How long does the LLB in Criminal Law take?

The LLB in Criminal Law is a three-year full-time UK honours degree, with part-time and accelerated routes available. The LLB in Criminal Law includes a placement year in chambers, the CPS or a defence practice.

In what modes is the LLB in Criminal Law delivered?

The LLB in Criminal Law is delivered on-campus in central London, online with live seminars and by distance learning. All routes of the LLB in Criminal Law share the same seminar and moot structure.

Is the LLB in Criminal Law UK-recognised?

Yes. The LLB in Criminal Law is a UK Level 6 honours degree aligned with SRA and Bar Standards Board foundations, and is a strong foundation for SQE and Bar routes without itself conferring practice rights.

What are the entry requirements for the LLB in Criminal Law?

Applicants to the LLB in Criminal Law need BBB at A-level or an Access to HE Diploma, GCSE English and Mathematics at 4/C, and IELTS 6.5 where applicable, plus two academic references.

How much does the LLB in Criminal Law cost and is funding available?

Fees for the LLB in Criminal Law are quoted in your written offer. LSLPE supports LLB in Criminal Law applicants with instalment plans, employer sponsorship and early-application bursaries.

LLB in Criminal Law | LSLPE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The LLB in Criminal Law is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree focused on the substantive, evidential and procedural law that governs criminal justice in England and Wales. The syllabus reads statute, common law and the Criminal Procedure Rules together, and is aligned with the foundations of legal knowledge recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board. The programme is a strong foundation for the SQE and Bar routes but does not by itself qualify graduates as solicitors or barristers.

By graduation you will have prepared trial bundles, drafted charge decisions, argued in moot-court advocacy exercises, completed a placement in chambers, the Crown Prosecution Service or a defence practice, and defended a final-year dissertation on a live criminal justice question.

Key Features

Curriculum covers all foundations of legal knowledge as required for SRA and Bar Standards Board routes.
Moot-court advocacy in the Inns of Court style with supervised feedback.
Placement year in chambers, the Crown Prosecution Service, a defence practice or a criminal justice regulator.
Guided study of live Criminal Procedure Rules and Criminal Practice Directions.
Dissertation supervised by tutors with practitioner backgrounds.
Careers service links to the Inns of Court, chambers and CILEX-aligned employers.
Three parallel study modes for progressors and career changers.

What You Will Learn

Apply the substantive law of offences against the person, property and the state.
Read and use the Criminal Procedure Rules in trial preparation.
Draft charge decisions and case theory documents.
Prepare and cross-examine in mock trials to Inns of Court advocacy standards.
Analyse the interaction between statute, common law and human rights instruments.
Assess prosecutorial discretion and the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
Present legal argument to a court-facing audience.
Structure a Level 6 dissertation on a criminal justice question.

Who This Course Is For

School leavers targeting the SQE, CILEX or Bar route.
Working paralegals moving to a full honours qualification.
Public sector staff in policing, probation and criminal justice agencies.
International applicants planning UK legal practice pathways.
Career changers with public policy or regulatory backgrounds.

Career Pathways

Paralegal in a criminal defence practice or chambers.
Legal Executive on the CILEX route into criminal practice.
Public Prosecutor trainee within the Crown Prosecution Service.
Judicial Clerk supporting Crown Court and magistrates' courts work.
Legal Researcher for a chambers or academic institute.
Compliance Officer at a regulated firm.
Legal Adviser to a criminal justice regulator or NGO.

The LSLPE careers service links LLB in Criminal Law students to chambers, Inns of Court, CPS teams and CILEX-aligned employers at its annual careers day.

Entry Requirements

A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
Two academic references and a personal statement.
International applicants to the LLB in Criminal Law receive dedicated visa and accommodation support.

Why Study at LSLPE

LSLPE reads law, politics and economics as three interlocking disciplines, and the LLB in Criminal Law is taught with the Royal Courts of Justice, the Old Bailey and the Inns of Court within a short walk of the seminar room. Cohorts are small and every seminar is argued in public in the case-room tradition.

Three parallel study modes let progressors, working paralegals and international applicants complete the LLB in Criminal Law without leaving employment, and the LSLPE careers service refreshes its Bar Standards Board, SRA and CILEX-aligned curriculum links annually.

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