Law

Accredited and qualifying law courses with superb work experience opportunities

We are ranked 12th in the UK for Teaching Quality in Law by the Sunday Times (2022).

Many of our teachers are qualified solicitors and barristers, passing on their insights, real-world case expertise and passion for law to the next generation of legal minds.

Many of our graduates go on to become solicitors or barristers. Additionally, changes in the legal services market are creating a rising demand for additional roles, such as paralegals and legal executives.

We have strong links with the local legal profession, particularly through the South London Law Society and the Southwark Legal Advice Network, as well as with our own graduates practising across London and beyond.

A law degree is not just for aspiring lawyers. Law graduates are sought after in a wide range of sectors because of their exceptional analytical and communications skills.

As well as developing in-depth legal knowledge and academic skills, there is a strong emphasis on experiential learning and legal education for professional practice and the enhancement of professional career prospects.

Whatever career route you choose to take, our Law degree programmes provide opportunities for students to become more employable

What is it like studying Law at LSBU?

Our approach to teaching includes an important focus on experiential learning (learning by doing) and clinical legal education (learning by giving supervised legal advice to local people). One of our lecturers, Andy Unger, was recently nominated for the Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year (LTOTY) award. The award celebrates excellence in law teaching and Andy was a finalist. This video was made by OUP as part of the LTOTY award process. It gives a very good idea of what it is like to study Law at LSBU.

Professional links and key skills:

Reasons to study undergraduate Law at LSBU

: Ranked 2nd among London moderns for Research Rating and 3rd among London moderns for Graduate Prospects (Times Good University Guide 2022).
: Ranked 12th overall in the UK for Teaching Quality (Sunday Times 2022).
: Head start your career – We partner with Barbri, offer SQE-style MCQ assessments, provide professional practice and skills options and you’ll have access to our law library worth £5000. With us, you'll have everything you need to succeed in your legal career.
: Impact on our community – We're passionate about promoting equal opportunities in education, professional careers, and justice, and we believe that legal education should be more than just memorising statutes.
: Global opportunities – Our programs are designed to help you expand your horizons and gain new perspectives on the law. Whether you're interested in European crime and migration law or comparative law in Egypt, we have a program that's right for you. You'll also benefit from our energetic, award-winning Student Law Society that arranges talks, visits and competitions.
: Experienced practitioners – You'll learn from legal professionals who know what it takes to succeed in the field, and you'll have the chance to work alongside them in our clinics.
: Extra-curricular activities - Mooting, Street Law, Student Magazine – ‘Devil’s Advocate’.
: We are diverse – We are proud to have contributed to diversifying the pipeline into the legal and paralegal workforces. We have a strong commitment to promoting equality and diversity, and our staff and students come from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.
: Peer mentoring for Year 1 students to help support them with the transition to higher education and integrating onto the course.

Legal Advice Clinic

The clinic provides a free community-based face-to-face advice service. You’ll take instructions from the client, carry out research and give advice under the supervision of tutors and practising solicitors.

The LSBU County Court Help Desk

The LSBU County Court Help Desk allows students to gain valuable experience dealing with members of the public in a Court setting. The support is by way of advising on fees, forms, and next steps. The students who work on the scheme undertake duties such as administrative work, court support work on the help desk and on occasion marshalling judges.

Careers talks and networking

The Law Division organises unique networking events with influential people working in the Law and career talks to maximise our students’ employability.

Mooting

A moot is a legal debate acted out in a courtroom usually involving a hypothetical case. We encourage you to take part in external mooting competitions.

Working in the Law (Compulsory Undergraduate Module)

This compulsory second year module focuses on skills valued by employers and helps you find work placements or voluntary opportunities to prepare you for the world of work.

Understanding the legal profession

We appoint leading lawyers as Visiting Professors to support our teaching. These include the crime and human rights experts: Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC and Imran Khan QC.

As well as this, our academic team draw upon significant research experience to enable students to apply critical and theoretical perspectives to current legal issues.

To see more about current issues in law and the legal profession, see tweets by @lsbu_law

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Opportunities to give back to society

The School has a strong commitment to social justice and social conscience – and this comes through strongly in the courses we offer. However, it's not just evident in what we teach, but also how we teach it.

The Legal Advice Clinic offers our law students exceptional work experience opportunities, but it also provides a valued public service to the local community. There's a similar narrative behind StreetLaw, which is an outreach initiative where our law students engage with local school and college students to encourage them to better understand their legal rights and responsibilities.

"By taking law into the classroom, LSBU law students get the opportunity to engage school and college students with the law and how it affects them," explains Louise Andronicou, Principal Lecturer in Law. "LSBU students participating in the project also get this opportunity to give something back to their community, at the same time improving their legal skills and employability."

Courses

A week in Pécs, Hungary

EU Crime and Migration Law cohort of 2022-23 spent a week at the University of Pécs, Hungary.

Solutionise Business, IT & advice centre…

Solutionise is a multidisciplinary collaboration between business, law, computer science, engineering students, lecturers, and academics from LSBU.

LSBU celebrates UN Human Rights Day

LSBU celebrated its UN Human Rights Day

LSBU students help test new access to justice…

LSBU students help test new access to justice chatbot Alice

Breaking Barriers Evening Event

A truly diverse panel of speakers gathered for LSBU Law’s annual Breaking Barriers careers event held on the 18th October 2022.

