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Go global by studying law with us in London and spending a year at one of our prestigious partner universities overseas.
Legal firms around the world are expanding on an international scale. Join us to experience life in a different country, study law in a different jurisdiction and diversify your legal portfolio beyond the UK.
In your first year, you’ll study the core principles of law. We’ll teach you how to read and apply legal documents, such as Acts of Parliament, EU legislation and case reports. Then you’ll have to chance to explore a range of specialist fields. You might look at human rights law, intellectual property or medical negligence.
What makes this degree different? This four-year programme follows the same structure as our traditional Law LLB. However, you’ll spend an extra year studying abroad. Pick from our prestigious partner universities in North America, South America, Asia, Australia, or New Zealand.
Your year abroad will give you a chance to explore a different legal system and expand your general legal expertise. Studying abroad also means you’ll benefit from different opportunities to boost your employability like law clinics or participation in societies outside the UK. All of this extra knowledge and experience will help you reach your potential back in London and beyond.
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Plus one full or two half modules from the list below.
You’ll spend your third academic year studying law at a university outside the UK. We currently partner with following institutions:
*These institutions teach in the native language, therefore competency in Spanish or Portuguese is required.
Plus full or half modules totalling three full modules from the list below. You can also choose to write a dissertation on a legal topic of your choice as an alternative to a taught module.
My drive to have a successful international legal career and my fascination to see the world could not have been better catered for.
First-year law students receive approximately 12 hours of contact time per week. For each module there is usually a two-hour lecture supplemented by a one-hour weekly or fortnightly small group tutorial.
For every hour spent in class, you’ll complete a further two to three hours of independent study. This time is spent reading, preparing for formal study sessions, working on projects and revising for exams.
A new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) was introduced in September 2021. Anyone wishing to qualify as a solicitor is likely to have to take this centrally assessed SQE. Queen Mary is dedicated to ensuring that students are equipped with the experience and skills required to undertake the SQE and any other post LLB bar qualification internationally.
Assessment typically includes examinations, oral presentations, midterm essays and coursework. In your third year spent at a university abroad, assessment will focus on written assignments and exams.
In the final year of all our law programmes, students have the option to research and write a dissertation on a legal topic in place of a taught module.
The School of Law offers excellent on-campus resources to aid your studies, including:
Our standard contextual offer: Grades AAA at A-Level. Excludes General Studies, Critical Thinking.
Our enhanced contextual offer (for care experienced students, refugee/asylum seekers or students who have completed Realising Opportunities or Access to Queen Mary): Grades AAA, Care Leaver AAB at A-Level. Excludes General Studies, Critical Thinking.
More information on how this information is used for a contextual offer can be found on our contextualised admissions page.
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications. Please visit International Admissions for full details.
If your qualifications are not accepted for direct entry onto this degree, consider applying for a foundation programme.
Find out more about our English language entry requirements, including the types of test we accept and the scores needed for entry to the programme.
You may also be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree.
See our general undergraduate entry requirements.
UK students accepted onto this course are eligible to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans from Student Finance England or other government bodies.
Queen Mary offers a generous package of scholarships and bursaries, which currently benefits around 50 per cent of our undergraduates.
Scholarships are available for home, EU and international students. Specific funding is also available for students from the local area. International students may be eligible for a fee reduction. We offer means-tested funding, as well as subject-specific funding for many degrees.
Find out what scholarships and bursaries are available to you.
We offer specialist support on all financial and welfare issues through our Advice and Counselling Service, which you can access as soon as you have applied for a place at Queen Mary.
Take a look at our Student Advice Guides which cover ways to finance your degree, including:
A degree from the School of Law opens up an enormous pool of roles for our graduates. Many apply their degree knowledge directly, entering legal roles such as barrister, solicitor, paralegal and legal adviser. Others use the broad range of skills gained during study in other sectors, such as public administration and business. The Global Law LLB opens up further opportunities for an international career in law or business.
Recent graduates from the School of Law have been hired by:
During your time at the School of Law you will have access to a bespoke careers programme, including:
Learn more about career support and development at Queen Mary.
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Law is taught to the highest of standards at Queen Mary. The School of Law was ranked 7th in the UK and 32nd in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023, and 10th in the UK and 50th in world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 by subject.
Located on the doorstep of London’s legal district, we have links with major law firms and frequently host visiting lecturers at the forefront of legal practice in the City. Our academics are some of the UK’s top legal minds, including a number of QCs, who advise high-profile international organisations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the British Parliament and foreign governments.
The School is home to the Legal Advice Centre (LAC), through which students work alongside solicitors to offer free legal advice to the local community.
We have a lively and engaged student body, who run several law-based societies.