LLB (Hons) Law Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University
LLB (Hons) Law at OBU. You'll study law in English at Oxford Brookes University's Oxford Campus. The course covers core legal principles alongside specialisations such as Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights, Corporate, Family, Intellectual Property…
About this course
Law, LLB (Hons), degree course from the School of Law at Oxford Brookes University From the provider’s course page.
LLB (Hons) Law is a Bachelor's degree (LLB (Hons)) at OBU, based in Oxford Campus. It runs 3 years, studied full-time.
For Law graduates from this provider, 90% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, 75% in highly skilled roles, typical earnings around £27,000. (HESA Graduate Outcomes / LEO, via Discover Uni.)
For the typical curriculum, specialisations, career paths and graduate earnings for Law, see the sections below.
Course evidence score
The arithmetic mean of the official measures available for this course: NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Limited evidence Published sample: 25; treat comparisons cautiously. Cohort 2022-23. Graduate Outcomes work or further study 90% (2022-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Published threshold met Discover Uni suppresses continuation data below its publication threshold. Cohort 2022-23. Continuation 89% (2022-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Curriculum & modules
Real modules published for this course, grouped only where the source gives a year, stage or level.
Year 1 5 modules
- Legal MethodCompulsory
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Invaluable legal skills for your degree. Learn to think like a lawyer, understand the sources of English law, the structures and functions of the UK Courts, how to critically read and assess statute and case-law, understand legal arguments and conduct legal research.
- Communication Skills for LawyersCompulsory
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Key communication skills for a successful legal career. Gain excellent oral skills in advocacy, giving you the knowledge to succeed in your degree and work.
- Criminal LawCompulsory
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Develop an understanding of the key principles of criminal responsibility, and build key skills for your degree. Look at individual offences including murder and manslaughter, theft and burglary, offences against the person such as assault and battery. Learn about defences such as insanity and automatism, self-defence, duress.
- Contract LawCompulsory
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Get to grips with contract law. Gain a detailed understanding of the formation, operation, and termination of contracts. Explore the purpose of contract law, formation of contracts, mistake and misrepresentation, exclusion clauses, statutory control of contracts, remedies for breach of contract.
- Public LawCompulsory
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Dig into Public Law, and gain key legal knowledge for your degree. Explore both constitutional and administrative law, including the relationship between the three key elements of the state - the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, the relationship between the state and its citizens, civil liberties and human rights.
Year 2 11 modules
- European Union LawCompulsory
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Get to grips with the European Union (EU) and its foundations. Examine the history of EU Law and its key institutions such as the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission. Focus on Union Law, how it relates to national law, and the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Explore substantive law, including that relating to free movement of goods and people.
- Land LawCompulsory
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Get to grips with English Land Law and its key concerns. Explore the nature of property and land, legal and equitable interests in land, freehold and leasehold interests, land registration, co ownership and trusts. Consider the significance of the Human Rights Act 1998 for Land Law.
- Tort LawCompulsory
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Get to grips with the law relating to civil wrongs or torts. Explore the tort of negligence, employers' liability, trespass to land, public nuisance, trespass to the person, defamation, privacy, vicarious liability. Investigate the significance of human rights law in this area.
- Understanding Law and SocietyOptional
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Develop a more detailed understanding of the law as it relates to society. Revisit, and build upon, legal skills developed in Year 1. Interrogate law through various theoretical lenses drawn from other perspectives such as jurisprudence and sociology.
- Company Law/Business AssociationsOptional
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Get to grips with company law, and explore a company's creation, financing, management, maintenance, dissolution. Enhance your critical skills as you analyse company law and the role and responsibilities of a company director.
- EvidenceOptional
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Explore the key rules of evidence. Examine corroboration, identification evidence, hearsay, confessions, the right to silence, improperly obtained evidence, similar fact evidence, evidence of character, expert opinion evidence, the examination and cross-examination of witnesses. Explore rules of evidence in criminal trials, and how they work to prevent miscarriages of justice.
- Employment LawOptional
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Get to grips with employment law. Look at the difference between a self-employed person and an employee. Analyse the contract of employment, the relationship between employer and employee. Explore employment rights, including protection against unfair dismissal, redundancy rights, discrimination.
