LLB (Hons) Law Bachelor's degree at Wrexham University

Develop essential academic skills, including referencing, research, and writing, to succeed in your undergraduate studies.

Explore the UK's constitutional framework through practical, skills-based activities, including debates, mock judicial review trials, and scenario-based exercises analysing government decisions. These tasks develop legal reasoning, advocacy, and problem-solving skills, highlighting links between law and politics and preparing you for careers in government, public service, or policy.

Examine why crime occurs and how society responds. Study policing, courts, punishment, and crime prevention, building a foundation from both legal and sociological perspectives.

Develop practical skills in analysing, drafting, and interpreting contracts, applying legal principles such as offer and acceptance, consideration, and remedies for breach. Focus on real-world scenarios to build analytical and problem-solving abilities essential for legal practice.

Study key topics such as EU law, public international law, and cross-border legal issues. Develop practical skills through simulated assessments directly relevant to SQE, including a presentation in the style of advising MPs and a Letter of Advice for a fictitious foreign government client on EU law matters. This enables students to understand the impact of international law on domestic legal systems, preparing for cross-border legal practice.

Apply legal theory to contemporary social, political, and ethical issues. Analyse case studies on justice, inequality, and human rights to develop critical thinking and practical problem-solving skills for careers in law, policy, and public service.

Develop core legal skills including research, writing, advocacy, and legal reasoning. Apply legislation and case law to practical scenarios and mock trials to gain hands-on experience. Explore professional ethics and standards, including the codes of conduct for solicitors and barristers, integrity, confidentiality, and access to justice - essential preparation for SQE assessments and real-world legal practice.

Apply the core principles of criminal liability, including actus reus and mens rea, to case studies based on real-world scenarios. Study key offences such as murder, manslaughter, non-fatal offences, and theft, and evaluate general defences like self-defence and insanity, building skills in legal analysis and argumentation relevant to practice.

Analyse civil wrongs, focusing on negligence and the remedies available. Develop practical skills by preparing advisory memos for a supervising solicitor scenario, assessing likely outcomes and recommending next steps for clients, bridging theory with real-world legal practice.

Complete a 50-hour placement in a legal or related professional setting. Reflect on your experiences through an assessed piece, critically evaluating the skills gained and understanding professional legal environments. This hands-on module bridges academic learning with practical employability.

Develop skills to plan, conduct, and analyse research in legal and professional contexts. Explore qualitative and quantitative methods, ethical considerations, and source evaluation to prepare for independent research projects, casework, or practice-based legal problem-solving.

Gain practical insight into the legal principles regulating business and commerce. Apply frameworks to real-world business scenarios, building skills in advising, problem-solving, and understanding the legal environment of commercial practice.

Explore key principles governing property and land, including ownership, use, and transfer. Develop practical skills through assessments directly aligned with the SQE and professional practice, including SQE-style multiple-choice questions, land title investigation tasks, and client interviewing exercises, enabling students to gain practice in the legal process of buying and selling property.

Examine the legal framework regulating employer-employee relationships, covering employment contracts, dismissal, discrimination, workplace rights, and the role of trade unions. Apply legal principles to practical case scenarios, developing advisory and problem-solving skills for employment disputes.

Study the rules and principles governing the use of evidence in criminal trials, including relevance and admissibility. Apply your knowledge to scenario based exercises involving hearsay, confession, sexual behaviour, and bad character evidence, developing analytical and courtroom-preparation skills.

Undertake an independent research project on a legal topic of your choice, developing skills in legal research, analysis, and academic writing - all transferable to practice-based problem-solving and professional projects.

Study key topics such as trusts, equitable remedies, and fiduciary duties, while developing practical skills through assessments directly relevant to SQE, including multiple-choice questions and a research report acting as a trainee solicitor advising on client issues. These assessments give you hands-on experience applying legal principles to realistic scenarios, preparing you for professional practice.