Law courses

The first two years of the LLB, provide you with the foundations of legal knowledge through modules in core areas, including criminal law, contract law, and public law.

From your first year, you will choose from a range of specialist optional modules depending on your interests.

Through our programme of co-curricular activities, you will boost your employability by developing your skills and experience through a variety of pro bono projects, negotiation, mediation, and client interviewing competitions.

It is possible to extend this degree to a four-year programme and spend an additional year studying abroad, within or outside Europe.

Our MLaw programme combines globally recognised research and teaching with expertise in professional practice to prepare you for qualification as a solicitor.

This programme, delivered in partnership with the University of Law, combines the University of Reading’s LLB Law with the University of Law’s professional SQE1 and SQE2 preparation provision, preparing students to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE).

Explore crime and criminal justice and engage with contemporary issues of social injustice with our qualifying law and criminology course. Develop a critical understanding of the English legal system and criminal justice system, and the relationship of these with government policy and law. You will be equipped with a strong grounding in the legal and policy framework, the criminal justice organisational issues, and the challenging context that shapes crime and criminal justice. This programme is designed for students interested in careers in: law, prisons, probation, social work, police, youth offending, youth work and other criminal justice related professions.

Our LLB Law and International Business enhances your knowledge of law and business in an international context and equips you with the skills and law qualifications for a career practicing commercial law or within the business sector. You will learn from world-leading experts within our Law School and the triple-accredited Henley Business School.

If you want to study law at the University of Reading but do not have the correct qualifications, this course will prepare you for an undergraduate law degree.

Subject to the successful completion of the International Foundation Year (including the Law module), you'll be guaranteed a place on our three-year LLB Law course in September of the same year.

100% of our students said teaching staff were good or very good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2023, 100% of respondents studying LLB Law with International Foundation Year).

This programme is designed for international students, and will prepare you for an undergraduate law degree in the UK.

Subject to the successful completion of the International Foundation Year (including the Law module), you'll be guaranteed a place on our three-year LLB Law course in September of the same year.

100% of our students said teaching staff were good or very good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2023, 100% of respondents studying LLB Law with International Foundation Year).

When you join the School of Law, you'll study a combination of core and optional modules. You'll build a strong foundation of knowledge and have the opportunity to pursue your interests.