- Environmental LawOptional
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Look at the law relating to environmental protection and beyond the law, considering the historical, political, ethical and technological context within which environmental law operates. Examine anthropocentrism vs ecocentrism, environmental rights and environmental justice, ecology and conservation, climate change and risk, the ethics of environmental law.
- International LawOptional
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Explore the key laws of the international community. Examine the origins and basis of international law and sources of international law, including treaties and customary norms. Analyse the relationship between international and national law. Consider core principles relating to the use of force, and the way armies behave. Look at the law of state responsibility, individual accountability and violations of international rules.
- Marriage, Cohabitation and the LawOptional
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Get to grips with the law regulating all types of adult family relationships, particularly the law of marriage, civil partnerships, cohabitating couples, divorce, division of property on family breakdown, domestic violence, parental responsibility for children. Gain vital skills in legal reasoning as you learn legal analysis techniques, and how to answer problem questions.
- Understanding Criminal JusticeOptional
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Dive into the criminal justice system, and engage critically with its flaws and shortcomings. Gain key critical skills as you explore how well the system achieves its goals.
Source: provider course page. Modules can change; required/optional status, credits, descriptions and assessment are shown only when explicitly published.
Course in depth
What this course covers, who it suits and where it leads.
What you'll study
This LLB (Hons) degree from the School of Law at Oxford Brookes University grounds you in the foundations of law before moving into specialist areas and applied practice. You'll usually begin with Contract Law, Public Law and Criminal Law, covering formation and breach, constitutional principles and judicial review, and offences and criminal liability. In year 2, a course like this normally moves to Tort Law, Land Law and International Law, examining negligence, property interests and how law beyond the UK shapes rights. By year 3, you'll study Equity & Trusts alongside specialist options such as commercial law, human rights, criminal justice, family law or employment law. Most students conclude with independent legal research or supervised work in a law clinic, developing practical skills alongside academic study.
Who it's for
This course suits students with strong A-level qualifications or equivalent. Most accepted students held A-levels or equivalent, with typical UCAS tariffs of 112–127 points. You should be interested in legal study and prepared for a structured, three-year programme. The university also offers bursaries and scholarships. Check the university's funding pages for details.
University & format
The course is taught full-time over 3 years at Oxford Brookes University, a public university located on the Oxford Campus, with instruction in English. The degree, awarded as LLB (Hons), is accredited by the Bar Standards Board for the purpose of a Qualifying Law Degree, and Oxford Brookes is a recognised UK degree-awarding body whose degrees carry national recognition. The university holds a Bronze award for teaching quality in the Office for Students' TEF 2023.
Student satisfaction
How students on this course answered the National Student Survey, by theme.
Share of students responding positively.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Applicant information
The next application dates for this course, followed by facts the provider publishes.
- 2027 entryCompleted applications can be submitted
Your application needs a reference before you can send it.
- 2026 entryFinal date for 2026 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2026 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
- 2027 entryEqual-consideration deadline
18:00 UK time for most undergraduate courses.
Show 5 later dates
- 2027 entryUCAS Extra opens
Applicants who used all five choices and hold no offer may be able to add another choice.
- 2027 entryLast day applications go directly to providers
Applications received after 18:00 UK time are entered into Clearing.
- 2027 entryClearing opens
Eligible applicants can see vacancies and release themselves into Clearing.
- 2027 entryFinal date for 2027 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2027 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
What is a contextual offer? Eligibility and any reduced offer are applicant-specific.
Work placement. Availability, selection and pay can vary.
See and book current events. Dates can fill or change.
Entry & how to get in
Who gets in
What recently admitted students actually held, official admissions data, not a stated requirement.
UCAS tariff of entrants
Grades are the A-level equivalent of each points band. Tap a band to check your own chances below.
Qualifications held on entry
| Qualification | Share |
|---|---|
| A-levels or equivalent | 92% |
| another higher-education qualification | 4% |
| an Access course | 2% |
| No / unknown prior qualifications | 2% |
| a Baccalaureate | 1% |
Entry & your chances
An honest read from the official entry data, plus your personal match.
Entry is set by the university and based on your offer. Use your predicted grades to see how you compare, then check the university's stated requirements.
Will you get in? Plot your grades
Pick your predicted A-levels and watch your UCAS points land on the real spread of students admitted to this course.
