Law - LLB (Hons) at Anglia Ruskin University

Overview

You want to become a solicitor or barrister, or hone your legal knowledge for careers in business, finance and public service. Our LLB (Hons) Law degree is accredited by the SRA and BSB, so you know you’re in good hands. Study in Cambridge or Chelmsford, work with qualified solicitors in our law clinics, and get hands-on experience in mock court rooms. When you graduate, you’ll be equipped with in-demand skills that will take you far, whichever career path you choose.

Careers

As well as being a first step to becoming a solicitor, barrister or paralegal, our LLB (Hons) Law will equip you with transferable key skills required for many related roles, including business and commerce, policy making, public services or banking and finance.

We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements.

You can get law careers advice from many sources at Anglia Ruskin, including your tutors, the employability service and the student-led Law Society. We offer a range of schemes and opportunities to enhance your career opportunities. They include:

• our undergraduate researcher scheme, which will allow you to become a research assistant to a member of academic staff working in your field of interest
• a mentoring scheme for second years that will match you with legal professionals who can guide and advise them on career issues
• a Personal Support Unit in Chelmsford that offers you an opportunity to gain experience by offering support to unrepresented litigants
• our Law Clinic in Cambridge, which gives you the chance to gain experience in advising clients under the supervision of qualified practitioners
• guest lectures from judges, solicitors and barristers
• focused employability events such as guest panels of legal professionals and careers fairs.

You might also decide to continue with your academic law work after you graduate, and move on to one of our LLM courses:

• LLM International Law
• LLM Digital Economy
• LLM International Business Law
• LLM Internal Commercial Law
• LLM Medical Law and Ethics
• LLM Legal Practice