LSBU students win national law competition

London South Bank University (LSBU) law students, Karen Doyle and Antonia Bright, win a prestigious Client Interviewing compeition for delivering effe...

Enhancing global learning on migration and re…

The LSBU Law division achieves a first with a global joint e-module in partnership with five other universities.

Approval from President of American Bar Assoc…

The president of the American Bar Association recently visited London South Bank University and complemented the Law division on its offering at the U...

Dean of Law and Social Sciences speaks at Glo…

Professor Craig Barker, Dean, School of Law and Social Sciences at London South Bank University, was invited to attend the Global Citizen Forum which ...

Balancing books and BUCS: LSBU’s gold-medal w…

Hurdler Yasmin Miller has claimed gold at the BUCS Nationals and broken a BUCS Nationals record, all while completing her final year of law.

LSBU earns rise of 45 places in Guardian law…

Inspired by Law gallery and awards ceremony h…

LSBU students in mooting final at London Crow…

Students at LSBU had the opportunity to develop their courtroom skills by debating the current Uber litigation at the University's Mooting Competition...

NSS results show high levels of satisfaction…

NSS results show high levels of satisfaction amongst London South Bank University's (LSBU)’s Law students, giving the university's law courses the sec...

Professor Sara Chandler Honorary Queen’s Coun…

London South Bank University (LSBU) celebrated Professor Sara Chandler’s appointment as an Honorary Queen’s Counsel with a traditional 'Silk Party'.

LSBU’s Law Division walk to raise funds for L…

LSBU’s Law Division walk to raise funds for the Legal Advice Clinic (LAC).

LSBU Law Division shortlisted for LawWorks an…

London South Bank University’s (LSBU) Law Division has been shortlisted for the prestigious LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards 2016

Inspired by Law: Dame Linda Dobbs speaks at L…

Lecturer recognised with Honorary Queen’s Cou…

LSBU gets ready to graduate Class of 2015

LSBU conference explored whether we have a mo…

LSBU students launch Inspired by Law gallery

LSBU Law students met world renowned lawyers and legal campaigners at the launch of the Inspired by Law - A Gallery of and for Inspiring Lawyers event...

School of Law and Social Sciences Class of 20…

LSBU launches free law drop-in clinic manual…

Joseph Lambert, CPE Legal Studies, scholarshi…

Joseph Lambert decided that a CPE (Law Conversion course) would be the ideal stepping stone into the career of his dreams.

Yasmin N'Jai, Alumna, LLB Hons

LSBU Alumni volunteer, Yasmin N’Jai, is Head of Criminal Records Policy at the Ministry of Justice. She explains why making a difference matters to he...

Akim Tejan-Cole, Student Law Society Presiden…

Akim Tejan-Cole, LLB (Hons) Law student, was elected President of the Student Law Society in 2013 and secured a placement at Barclays Capital.

Aspiring solicitor Ciara-Marie Griffin pursue…

LSBU’s legal technology module made Ciara-Marie an enthusiast and led to an internship as a legal designer with a local legal tech company while she c...

Claire Bradford, Alumna, LLB Law

LSBU alumna and alumni volunteer Claire Bradford discusses her experience of working in a less conventional sector in law, and why she would recommend...

Akim Tejan-Cole, Alumnus, LLB

LSBU Alumnus Akim Tejan-Cole shares how he has used the experience gained during his Law degree as a force for good, and why he wanted to give back to...

Jan Lee, Law Conversion Course's affordable f…

Law conversion student Jan Lee describes her experience of affordable fees, work placements and supportive staff.

Beverly Sowah, LLB (HONS) Law: one young lawy…

Prior to starting the LLB (Hons) Law at LSBU, Beverly Sowah ran her own full-time domestic cleaning business while also acting as a part-time carer to...

James Opong Nsiah, Law LLB (Hons)

James really enjoyed the chance to give back through the Street Law project, where he visited his old college to take part in a mock trial.

Fatemaa Waariithah Ahsan, Alumna, LLB Hons

Since graduating, Fatemaa has become an international public speaker, a social activist, a visiting professor at Asian University for Women Chattogram...

Dan Hedley, LLB Law: LSBU "providing excellen…

Dan Henley is practising his trade with one of the most prestigious law firms in the world after graduating with a first class LLB Law degree at LSBU....

Claudius Sokenu, Law alumna, stellar career i…

Claudius Sokenu's place on a Summer programme in New York would determine the pace and direction of his future career.

Georgina Clarke, LLB (Hons) Law: "LSBU has a…

Georgina Clarke, LLB (Hons) Law, was mentored by a lawyer working at Shell International through the MentorMatchMe scheme.

Law Conversion Course enables Franco I Chung…

Franco tells LSBU how the Law Conversion Course enabled a career change supported by great teaching, the student law society and quality guest speaker...

Freddie Palmer, LLB (HONS) Law: study abroad…

Freddie Palmer studied a Criminal Law module in Hungary as part of his LLB (Hons) Law degree.

Lady-Marie Dawson-Malcolm, LLM International…

LSBU's LLM International Human Rights and Development was the perfect course for alumna Lady-Marie Dawson-Malcolm, who also received a Vice-Chancellor...