Each bar is the share of admitted students in that UCAS-points band (lower → higher). Grades show the A-level equivalent.
Based on the official admitted-student tariff distribution. Many universities make contextual (reduced-grade) offers, so a result below the range doesn’t rule you out.
How to apply
Undergraduate applications go through UCAS. Here’s what matters for this course, the right deadline, the grades to aim for, and the steps in order.
- 1Register on UCAS Hub
Create your UCAS application and add this course (code M100). One application covers up to five choices.
- 2Write your personal statement
A single statement covers all your choices, so keep it broad enough for similar courses while showing genuine interest in this subject.
- 3Submit by 13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time
UCAS equal-consideration deadline for most undergraduate courses. Source: UCAS 2027 dates.
- 4Reply to your offers
When decisions are in, pick a firm (first) choice and an insurance (back-up) choice with slightly lower grades.
- 5Results day & confirmation
On results day (mid-August) your place is confirmed if you meet the offer. Just missed? Talk to the university, or find a place through Clearing.
Fees & funding
What this course costs and how UK student finance covers it.
Tuition per year
Provider fee page (England 2026/27 cap where not stated).
Check fees at OBU →For students who normally live in England
2026/27 Student Finance England figures. Maintenance support is means-tested and this two-point view is not an entitlement calculator. The course total uses its published length and home fee where both are available; a missing full-time fee uses the clearly labelled England-cap scenario, while part-time fees and unknown lengths are never guessed. Use the official calculator. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate systems: SAAS, Student Finance Wales, and Student Finance NI.
Starting on or after 1 January 2027?
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement is a separate system. A new learner’s tuition entitlement is currently stated as £39,160 (about 480 credits at 2026/27 fee levels), subject to prior study and eligibility. Check the official LLE guide.
Paying for it
- Tuition Fee Loan: can cover eligible tuition up to the applicable limit and is paid straight to the provider.
- Maintenance Loan: up to £10,830/yr away from home outside London (England, 2026/27), means-tested on household income.
- Repayment: 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below it; written off after 40 years.
- Earn alongside: most students work part-time in term, part-time roles on the StudySmarter job board.
England figures shown; Scotland, Wales & NI run their own schemes, check gov.uk.
Scholarships & bursaries you could qualify for
That does not mean no funding exists. Check the university directory for current amounts, eligibility and application dates.
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Careers & earnings
What Law graduates actually earn, from real outcome data, 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.
Graduate earnings: this course
| When | Median | Typical range | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 months after | £27,000 | £24,000 – £30,000 | 25 |
| 3 years after | £23,500 | £20,000 – £29,000 | 105 |
| 5 years after | £34,000 | £26,000 – £40,000 | 120 |
Nominal earnings for graduates of this course/subject at this provider. Limited evidence. Published sample: 25; treat comparisons cautiously. Cohort 2022-23.
Graduate outcomes, 15 months on: this course
- 1Paralegal / TraineeTraining contract or pupillage route · 0–2 yrs
- 2Solicitor / BarristerQualified practitioner · 2–5 yrs
- 3Senior AssociateLeading matters and clients · 5–9 yrs
- 4Partner / In-house CounselPartnership or heading legal · 9+ yrs
How pay grows: this course vs Law nationally
National figures for Law graduates, HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.
Work out your pay
Headline figures hide a lot. Calculate realistic take-home pay for this field by role, region and experience, then check your CV before you apply.
What happened to 100 students?
Choose an outcome to translate the published percentage into a simple 100-person view. Each dot represents one percentage point, not an individual tracked student.
were in work or further study
15 months after graduation
Source: Discover Uni, using Graduate Outcomes and continuation data. Cohorts: 2022-23. Limited evidence. Published sample: 25; treat comparisons cautiously. Cohort 2022-23. Each tab is a separate published measure; categories can overlap and should not be added together.
Value compared with similar courses
How this course’s 5-year median earnings compare with Law courses at the same study level.
Compared with 1,352 courses with compatible official earnings data. This is a course-value comparison, not a quality ranking.
UK occupations graduates enter
Published graduate destinations, joined conservatively to UK SOC 2020, ONS pay and Skills England demand.
