Welcome to the LSE LLB! We know that understanding how the university assesses your degree can be a confusing procedure so we are here to help. The LLB is three years in length:
First Year
The grades that you obtain in first year do not count towards your degree classification but, that being said, they are important as they will be considered by law firms, barrister chambers, or graduate schools if you make any applications during your degree!
In your first year you will take four compulsory modules:
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Contract Law
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Tort Law
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Criminal Law
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Public Law
You will also have a period at the beginning of your degree where the Law Department will introduce you to the English legal system and provide you with foundational legal skills. This all occurs before you start any of the aforementioned compulsory modules.
Second Year: Part I
There is only one compulsory module in your second year — Property Law. However, you are required to take a minimum of a half unit in a ‘Transnational Law’ module and a minimum of a half unit in a ‘Legal Theory’ module. You will then fill the remaining options with a mixture of modules offered by the Law Department until you are studying a total of four units across the year.
Third Year: Part II
There are no compulsory modules in your third year. You will only need to take a combination of modules to make up four units across the year.
Final Notes
You are allowed to take non-law modules to the value of one unit in either your second or third year. You are also allowed to take a law module, offered at another University of London college, to the value of one unit in your second or third year.
To achieve a First Class Honours, you must have the following:
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Four units’ worth of first class marks; or
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Three units’ worth of first class marks and an aggregate mark which is near the ‘normal aggregate’ of 540
To achieve an Upper Second Class Honours, you must have the following:
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Four units’ worth of upper second class marks (or above); or
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Three units’ worth of upper second class marks (or above) and an aggregate mark which is near the ‘normal aggregate’ of 480
To achieve a Lower Second Class Honours, you must have the following:
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Four units’ worth of lower second class marks (or above); or
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Three units’ worth of lower second class marks (or above) and an aggregate mark which is near the ‘normal aggregate’ of 400
And so on and so forth.