Law and Practice LLB (Hons)

Study level: Undergraduate
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Build your legal knowledge through practical experience.

Course features

Year of entry

Location

CU London (Dagenham, London)
CU London (Greenwich, London)

Study mode

Full-time
Sandwich

Duration

3 years full-time
4 years sandwich

Course code

M102

Start date

September 2027

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Course overview

Law affects people, organisations and society every day, from protecting rights and resolving disputes to shaping business, policy and public life. This course is designed to help you understand how the law works and practise applying it through legal and professional tasks.

You’ll explore how legal principles are interpreted, challenged and applied, while building the confidence to think clearly, argue persuasively and professionally communicate legal information.

Your learning will connect core legal study with practical tasks such as mooting, advocacy, client interviewing, negotiation, legal research and problem-solving. These activities are designed to help you apply legal knowledge to client-focused and realistic legal scenarios.

Why study this course

  • Understand how law works in practice
    Explore how legal principles are interpreted, challenged and applied to disputes, decisions and client-focused scenarios.
  • Build legal and professional skills
    Practise advocacy, mooting, legal research, legal reasoning, client interviewing, negotiation, drafting and professional communication.
  • Apply your learning to realistic legal tasks
    Use case studies, problem-solving activities and client-focused tasks to help you connect legal knowledge with practical legal work.
  • Develop confidence in legal communication
    Learn to present legal arguments, explain legal information clearly and communicate with specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  • Study core areas of law alongside practice-focused topics
    Explore key areas of law while also engaging with civil practice, criminal practice, client care, professional conduct and dispute resolution.
  • Study one module at a time
    Focus on one 30-credit module over a six-week block. This approach uses practical, exam-free assessments to build your knowledge step by step with regular feedback.

What you'll study

Modules

Modules

To help you explore a potential career path and apply your learning in a professional setting, you may be able to undertake a work placement2 between your second and final years of study. Work placements can help you gain practical experience, develop transferable skills and gain insight into the type of work you may want to do in the future.

Placements are optional and are not guaranteed. You will need to apply for opportunities, and each placement must be approved before it can count towards your placement year. Employers or host organisations make the final selection decisions, and you may need to meet academic, conduct, right-to-work, visa or other eligibility requirements.

Key opportunities

  • Complete an approved work placement: apply for practical experience related to your course and career ambitions, typically lasting at least 26 weeks.
  • Reflect on professional development: recognise and document the skills, knowledge and experience you gain during your time in industry.
  • Broaden your global perspective: where available, you may be able to apply for an international work or study opportunity. These opportunities may depend on availability, academic approval, eligibility, visa and travel requirements, and additional costs.

This optional year is non-credit-bearing. If you successfully complete it, your experience will be formally recognised on your final degree certificate.

If you are sponsored by the University and choose to apply for an international work placement, you must comply with UKVI immigration regulations. You can contact us for guidance before making arrangements.

Modules

We regularly review our course content to keep it relevant and current for our students. Consequently, we may update modules to reflect the latest industry standards.

How you'll learn

Teaching and learning methods may include:

  • lectures
  • tutorials
  • workshops
  • group discussions
  • presentations
  • mooting
  • advocacy activities
  • client interviewing
  • negotiation exercises
  • case studies
  • legal research tasks
  • online learning
  • guided and independent study.

Teaching contact hours

As a full-time undergraduate student, you will study modules totalling 120 credits each academic year. A typical 30-credit module requires 300 hours of study. Study hours are made up of teaching contact hours and guided and independent study.

Teaching hours

Teaching hours may vary, depending on where you are in your studies, but on average, you will have between 10 and 12 teaching and learning hours each week. You will also have the option to attend additional sessions, including time with a progress coach or to meet with staff for advice and feedback. As you progress through your studies, teaching hours may reduce.

Guided and independent study

Throughout your studies, you will be expected to spend time in guided and independent study to make up the required study hours per module. You will be digging deeper into topics, reviewing what you’ve learnt and completing assignments. This can be completed around your personal commitments. As you progress to the end of your studies, you’ll spend more time on independent learning.

Online learning

As an innovative university, we use different teaching methods, including online tools and emerging technologies. So, some of your teaching hours and assessments may be delivered online.

Assessment

Assessment methods vary by module and may include:

  • coursework
  • case studies
  • portfolios
  • presentations
  • mooting
  • advocacy tasks
  • client interviews
  • legal research tasks
  • legal drafting
  • oral submissions
  • written submissions
  • time-constrained assessments.

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

Entry requirements

Typical entry requirements:

104 UCAS tariff points. GCSE maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2, or other equivalent Level 2 awards. Minimum two A2 levels or BTEC equivalent qualification. Overall grade of Merit in the T Level qualification in any subject.

We recognise a breadth of qualifications, speak to one of our advisers today to find out how we can help you.

Contextual/Fair Access Offers

If you meet the criteria for our Fair Access Offer, you could automatically receive a contextual offer which is 16 UCAS points lower than our standard entry requirements. View the criteria for our Fair Access Offer.

104 UCAS tariff points. GCSE maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2, or other equivalent Level 2 awards. Minimum two A2 levels or BTEC equivalent qualification. Overall grade of Merit in the T Level qualification in any subject.

