LLB (Hons) Law Bachelor's degree at East London

Prepare yourself for the professional world by building key career skills that employers value. You'll explore career pathways, practise job application essentials, create a professional LinkedIn profile, and develop networking confidence through workshops and real-world activities. Supported by academic staff and career coaches, you'll reflect on your strengths, set goals, and build a strategy for personal development. Scenario-based learning, digital skills training, and guest speaker sessions

Strengthen your academic and professional skills while gaining a clear understanding of what university study demands. You'll work through real-world scenarios to build essential abilities in time management, research, digital literacy, and academic communication. Guided by industry experts and academic staff, you'll practise using digital platforms, refine your study techniques, and learn how to approach higher-level learning with confidence. With a focus on reflection and skill-building, you'l

Confidence with numbers is vital in today's professional world. This module builds your skills in interpreting data, solving practical problems, and using digital tools for analysis and visualisation. You'll work on tasks like calculating financial data, understanding averages, and applying basic probability to real business scenarios. Through guided workshops and digital practice, you'll become comfortable analysing information and using it to make decisions, an essential ability for higher ed

Communication is a key driver of business success. You'll learn to adapt your speaking and writing styles to different audiences, develop persuasive techniques, and refine your digital communication skills. Practical activities in scenario-based learning spaces, alongside industry speakers, will sharpen your professional voice. Through real-world tasks, you'll also practise active listening, negotiation, and effective teamwork. By the end of this module, you'll understand how powerful communicat

Law and justice are explored through real-world cases and critical scenarios. You'll analyse legal principles, criminal justice processes, and criminological theories in practical settings. Workshops, court visits, and simulated legal tasks will sharpen your ability to apply theory to professional challenges. Understanding how social factors interact with legal frameworks forms a key part of the module, helping you build the analytical and reflective skills needed for future studies in law or cr

This module aims to provide you with the skills and the ability to reflect on your learning alongside an understanding of the requirements for the successful study of law.

There are two main aims of this module: one is to gain an understanding of the institutions and processes of the English legal system. The second is to provide you with the ability to effectively analyse legal materials and to allow the development of your legal analysis skills and techniques.

The main aims of this module are twofold: to gain an understanding of the institutions and processes of the English legal system. Also, it provides you with the ability to effectively analyse legal materials and to allow the development of legal analysis skills and techniques.

Contract law governs the legal relationship between buyers and sellers of goods and services. You will acquire an understanding of the general principles of the substantive English law of contract through an appreciation of extensive case law and modern legislation. A practical approach is adopted throughout so you will develop the knowledge and skills required to advise a client in a typical contract dispute.

This module is designed to introduce you to key principles in English land law. You will examine the legal relationship between individuals and land by looking at concepts of possession, ownership, enjoyment, use and control. You will have the opportunity to develop your analytical skills and the ability to think critically about problems related to land.

You will examine the core constitutional arrangements in the United Kingdom. You will explore the principles of constitutionalism and the role of the law in the regulation of government through an investigation of the structures of Government, the rule of law, the impact of Europe, the role of judicial review and human rights. You will also consider the relationship between citizens and the state with particular attention to constitutional reform.

The aim of this module is to equip you with the understanding and knowledge of the requirements to become an effective legal professional.

This module introduces you to the general principles of criminal law and the essential elements of criminal liability in England & Wales. You will learn how to work with criminal rules through the study of some key offence and defence definitions. You will also acquire the practical skills necessary to apply criminal law and evaluate its scope. Criminal law is a core module if you are on the LLB Law programme.

This module aims to provide a substantial introduction to the concepts of human rights and equality and their relevance to domestic law. It will explore the theory of rights and an understanding of human rights following the incorporation of certain Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by the Human Rights Act 1998. You will undertake a detailed examination of the provisions of the 1998 Act and attendant case law of both the domestic courts and the European Court of Human Ri

This module aims to facilitate your acquisition of the common law principles and statutory provisions (as well as policy considerations) forming the Law of Tort. It also aims to develop your critical perspective on the areas of Tort Law forming the syllabus, together with your critical understanding of the role of policy in the Law of Tort.

You will acquire an in-depth understanding of how European Union law has developed through the unique procedures of the key institutions and the role of the European Court of Justice. You will also explore the substantive law of the EU through an analysis of the free movement of goods.

This module aims to introduce you to the basic principles and remedies of equity and the law of trusts. It aims to consolidate skills of legal reasoning, in particular, to offer supervised practice in case analysis and problem-solving. It encourages you to reflect upon the continued evolution of the law of equity and trusts.

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you'll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organisation, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

The module aims to develop your understanding of the philosophical and jurisprudential relationship(s)between ethics, morality and the law; the values underpinning the legal system; and the regulation of the legal profession, via the legal ethics codes. This module is an introductory study of the professional and wider social duties lawyers owe to the courts, their clients and the wider public. The aim of the module is to stimulate you to reflect upon the nature of legal ethics and to play an ac

The purpose of the project option is to offer you a space in which you may initiate and follow an in-depth academic enquiry, without a structured programme. If you enjoy thinking and working on your own and writing/rewriting essays this is suitable for you. You will have the opportunity to develop organisational and research skills by undertaking a piece of work of your own choice, which must be organised, researched and completed as a written project. You also need to be able to work well with

The aim of this module is to provide you with a sound knowledge and understanding of the law of intellectual property (IP) which is a rapidly expanding area of private practice closely connected to the knowledge-based economy. You will discover how IP is shaping the current economic and political order both domestically and globally. You will be introduced to the rationale of IP and the influence that is exercised by external systems (e.g. International Economic Law). Your focus will be on the l