MLaw (incorporating LLB(Hons)) Law and Practice

About the course

Our integrated Master’s in Law and Practice (MLaw) is a unique programme that incorporates a full LLB(Hons) Law degree, while also allowing you to obtain a Law Master’s degree. This rigorous but highly rewarding degree prepares you for an exciting career in law and advocacy, with special emphasis on supporting you to develop competencies for the Solicitors Qualifying Exams (SQE1 and SQE2).

This course aims to develop your skills in interviewing, advocacy, drafting legal documents, legal ethics/conducts/procedures, supporting you to develop a career as a solicitor in England and Wales. You’ll also gain a host of transferrable skills, such as how to construct an argument, how to communicate with clients, the importance of attention to detail and critical thinking, being creative, and the ability to work on your own and as a team. You can volunteer in the Legal Advice Centre and the Moot Scheme, where you’ll witness law in action and develop competences to be a solicitor. Our Mentoring Scheme and the Law Careers Fair will allow you to network with our Partner Law firms, introducing you to opportunities for work experience/employment with them.

Our flexible course structures mean that you can wait until the end of Year 2 to decide whether you want to study on an academic course, i.e., LLB (Hons) Law or one of our practice-focused courses, i.e., Law and Practice or Master’s in Law and Practice.

Why study MLaw (incorporating LLB(Hons)) Law and Practice

You’ll be taught my both practitioners and legal academics who bring their industry and research expertise into classroom teaching.

In addition to specialised legal databases (i.e., Westlaw, Lexis Library) and journals (via Heinonline, Jstor), you’ll have access to over 200 law eBooks (textbooks) via Law Trove, included in your course fees.

Together with the Functioning Legal Knowledge modules (Criminal Law, Contract Law, Land Law Tort, EU, Public Law), you’ll study a range of practice-focused modules, including:

• Dispute Resolution
• Criminal Litigation
• Business Law and Practice
• Property Law and Practice
• Equity and English Legal System

Throughout the course, you’ll also take a variety of optional academic and practice-focused modules to help you find your law area of interest, including but not limited to:

• Commercial Law and Practice
• Immigration and Asylum Law
• Family Law and Practice
• Employment Law and Practice
• Medical Law

In addition to developing your legal knowledge and skills during the modules, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities, allowing you to put your legal knowledge and skills to the test.

You’ll have access to our purpose-built mock courtroom, where you’ll learn legal etiquette, prepare a mock case, and compete with other law schools in mock trials. You can also volunteer in our Legal Advice Clinic, providing legal support to real clients under supervision.

Although this course will support you to develop competences which are required to be a solicitor, the wide range of transferrable skills you’ll develop will introduce you to careers opportunities in other legal, law-related and non-legal sectors. For example, paralegal, legal assistant, or legal consultant, corporate lawyer, legal academic, public service, and many more.

Entry requirements

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.

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