The LLB is the principal degree offered by the Law School. It covers the core subjects of legal study and provides you with an extensive range of optional subjects to suit your particular interests and career plans. It also provides exemption from the Common Professional Examination which is otherwise required by students who wish to become barristers or solicitors. You may also choose to prepare and present a Dissertation in place of an option in either semester of the final year. In the Law School, our teaching methods are similar to those commonly found in English law schools, that is, usually three formal lectures a week per subject, plus five fortnightly seminars in each subject.
Seminars involve discussion of topics with about seven students and a member of the lecturing staff.
The Manchester Law School is unusual in teaching the Law of Tort by 'case method', where, instead of the usual lecturing format, students come prepared to explain a set list of cases and are individually called upon to do so by the lecturer. The bulk of your studies will consist of work undertaken on your own initiative, reading and thinking about case reports, statutory materials and the periodical literature. But you will have a personal tutor who will advise you about organising your private study, deal with any difficulties that you may encounter and be available to assist with any personal problems. Admissions Policy These are guidelines only. The Law School reserves the right to depart from these where it considers it appropriate to do so.