Law courses

A Foundation Year is available on these courses. See page 64 for more information

Key Information

Duration and delivery: 3 years full-time, or 4 years full-time with a 30-week placement

Entry requirements: 104 - 120 tariff points

Required subjects: None

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent

See website for latest details of: Entry requirements, contact hours and course costs

We offer a range of law courses, so you can choose whether to study a general legal education or to specialise.

All of our law courses meet the requirements for the academic stage of legal training. You can specialise in content to prepare you for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (stage one). Alternatively you can pursue areas of law that most interest you. In addition the courses provide you with the necessary foundations to take the next step in progressing to the Bar Practice Course (BPC).

Professional skills and work experience

The courses build industry relevant skills and utilise authentic assessment methods. For example, you can participate in mooting, engage in negotiations and provide advice. There is also the opportunity to get involved in BU’s Student Law Society, who organise various events and guest speakers throughout the year, and the BU Student Law Review which sees students and academics working together to co-create academic articles and showcase some of the excellent academic research being undertaken by our law students.

Having a good understanding of basic legal principles and key aspects of the law is essential if you want to work in the legal profession. However, what you learn in your lectures and seminars isn’t the end of the story.

Placement opportunities

We understand the value of putting knowledge into practice, which is why we offer a 30-week work placement. What’s more, if your placement meets the necessary criteria, it can count towards a portion of your training contract or qualifying work experience after graduation. There’s scope for all our students to take advantage of this excellent career-enhancing experience.

Key areas of study

Having studied and enjoyed law at A-level I wanted to pursue a career in law. I was attracted to the LLB at Bournemouth because of the business emphasis and the work placement element.

Paul Linsdell, graduate and Law Partner

LLB (Hons) Law

This is the most general of our legal courses, providing you with an excellent overview of the sector. The course allows you to choose between two pathways in your final year of study. The first is an academically focused pathway, which maximises your career options. Our skilled graduates are sought after by legal firms and other organisations who recognise the value of employees with a good understanding of a range of aspects of the law. The second pathway will assist you if you intend on qualifying as a solicitor under the Solicitors Qualifying Examination to prepare for stage one of the SQE assessments.

UCAS code: M100

Key areas of study

Law of Trusts & Estates | Law of Obligations | Practical Administrative Law | Family Law | Corporate

Law | Practical Commercial Law |

Employment Law | Legal Research | Legal Knowledge for Practice |

Further Legal Knowledge for Practice | Solicitor Ethics & Conduct

LLB (Hons) Law, Media & Creative Industries

The media industry is constantly evolving and changing, and is impacted heavily by new and emerging technologies, which means so too are the fast moving laws to govern it. Intellectual property as well as media and entertainment law have become particularly important in this field and this course will equip you with the relevant knowledge you need to get ahead in the fields of intellectual property and media regulation. This degree focuses on the technological environment that presents an ongoing challenge to law and considers the role remote technologies play in society.

UCAS code: M300

Key areas of study

Law of Trusts & Estates | Law of Obligations | Practical Administrative Law | Family Law | Corporate Law | Practical Commercial Law | Employment Law | Legal Research | Media & Entertainment

Law | Law Entrepreneurship & Creative Industries | Media Crisis & Conflict |

Celebrity Culture | Community & Digital Engagement

LLB (Hons) Law with Politics

Our Law with Politics degree will provide you with insights to contemporary, historical and global issues in politics. It will enable you to appreciate the wider political context in which law is created and operates. This degree balances an understanding of how law functions with knowledge of the socio-political context in which legal systems operate providing a breadth of transferable and analytic skills that can be used in a range of careers.

UCAS code: M200

Key areas of study

Law of Trusts & Estates | Law of Obligations | The History of Political Thought | Practical Commercial Law | Human Rights Law | Civil Society & Social Movements | Legal Research |

Criminal Justice | Jurisprudence | Public International & International Criminal Law | Informational Interests & the Law |

The Philosophy of Politics | Promotion, Power & Democracy