jurisprudence and Ethics - Medical Law - White Collar Crime - Law of Succession - A foreign language Placement year (optional) On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry. We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year. Year 3 Core modules in this year include: - EU Law Optional modules in this year currently include: - Company Law - Family and Child Law - Intellectual Property Law - CILEx Level 6 Practice - Community Lawyer - Advocacy, Practice and Theory - Law in Practice - Public International Law - Employment Law - Commercial Law - Jurisprudence and Ethics - Medical Law - White Collar Crime - Legal Dissertation We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies. Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

The way you qualify as a solicitor is changing and we want to make sure that we prepare you as much as possible for the new SQE exams. The SQE exams are multiple choice, so we're adapting our assessment methods so that you're confident with this method of assessment. Your assessment will depend on which modules you take, but it's likely to include: exams problem scenarios written reports and essays presentations practical projects

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Solicitors Regulation Authority

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: M100

Institution code: P80

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The following entry points are available for this course:

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We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.

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Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.5	English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
PTE Academic	61.0	An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)	91.0	91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing
Cambridge English Advanced		Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169.
Cambridge English Proficiency		Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169.
Trinity ISE		Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

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EU	9250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
International	16200.0	Year 1

Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship Placement Year and Year abroad: UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 | EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)| International (Non-EU) – £1,800. Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice. Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation. For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees

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