- Business and public service associate professionalsSOC 2020 35 · 25% of published destinations · ASHE median £38,760
- Legal professionalsSOC 2020 241 · 25% of published destinations · ASHE median £45,000
- Secretarial and related occupationsDiscover Uni category · 10% of published destinations
Discover Uni JOBLIST/JOBTYPE; ONS ASHE 2025 provisional, all employee jobs; Skills England Occupations in Demand 2025. SOC is shown only for an exact normalised label match; demand is shown only at exact four-digit SOC. Published sample: 90; response rate: 50%. Pay describes the occupation across workers, not a guaranteed graduate salary.
Job market & outlook
How Law graduates fare in the labour market, and how AI is reshaping the work.
How AI is changing the work
AI doesn't replace the profession, it shifts it: routine tasks get automated, while judgement, working with people and using AI well become more valuable.
What AI takes off your plate
- First-pass document review
- Standard contract drafting
- Legal research summaries
- Routine due diligence
More human than ever
- Advocacy and negotiation
- Judgement on ambiguous facts
- Client trust and ethics
- Strategy in disputes and deals
The strongest graduates pair subject depth with the ability to use AI tools critically.
Roles & employers
Where Law graduates typically go, indicative destinations from graduate career data. Each role links to live openings on the StudySmarter job board.
Roles graduates go into
Where they work
- Law firms
- Barristers' chambers
- In-house legal teams
- Government Legal Service
Jobs after this course
Current roles from the StudySmarter job board that suit Law graduates.
Law Firm Associates of all Practice Areas: Discuss your Overseas Relocation with Duke and Rawson – Australia/Asia/Middle East/Europe/Offshore/UKDuke and RawsonLaw Enforcement Success SpecialistAurorLaw Firm HR & Operations Lead - 12-Month ContractCharalle GroupLaw Firm Finance & Practice Manager, Leadership & OpsMcKinlay LawLaw Internship: Disputes & IBC – In-OfficeCanon SphereLaw Firm Front Desk & Guest Services (Oxford)Owen ReedIs this course right for you?
The essentials UK applicants ask about: finance, outcomes, entry and quality.
Student finance
For comparison, the standard full-time England tuition cap is up to £9,790 per year in 2026/27; the actual fee varies by course and provider. If you normally live in England, eligible students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan, plus a Maintenance Loan for living costs. Under Plan 5 you repay 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below that, and the balance is written off after 40 years.
Where graduates go
90% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £27,000. See the full breakdown in Careers & earnings above.
Your entry chances
Use the UCAS points calculator above to see how your predicted grades compare with admitted students, and whether a contextual offer could apply.
Official-data snapshot
Averaging the official measures published for it, this course scores 8.7 out of 10: NSS 83% · in work or study 90% · continued 89%.
Who studies here and in this subject?
Provider- and UK subject-level context.
Oxford Brookes University
Law across the UK
HESA student record 2024/25. Counts are rounded.
Local crime-data context
A neutral snapshot around the published teaching location.
Around Oxford Campus
900 street-level reports returned within roughly one mile across 2026-04 to 2026-06.
Police.uk street-level API. Approximate locations, not confined to campus. England, Wales and Northern Ireland; not Scotland.
Is Law right for you?
Tick what applies to you and see how good a fit it is.
International students
What applying to OBU from outside the UK involves: fees, English, visa, funding and living costs.
Tuition fees
International tuition is £17,250 / year for this course (from the provider’s fee page). You’re not eligible for UK Tuition Fee or Maintenance Loans, so plan for fees plus living costs upfront.
English language
Most UK undergraduate courses ask for around IELTS 6.0–6.5 (no band below 5.5–6.0), or an accepted equivalent. If you’re just short, most universities run a pre-sessional English course that counts towards the requirement.
Student visa
You’ll usually need a Student visa (Student Route). After you accept an offer the university issues a CAS; you then show funds for fees plus about £1,023–£1,334/month living costs and pay the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS access.
Scholarships & funding
Many universities offer international/global scholarships (often £2,000–£6,000/yr), check OBU’s funding pages.
Living costs
Budget roughly £1,100–£1,400/month outside London and £1,400–£1,800/month in London for rent, food and travel; the figure also matters for your visa.
Working while you study
A Student visa usually allows up to 20 hours/week in term time and full-time in holidays, useful alongside study, though not something to rely on for fees.
Visa rules and fees change. Always confirm the current requirements with OBU and gov.uk before you apply.
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