Why study LLB Law with Human Rights at Middlesex University?
An LLB Law with Human Rights from Middlesex is recognised by the two main legal professional bodies, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (solicitors) and the Bar Standards Board (barristers) as a Qualifying Law Degree that satisfies the first (or ÔacademicÕ) stage of professional legal education and training. It additionally develops your understanding of the ethical, social, political, economic, cultural and historical contexts within which the law operates, as well as providing skills of legal analysis and an ability to evaluate legal systems and processes.
The LLB Law with Human Rights combines the compulsory ÔFoundations of Legal KnowledgeÕ, a requirement of the legal professional bodies to satisfy the first or academic stage of professional legal education, with optional modules that explore further specific areas of expertise within the law. The seven ÔFoundations of Legal KnowledgeÕ are: Public Law, the Law of Contract, Tort, EU Law, Criminal Law, Equity and Trusts, and Land Law. These form the core modules of your LLB as a Qualifying Law Degree. Additionally you will gain the specialist knowledge and understanding of law and human rights and the complexities therein, developing skills and equipping you with expertise to move towards professional and related practice in this area.
One of the School's research centres, theÊEuropean Human Rights Advocacy CentreÊ(EHRAC), conducts international human rights litigation at the European Court of Human Rights with its partners in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, and the School organises a joint training programme in human rights with Matrix Chambers. This rich and socially influential professional experience shapes the degree programme.
You will benefit from a vibrant clinical legal education initiative that places law students with professional legal bodies and practitioners in order to combine hands-on work experience with the formal requirements of legal academic education. They will support you in developing specialist skills such as mooting and mediation and you will have the opportunity to take part in formal mooting and mediation competitions nationally and internationally. Our LLB Law with Human Rights graduates are experienced and skilled in the practicalities of everyday professional practice, indispensable for both the legal and non-legal graduate workplace.
Course highlights
- You will study a programme that is relevant to the legal profession and employers in general and lays the foundations for a successful career in national, European or international human rights law, public law generally
- You will study the core law modules that meet the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (solicitors) and the Bar Standards Board (barristers) for the first (or ÔacademicÕ) stage of professional legal education and training
- Your course is taught across three campuses, in London, Mauritius and Dubai, with the option of transferring for one (or more) year of study to one of our overseas campuses
- You will integrate applied work-based and skills-based modules that allow you to prepare practically as well as academically for a successful career, both within and outside of the legal professions.
- Our outstanding academic reputation places our students at the heart of legal research and innovation. You will be guided by an academic team of nationally and internationally-recognised experts in their chosen fields of law, with links to professional legal bodies and organisations at the local, national and international levels
- As a student of this course you will receive aÊfree electronic textbookÊfor every module
