Law (JD Pathway), LLB (Hons)

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Course Overview

Take the first steps towards a range of exciting and rewarding careers in Law with our LLB Law (JD Pathway) Single Honours Degree.

You will gain a comprehensive grounding in the core areas covered by a law degree. You will study modules from a wide range of subject areas, including: Public Law, Tort Law, Contract Law, Equity and Trusts, Land Law, EU Law in Context, and Canadian Constitutional Law.

As your studies progress, you can choose from a wide range of specialised subject areas of law with a range of optional modules to choose from. You will have ample opportunity to develop your professional legal skills by taking optional experiential modules in Advocacy, Clinical Legal Education and Negotiations.

The programme fuses academic rigour with the opportunity to develop a range of essential legal skills, enabling you to progress on to the next stage of training to qualify as a lawyer in England, Wales, and Canada.

The degree incorporates the core legal subjects assessed by the Solicitors Qualification Examination and is accredited by the Bar Standards Board. Subject to a minimum level of attainment in core modules, the degree is also accredited by the Canadian National Committee on Accreditation (NCA), and the Canadian Constitutional Law module provides excellent preparation for the NCA exam (further information on the NCA accreditation requirements is available on the NCA’s website).

Why Law (JD Pathway) at Swansea?

Based at Swansea University’s School of Law, you will benefit from being part of a lively and diverse research and teaching environment with students at its heart.

Swansea has an established and growing reputation for law teaching and research. The School of Law is recognised as a source of expertise, and as having an impact on policy and practice in a diverse range of fields of practice. The School is wholly committed to continuous improvement in teaching and learning, and to putting students at the centre of its activities.

As a result, Law at Swansea is ranked:

  • Top 125 in the World (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
  • Top 150 in the World (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)

Your Law (JD Pathway) Experience

At the School of Law, we offer an inclusive, student-focused learning environment. Modules are delivered and assessed in a variety of different ways, and you will be encouraged to take responsibility for your own learning, to work independently as well as with others, to act professionally, and to master new skills. Throughout your degree, you will also develop excellent research and analytical skills, and will learn to present your ideas effectively both verbally and in writing.

Our degree structure, with its range of final year optional modules, gives you plenty of scope to tailor your studies to your particular interests, career goals, or ambitions.

As well as teaching and learning activities, we offer a broad range of additional development opportunities; from research-based placements, to working with clients, and developing advocacy and other skills. In addition to this, we also offer a range of professional work placement opportunities in a wide range of settings.

Our award-winning Law Clinic offers you the opportunity to give supervised advice to real-life clients, and we have programmes of extra-curricular mooting, negotiation and interviewing, enabling you to build essential legal skills that will be invaluable for your career.

Law (JD Pathway) Employment Opportunities

Studying a law degree can lead to a range of careers. We aim to equip you with multiple skills to enhance your graduate prospects. Our graduates go on to a wide variety of careers, which include being a:

  • barrister, civil servant, lecturer, legal executive, local government officer, paralegal, police officer, prison officer, researcher, solicitor, stockbroker or trading standards officer.

Modules

Years 1 and 2 consist of the core areas of a law degree, with the option to select some of your own modules in year 2.

Year 3 consists of the compulsory modules, EU Law in Context and Canadian Connotational Law, alongside a range of optional modules in specialist fields of law.

Throughout your second and third years, you'll get to choose from an extensive list of optional modules, with more information in the options below.

Law (JD Pathway), LLB (Hons)