Law Foundation Year

The LLB with Foundation year is a new type of integrated foundation course. If you aspire to follow a career in law, this foundation year will progressively build your knowledge towards gaining entry onto the LLB undergraduate honours degree with Northumbria Law School.
Throughout the year you will develop a curiosity about the theory and practice of law and the legal services sector. During this time, you will learn how to demonstrate effective academic writing, analysis skills, interpersonal communication and the ability to work in multi-cultural teams.

Our modules encourage you to look at contemporary legal issues and events, exploring how the law and legal services sector operate. You will also grapple with ethical issues, whilst building effective analytical skills. In addition, you will be encouraged to use techniques and processes with an emphasis on building your personal capacity to demonstrate your creativity, critical and independent thinking.

On successfully completing the foundation year, the following 3 years of study on the LLB(Hons) programme are designed to provide you with a thorough grounding in legal principles. The LLB (Hons) programme includes the study of the 7 foundations of legal knowledge which are required to make this a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD),the first stage of legal education for those who might want to pursue a career as a solicitor or barrister. The foundations of legal knowledge are Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Crime, Equity and Trusts, EU, Land and Tort. In addition, specialist options may be studied,along with a research project and involvement in the Student Law Office.

Successful completion of the foundation year will qualify you to join the following degrees:

Law LLB (Hons) - with the option to apply to transfer to the MLaw (Exempting) degree at the end of year 2