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L AW W I T H P R O F E S S I O N A L L E G A L
PRACTICE
LLB (Hons)
Why study this course?
This innovative programme will equip you with the core foundation legal knowledge and
practical skills needed for entry to the legal profession particularly in a paralegal capacity.
The Law with Professional Legal Practice pathway is an innovative response
to the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. This pathway will deliver the same
core modules addressing the Foundations of Legal Knowledge that are offered
in all of our Law pathways. It will also provide the opportunity for students
wishing to qualify as a solicitor to follow a dedicated pathway of practice
based modules within a Law degree with the quality and rigour recognised
externally by law firms and chambers.
In addition to the dedicated practice-based modules, you'll have lots of
opportunities to further develop your practical skills.  You can take part in
mooting (practising oral arguments), client interviewing, negotiation, or could
volunteer as a Community Legal Companion or in either our Divorce or
Commercial Law Legal Advice Clinics. 
What will this mean for my future?
This programme is a qualifying law degree which offers the current
professional exemptions you need to train to practise as a solicitor or barrister.
Additionally, the Professional Legal Practice pathway offers a unique and
innovative stream of modules that will equip students with the practical
legal skills usually only acquired through postgraduate study. This suite of
practice-based modules teaches and assesses practical legal skills such as
advocacy, writing, drafting, legal research and mediation as well as areas of
legal practice. Graduates may use these legal skills to acquire the qualifying
work experience element of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, such as
paralegal work or voluntary work at a law centre.
Accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board*
Please refer to page 186 for information on the route to qualification as a solicitor.
UCAS Code - M101
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Single Honours
A Level: BBB-ABC
BTEC: DDM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Legal Essentials
• Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law
• Obligations 1: Contract
• Obligations 2: Torts
• Introduction to Property Law
Second Year
• European Union Law
• Law of Real Property
• Remedies in Contract and Tort
• Criminal Law
Optional modules in Professional Legal
Practice:
• The Skill of Mooting
• Civil Litigation
Third Year
• Contemporary Case Law Critique
• Law of Trusts
Optional modules in Professional
Legal Practice: 
• Wills and Probate and Drafting
• Business Law and Practice
• Professional Skills
• Conveyancing
Course Duration
3 years or 4 years
with an international
or placement year
Placement Year
Yes
For further information on entry requirements please visit keele.ac.uk/entryrequirements
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes