Law

On our four-year LLB (including foundation year), we work with you to help to develop your subject-specific knowledge and to improve your academic skills. Our LLB Law (including Foundation Year) could be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entry requirements for a three-year version of our law courses and you want a programme that improves your skills to support your academic performance. Open to UK and EU applicants, this four-year course includes a Foundation Year.

From the start of your journey at Essex, you’ll be integrated as a student within Essex Law School for the entire duration of your degree, helping you to feel connected to your subject, lecturers and future classmates from day one. At least 25% of the teaching during your Foundation Year will be delivered directly by the School. You’ll also study academic skills modules designed to help you build confidence and prepare for university-level study.

Your Foundation Year won’t just prepare you for university - it’ll help you feel part of your academic community right from the beginning. At Essex, you develop a critical awareness of the nature of law within its social, political and economic contexts. Not only will you learn legal rules, but you will also consider the function of law in society, the philosophy of law, policy issues and law reform.

You learn to consider, evaluate and respond to alternative and, possibly, conflicting points of view.