Visit our International hub for further advice and guidance on how to apply and travelling to and living in the UK.

English language requirements

  • IELTS: 6.0 overall, with no component lower than 5.5.

If you don't meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

For more information on our approved English language tests visit our English language requirements page.

Fees and funding

Student Full-time Part-time
UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man 2027/28 fees TBC
2026/27 fees: £9,790 per year		 Not available
EU 2027/28 fees TBC
2026/27 fees: £9,790 per year with EU Support Bursary**
2027/28 fees TBC
2026/27 fees: £15,500 per year without EU Support Bursary**		 Not available
International 2027/28 fees TBC
2026/27 fees: £15,500 per year		 Not available

If you choose to study this course with a professional placement2 or study abroad year, you will need to pay a tuition fee3 to cover your academic support throughout your placement year. Students commencing their professional placement in the academic year 2028/29 will pay £1,575 if they are paying UK fees, or £1,900 if they are paying international fees.

For advice and guidance on tuition fees and student loans visit our Fees and Funding page and see The University’s Tuition Fee and Refund Terms and Conditions.

The University will charge the tuition fees that are stated in the table above for the first Academic Year of study. The University will review tuition fees each year. For UK (home) students, if Parliament permits an increase in tuition fees, the university may increase fees for each subsequent year of study in line with any such changes. Note that any increase is expected to be in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI), a UK measure of inflation that tracks changes in the cost of living.

If you choose to study this course with a professional placement or study abroad year, the University will charge the tuition fees stated above for those on a placement during Academic Year 2028/29. The University will review professional placement tuition fees each year. For UK (home) students, the University may increase fees for each subsequent year of study, but such that it will be no more than 5% above RPI.

For international students, we may increase fees each year, but such increases will be no more than 5% above inflation. If you defer your course start date or have to extend your studies beyond the normal duration of the course (e.g. to repeat a year or resit examinations) you may be charged the tuition fees in force at the time you take that additional period of study, and/or in line with any legislative changes that apply at that time.

We offer a range of International scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.

Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services. There may be additional costs not covered by this fee such as accommodation and living costs, recommended reading books, stationery, printing and re-assessments should you need them. Find out what's included in your tuition costs.

The following are additional costs not included in the tuition fees:

  • Any optional overseas field trips or visits: £400+ per trip.
  • Any costs associated with securing, attending or completing a placement (whether in the UK or abroad) which may include costs of travel, accommodation, equipment or uniform required for the placement and any visa-related costs.

*Irish student fees

The rights of Irish residents to study in the UK are preserved under the Common Travel Area arrangement. If you are an Irish student and meet the residency criteria, you can study in England, pay the same level of tuition fees as English students and utilise the Tuition Fee Loan.

**EU Support Bursary

Following the UK's exit from the European Union, we are offering financial support to all eligible EU students who wish to study an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree with us full-time. This bursary will be used to offset the cost of your tuition fees to bring them in line with that of UK students. Students studying a degree with a foundation year with us are not eligible for the bursary.

Facilities

Our Dagenham campus is in the renovated Civic Centre, offering a unique mix of classic architecture and modern learning spaces. You can study in our modern library, use the open-access IT suites, or find a quiet spot in one of the many breakout areas designed for group work.

When you need a break, the on-site café is the perfect place to grab a snack and socialise with friends. The campus is just a short walk from local shops and transport links, making it easy to balance your studies with your life outside of university.

Our Greenwich campus provides a professional, modern environment right in the heart of one of London’s most iconic districts. You’ll have access to modern teaching rooms and quiet study zones, along with a library stocked with everything you need for your assignments.

Between sessions, relax in the social spaces or grab a drink at the on-site café while catching up with friends. With the Thames and major transport links just minutes away, you are perfectly placed to enjoy the shops, markets and atmosphere of Southeast London.

You’ll use facilities through timetabled teaching, practical activities and relevant independent study. Access may vary by module, activity, capacity, supervision or safety requirements. Access may change or be limited where the University needs to follow public authority guidance, decisions or orders.

Careers and opportunities

A law degree can open a wide range of possibilities, both within and beyond the legal profession. This course is designed to help you build legal knowledge, practical legal skills and transferable professional strengths that are valued in sectors where clear thinking, confident communication, research, analysis and sound judgement matter.

You may choose to use your degree as a foundation for further legal training, or apply your skills in areas such as business, compliance, public services, policy, advice work, regulation or management.

Possible career routes may include:

  • solicitor, subject to SQE requirements, qualifying work experience, suitability checks and professional approval
  • barrister, subject to further Bar training, pupillage and professional approval
  • chartered legal executive or CILEX lawyer, subject to further training, qualifying experience and professional approval
  • paralegal
  • legal assistant
  • legal adviser
  • costs negotiator
  • compliance roles
  • policy roles
  • public sector roles
  • business and management roles
  • further legal study.

Graduates may choose to explore opportunities with law firms, legal advice organisations, in-house legal teams, public sector bodies, charities, compliance teams, commercial organisations and policy or regulatory settings.

Some legal careers require additional study, professional assessments, qualifying work experience, professional approval and extra costs beyond the degree. Your options may depend on your interests, skills, experience, academic performance, professional requirements, location and employer expectations.

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