About the course
The LLB Sandwich course is a four-year Qualifying Law Degree with a year-long work placement.
This exciting course offers you the opportunity to spend your third year on a paid placement with a law firm or legal organisation. As a leading provider of work-placement courses, Nottingham Law School has strong links with the legal profession and offers you valuable work experience during your third year. During your paid placement you will gain the skills and relevant experience to prepare for professional employment.
Why choose this course?
- Study a course recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board as a Qualifying Law Degree, allowing you to progress to the next stage of training to become a solicitor or barrister.
- Undertake a paid placement, gain valuable work experience and enhance your employability.
- Gain a Diploma in Professional Practice following your placement.
- Work with legal staff and a dedicated professional career team to plan your career and boost your employability.
- Study a final-year Path to Professional Practice module to provide a transition to the next stage of professional legal training.
- Develop in-depth analytical, evaluative, reasoning, communication and problem-solving skills.
- Take part in national and international mooting competitions.
- Take part in one of our exciting international summer school programmes.
- If you complete your LLB with us and attain a 2.1 or above we will guarantee you a place on our excellent Legal Practice Course.
Nottingham Law School
Nottingham Law School is one of the largest and most highly rated Law schools in the UK, with a reputation for delivering excellence in legal education and scholarship.
Based on the University's City site it's a vibrant place to study, with fantastic facilities and accommodation just a few minutes' walk from everything Nottingham has to offer.
Not only will you study in outstanding lecture theatres and seminar rooms, but the Law School is also investing in a mock courtroom, family courtroom, and four mooting rooms to further enhance our students mooting and advocacy experience.
Please note the following information for applicants
Modules (2012 entry)
In the first year students study compulsory modules. Four compulsory modules are studied in the second year along with pre-placement sessions and an optional module. In the third year students take up their work placement (minimum 36 weeks). In the fourth year you will study one compulsory module and five optional modules which will help you to develop your legal interests. The compulsory modules include the foundation modules required by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority and the Bar Council to ensure that students can be awarded a Qualifying Law Degree for professional practice.
Year One
- Contract Law with Mooting
- European Union Law
- Law of Torts with Problem Solving
- Legal Method
- Public Law and Human rights
- Professional Environment
Year Two
- Land Law and Professional Advice
- Law of Trusts and Applied Legal Analysis
- Criminal Law with Mooting
- Commercial Law and Negotiation
- Optional module (choose from Public International Law, Employment Law, Family Law or Human Rights, Streetlaw or a language module)
- Pre-placement sessions
Year Three
Work Placement (minimum 36 weeks)
Year Four
- Path to Professional Practice module or Independent Law Research Project
Students also choose four modules from the following options:
- Commercial Law
- Company Law
- Comparative Law
- International Competition Law
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Critical Legal Thinking
- Employment Law
- Evidence
- Family Law
- Human Rights
- Independent Research Project
- Immigration and Asylum Law
- Insurance Law and Practice
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Criminal Justice
- International Trade Law
- Law of Armed Conflict
- Medical Law
- Mooting
- Private International Law
- Pro Bono
- Public International Law
- Sexuality and the Law
- Sports Law
- United States Law.
Please note that we update our modules regularly and options may change.
Assessment
There are diverse methods of assessment, depending upon the module, including:
- examinations
- problem based coursework
- essays
- legal advocacy (mooting)
- independent projects
- case studies
- reports.
During the Diploma in Professional Practice, students compile a portfolio of sample legal work undertaken during their placement. There are opportunities for you to practise assessments such as problem solving and mooting. Throughout the practice assessments, the tutorials and the assessments themselves, staff will provide you with feedback on your progress and development.
Your future career
When you graduate, there is the opportunity for you to apply for entry to the Legal Practice Course or the highly regarded Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) here at Nottingham Law School. If you complete your LLB with us and attain a 2.1 or above we will guarantee you a place on our excellent Legal Practice Course for intending solicitors.
A Law degree doesn't just have to lead to a career as a solicitor or barrister. On our LLB course you will gain a host of transferable skills and an appreciation of the law that many employers will value, including those in finance, industry, commerce and the public sector.
Nottingham Law School's LPC is the only one to have received the highest possible rating from the Law Society every year.
A degree in Law is highly valued and can provide a solid foundation for a variety of occupations. On our LLB course you will gain a host of transferable skills and an appreciation of the law that many employers will value, including those in finance, industry, commerce and the public sector.
Employability
In 2008/09, 95% of Nottingham Trent University graduates* from full-time undergraduate courses were employed or undertaking further study six months after leaving.
*Of those available for work (HESA 2008/09).
Legal placement
You will undertake a paid placement throughout the third year to gain experience of a legal work environment. Law firms, ranging from major national and international businesses to small rural practices, as well as company, government and local authority legal departments, have enthusiastically endorsed this degree course and offer our students the chance to put theory into practice.
The placement lasts for a period of at least 36 weeks (Year Three). Students return to University at the start of the next academic year in September/October and continue their final year of studies (Year Four) for the LLB (Hons) Sandwich degree.
We have well-established links with law firms who provide placements for our students from year to year and who are selected because they provide a work-based learning opportunity of real value. We are proud of our close ties with the legal profession and the large number of leading law firms that we count as core clients.
The practical experience acquired on placement complements the theoretical grounding and skills training received at Nottingham Law School, giving you a head start after graduation. Many placement students have gone on to undertake their training contracts and subsequently to qualify as solicitors in their former placement firms.
Gaining a placement is a competive process and you will be required to apply to a firm and complete its selection procedures. While obtaining a placement cannot be guaranteed, Nottingham Law School has a long and successful record of helping students find a placement. Successful completion of a placement has significant benefits; it increases your chances of obtaining a training contract and opens up the possibility of a reduction in your training contract by up to six months. If you do not obtain a placement you will be transferred onto the three year LLB (Hons) full-time course.
The Diploma in Professional Practice
You will be awarded the Diploma in Professional Practice upon successful completion of your placement. This additional qualification, awarded by the University, provides a framework to enable you to acquire enhanced understanding of the culture, structure and organisation of a legal workplace and recognises your work-based skills.
Giving you competitive advantage
A work placement is a valuable addition to your education. You'll gain vital real-life work experience that will make you stand out from the crowd and enhance your employability in your chosen field of work.
Work placements and internships
Many students enjoy the challenge of arranging their own work placement or a practical internship which forms part of many of our undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It can give you invaluable insight into applying for a job, undertaking practical and theoretical application tests and experiencing what a real job interview is like.
How to apply
Applications are made through UCAS where you can apply directly online.
Contact details
Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 4460
Email us
Nottingham Law School website.
Entry Requirements
Applicants need a minimum of 320 UCAS Tariff Points typically achieved from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications - excluding A-level General Studies. Five GCSEs including Maths and English Language at minimum Grade C (equivalences accepted).
When assessing your application we will take into account not only your academic ability but the information provided within your personal statement and reference. This should demonstrate your motivation to do the course and any other relevant information such as work or voluntary experience.
For further details of equivalent qualifications please visit the UCAS website.
English language requirements
Applicants whose first language is not English will need to have IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 560 or iBT TOEFL 83 or to obtain one of these qualifications on applying to Nottingham Trent University. For further information visit the international students website.
