Program Overview

Law LLB

Key information

Course type: Single honours Delivery mode: In person Study mode: Full time Required A-level: A*AA Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements Duration: Three years Application status: Closed Start date: September 2025 Application deadline: 29 January 2025

Course essentials

Our LLB Law course focuses on the study of law as an intellectual discipline. It can form the first major step towards qualifying for practice as a solicitor or barrister, but also represents appropriate preliminary training for a range of other careers in which legal knowledge is an asset. The degree is suitable for students who have a general interest in law but want to find out more about it before deciding on a particular vocation. After your first year of the Law LLB you have the choice of applying to a dual degree or study abroad option. If you are successful in gaining a place on one of these options the duration of your degree may be four years. The dual degree or study abroad options currently include:

• Law with a Year Abroad LLB (4 year programme)
• Law with Transnational Legal Studies LLB or LLB and LLM (4 year programme, can be taken as study abroad or study with the partner in London)
• English Law and American Law LLB and JD (4 year programme)
• English Law with Hong Kong Law LLB and LLM (3 year programme)
• LLB with a Year on Exchange in Singapore (3 year programme)

Base campuses

• Strand Campus: Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.
• Waterloo Campus: Waterloo campus is home of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and facilities for other faculties

Regulating bodies

King's is regulated by the Office for Students

Entry requirements

Subject requirements

• Required subjects: No required subjects.
• Preferred subjects: No preferred subjects.

A-Levels

• Required grades: A*AA
• Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.
• Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component. We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

Contextual A-Level information

• AAB
• Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.
• Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects. This is with the exception of private candidates who are unable to take the practical component. We do not consider the EPQ at any point of the assessment process.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

• 38 points overall or an aggregate score of 19 from three Higher Levels.
• Notes: The total point score of 38 includes TOK/EE.

Contextual International Baccalaureate information

• 35 points overall or an aggregate score of 17 from three Higher Levels.
• Note: The total point score of 35 includes TOK/EE.

LNAT

• All applicants are required to take the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT) by 31 December.
• You may submit your Law application to King’s through UCAS before or after you take the LNAT - ensuring you submit before the UCAS January Equal Consideration deadline - however, to ensure equal consideration you must sit your LNAT test by 31 December.
• Please ensure that you select King’s when you register your LNAT account so that we are able to retrieve your LNAT result in a timely manner.

Alternative accepted qualifications

• Access to HE Diploma
• BTEC Nationals/CTECs
• Cambridge Pre-U
• European Baccalaureate
• Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers

International applicants

Equivalent International qualifications

• Select a country to view equivalent international qualifications

English language requirements

• English language band: B
• Please note that nationals of Majority English Speaking Countries (as defined by UKVI) who have successfully completed high school in the respective country, are not required to complete an English language test.

Selection process

• Those wishing to apply for a pathway of the LLB (Law with a Year Abroad LLB, Law with Transnational Legal Studies LLB or LLM, English Law & American Law LLB and JD, English Law with Hong Kong Law LLB and LLM, LLB with a Year on Exchange in Singapore) must apply through UCAS for the Law LLB course (M100) and then apply to transfer to the desired degree during the second year of the course.
• Transfer is not guaranteed as entry is competitive.
• You may have to demonstrate competency in language skills for your chose placement.
• Please note that locations are subject to change.

Alternative Law programmes

• If you are applying for admission for English Law & French Law LLB (M121), English Law & German Law LLB (M122), English Law & Spanish Law LLB (M123), or Politics, Philosophy & Law LLB (LM21) and also wish to be considered for the Law LLB (M100) course you must make a separate entry on your UCAS form.

Contextual consideration

• We make contextual offers for this programme, which can be found in the entry requirements.
• As part of the assessment process, we take into account contextual information to gain a more complete picture of each application.

Deferrals

• Applications can be submitted for deferred entry by choosing the appropriate year of entry on the UCAS application.
• If your circumstances change and, therefore, you need to request a deferral after an offer has been made, you will be able to request this, however we cannot guarantee that it will be permitted.
• Each deferral request will be considered on a case-by-case basis and we reserve the right to decline any post-offer deferral request.

Foundation courses

• We consider applicants who have recently achieved grades which are below the entry criteria, and have subsequently studied/are studying another qualification to seek entry, such as a Foundation programme, to be resit applicants (see resit policy under 'Resits').
• Therefore, we are only able to consider applications from applicants on Foundation programmes if their Level 3 qualification is not suitable for direct entry onto our Law undergraduate programmes.

Graduates

• Our general entry requirements are based on A-level or equivalent.
• However, where an applicant is completing the final year of their degree or has completed a degree, we are able to consider the degree study as part of the assessment of the application.

Personal Statement

• Your personal statement is one of the many factors in the overall assessment of your application, and is your opportunity to introduce yourself to the university and inform us of your commitment to the programme and how the programme fits into your career plans, as well as any work experience or extracurricular activities you have done.

Resits

• Please be aware that we do not accept resit students for entry to any of our undergraduate Law programmes.
• We require all relevant qualifications to be successfully completed in the first sitting, e.g. completing three A levels within two years.

Transfers

• Transfers into this programme are not permitted.

Teaching methods - what to expect

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Small Group Tutorials

Assessment

• Examinations
• Coursework
• Essays

Structure

• Courses are divided into modules.
• You will normally take a combination of required and optional modules totaling 360 credits across the three years of the programme.
• Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work (including both teaching contact hours and independent study).

Required modules

• You are required to take the following modules in year one:
  • Criminal Law (30 credits)
  • Elements of the Law of Contract (30 credits)
  • European Law (30 credits)
  • Public Law (30 credits)
  • Legal Reasoning and Legal Services (non-credit bearing)

Optional modules

• There are no optional modules for this course in year one.

Employability

• King’s law graduates are popular with many types of employers.
• The majority of our students choose to become solicitors in a wide range of firms including The Magic Circle, US and other leading law firms and specialist niche firms.

Tuition Fees

• Full time tuition fees UK: £9,535 per year
• Full time tuition fees International: £31,600 per year

Additional Costs

• Books if you choose to buy your own copies
• Clothing for optional course related events and competitions
• Library fees and fines
• Personal photocopies
• Printing course handouts
• Society membership fees
• Stationery
• Graduation costs
• Travel costs for travel around London and between campuses.

Funding

• To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.