Law LLB (Hons)

At Sussex, the LLB is designed to help you learn the law by doing it. From your first year, you’ll work with real case materials, practise legal reasoning, and develop practical skills in spaces that mirror professional environments. You’ll have access to a purpose-built Mooting Suite, dedicated law libraries, and specialist support through clinics, workshops, and career programmes that bring real legal work into your degree. The Law School also partners with community organisations, giving you opportunities to apply your skills beyond the classroom and understand how law impacts people’s everyday lives.

Here’s how that hands-on experience comes to life in your studies:

• Sussex Mooting Programme: Take part in mooting competitions where you argue cases in a real courtroom-style setting to build advocacy, research, and presentation skills.

• Sussex Legal Clinic: Work with qualified lawyers and support real clients on issues such as housing, welfare, discrimination, and family matters.

• Client Interviewing & Negotiation Training: Develop practical lawyering skills through structured workshops and simulated client scenarios.

• Pro Bono Opportunities: Join projects that allow you to support local communities, including justice initiatives, public legal education, and outreach work.

• Law Study Spaces & Resources: Access the on-campus Law, Politics and Sociology Department study zones, the Library’s extensive case law databases, and quiet research spaces designed for legal students.

• Digital Legal Research Tools: Learn to use professional legal databases such as Westlaw and LexisNexis as part of your coursework.

• Sussex Careers & Placements Support: Get help finding internships or work experience with law firms, NGOs, public sector bodies, or policy organisations.

• Student Law Society Activities: Join workshops, competitions, guest talks, and networking events with practising lawyers and alumni.

A Law degree from Sussex opens doors to a wide range of careers. Many graduates go on to become solicitors, barristers, or in-house legal advisors, while others step confidently into roles in policy, public service, or business thanks to the strong communication and problem-solving skills they build throughout the course. It’s a degree that gives you both the credibility and the confidence to take your next steps:

• Sussex’s Career Lab gives you personalised career support, access to internships, employer events, and hands-on projects that help you stand out to recruiters.

• Around 86% of Sussex undergraduates complete some form of work experience before they graduate, which significantly boosts employability.

• The Law School’s Employer Advisory Board—made up of real legal professionals—helps shape the curriculum so you’re graduating with skills the industry genuinely wants.

• The LLB provides the recognised academic foundation needed for professional routes such as the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) or Bar training.

• Graduate outcome data shows many Sussex Law graduates moving into skilled legal and professional roles, with strong career growth in the years after graduation.

Further Academic Progression:
After the LLB, you can continue your journey with an LLM in areas like International Law, Human Rights, or Commercial Law. Some students go on to professional training for solicitor or barrister routes, while others choose to pursue research degrees like a PhD if they’re drawn to academic or policy-focused careers.