LLB Hons Law

At Portsmouth, the LLB is built around real practice, not just theory. From your very first year, you’ll step into environments that feel like real legal work — interviewing clients, arguing cases, preparing legal documents, and even taking part in live community projects. The goal is simple: to help you build confidence, legal judgment, and the professional skills employers look for long before you graduate.

Here’s how that comes to life for you:

• Replica courtroom and mooting trials: You’ll train in a full courtroom setup that mirrors a real Crown Court — complete with judge’s benches, a witness box, and even recording equipment so you can watch your advocacy back and improve your performance.

• Legal Advice Clinic and community casework: Through modules like Law in Practice and Law in the Community, you’ll work with real clients under supervision. You’ll interview people, draft documents, help resolve disputes, and see firsthand how legal advice changes lives.

• Optional placement year: You can take a full year working in a law firm, public-sector legal team, or business, gaining hands-on experience and professional contacts that can shape your future career.

• Guest talks and networking events: Practising lawyers and industry experts regularly come in to speak with students, giving you a clear picture of what different legal careers look like and how to prepare for them.

• Practical assessments and skills training: Instead of only exams, you’ll take part in mock trials, client-interview scenarios, case analyses, presentations, and legal drafting exercises — all designed to help you think and work like a real lawyer.

Graduates from the LLB (Hons) Law at the University of Portsmouth leave with the legal knowledge, advocacy ability, and analytical skills needed to step confidently into the professional world. Many students go on to careers in legal practice, while others apply their law training in business, public service, regulation, and policy roles. Typical job paths for Portsmouth law graduates include solicitor, barrister, paralegal, and legal adviser, with many also moving into roles in compliance, HR, corporate governance, and public administration.

To support your career journey, the University offers a strong ecosystem of opportunities and services, including:

• Dedicated employability support from the Faculty of Business & Law, offering CV coaching, mock interviews, and personalised career guidance tailored specifically to law students.

• Practical experience through the Law Clinic, helping you build a portfolio of real client work that employers value.

• Strong links with local law firms, legal services, and public-sector organisations, giving students access to guest speakers, networking events, workshops, and potential placements.

• Career support for up to five years after graduation, helping you navigate applications for training contracts, legal internships, and graduate schemes.

• A degree aligned with the core foundations of legal knowledge, recognised and valued by employers across the UK legal sector.

• Positive graduate outcomes, with many students securing roles in legal practice, government departments, charities, corporate organisations, and regulatory bodies.

Further Academic Progression:
After completing this LLB, students often continue into postgraduate pathways such as the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) preparation route, Bar training, or master’s degrees in areas like International Law, Human Rights, Corporate Governance, or Criminology. Some students also pursue research routes through programmes such as the LLM or MPhil/PhD to deepen their legal specialisation.