Law (Canadian Law) LLB(Hons)

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Top reasons to study at Brighton Law School 

• Recognised qualification – study core modules in Canadian Constitutional Law and Canadian Administrative Law, needed to prepare for the National Committee on Accreditation (the NCA) certificate to practise law in Canada upon graduating.
• Practice-led learning – build applied legal skills and gain work experience in our pro bono legal clinic.
• Specialist modules – led by our legal experts, you can develop your understanding of a wide range of subject areas including human rights law, commercial law, environmental law and healthcare law.
• Employability – we prepare you for practice through academic, professional and public engagement, plus classroom, assessment and extracurricular activities.
• Customisable degree – a variety of option modules means you can customise your studies to your interests and career aspirations.
• Collaboration between staff and students – our passionate teaching team works with our students and the legal profession to ensure that our degrees are tailored to what works for students and for employers.
• Access to specialist law databases – access to Oxford Law Trove which contains more than 200 law textbooks relevant to our Law modules.

Year 1

Our law degrees share the same first year modules, introducing you to the different aspects of law, such as legal research skills and courtroom procedures.

What sets us apart is not just our broad and innovative curriculum but also our teaching approach. Your learning will be seminar-based, interactive, and immersive. These small groups provide a vibrant, safe, and supportive environment for you to develop your voice.

Modules

• Legal Systems, Methods and Skills
• Law of Torts
• Public Law
• Contract Law
• Business Law and Practice
• Professional Legal Practice 1

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. If you apply to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Year 2 

In your second year, you will continue to study the foundations of law in England and Wales whilst developing your advocacy, negotiation and interviewing skills in Professional Legal Practice 2.

Gain experience by taking advantage of work shadowing opportunities, which could include judges and law firm partners.

Core modules

• Professional Legal Practice 2
• Criminal Law
• Equity and Trusts
• European Union Law
• Land Law

Options*

• Human Rights Law
• Contemporary Issues in Commercial Law

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement year

The year's paid work placement is a part of the course highly valued by employers. It gives you the chance to apply your learning to real-life situations and challenges, to meet and network with potential employers, and gain real work experience before you graduate.

On your placement, you will complete a project for the business you are working at. This contributes to your degree, replacing your dissertation, and, depending on the topic you choose, could provide valuable insight for your placement employer.

Our dedicated placements and employability team will support you throughout Read more about our placement years.

Nowadays you can’t just have a first-class degree, you’ve got to have extra … The opportunity to spend a whole year is incredible and every law firm I’ve had work experience with since has been really impressed by it.

Final year

In your final year, you will also explore Canadian Constitutional Law and Canadian Administrative Law. You will be able to tailor the course to the subjects you are most interested in through our extensive range of specialist option modules.

There’s also the opportunity to gain qualifying work experience by working in our pro bono legal clinic.

Core modules

• Canadian Administrative Law
• Canadian Constitutional Law
• Justice and Practice - Community Legal Clinic
• Law Dissertation

Options*

• Advanced Criminal Law and Policy
• Animal Welfare and the Law
• Commercial Law
• Comparative Law and International Justice
• Criminal Litigation and Procedure
• Dispute Resolution and Litigation
• Domestic and Sexual Abuse
• Employment Law
• Environmental Law, Sustainability and Justice
• Equity and Trusts
• Family Law and Family Justice
• Healthcare Law and Ethics
• Human Rights and Business
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law and Socio-Economic Development
• Land Law
• Law and Fintech
• Legal Research Project
• Media and Sports Law
• Property Law and Practice
• The Innocence Programme
• Wills and the Administration of Estates

Law societies 

Student Law Society

The Student Law Society is a thriving community of over 150 law students. With support from the Students’ Union, it organises an exciting schedule of social and educational events.

Members have recently enjoyed visits to Lewes Crown Court, Brighton Magistrates Court and the Houses of Parliament. Social events have included paintballing, go-karting, surfing, a Christmas Ball at the Brighton Hilton Metropole, and a trip with law students from other universities to Amsterdam.

Through initiatives such as these, the society provides excellent opportunities for personal development and for networking with other students interested in a career in law.

Student Mooting Society

The Mooting Society has a fast-growing membership of over 120 students. The society provides workshops, guest speakers, socials, trips and competitions to help build members' confidence and adversarial skills that are increasingly essential in any career path in the legal sector.

The objective of the mooting competitions is to develop the research and advocacy skills of future practitioners. Students argue both sides of a fictitious legal case in a courtroom setting in front of a panel of judges.

Course leaders

Dr Jack Thompson

Jack is a Principal Lecturer in Law and course leader on our LLB Law and LLB Law with Business degrees. 

Jack is the joint module leader of Law of Torts, and leads the Healthcare Law and Ethics module. 

Jack has an LLB (Hons) in Law from the University of Westminster and an LLM in Legal Aspects of Medical Practice from Cardiff University. He has a PhD in Reproductive Medicine and Jurisprudence from the University of Westminster. 

He's also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and has a PGCert in Higher Education from the University of Westminster. 

Jack's research is concerned with the role of rights and autonomy within bioethics. He's recently published research on the theory of rights, law and morality, and sexual ethics. His research interests include jurisprudence, Law of Tort, medical law, and mental health law. 

Find out more about Jack. 

Jo Smith

Jo is a senior lecturer and course Leader on our Law with Criminology degree. She also provides support for the Law LLB course.

She leads our Criminal Law and Family Law modules and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Institute, with a PGCert in Higher Education from the University of Surrey. 

Jo completed her PhD looking at feminist women's experiences of online misogyny at the University of Surrey in 2019. She has subsequently published several book chapters on her PhD, looking at bystander experiences of online misogyny, activist responses to online abuse, and policing hate.

She's presented her research at a number of national and international conferences, and contributed to Law Commission reviews of online abuse and hate crime. Her current research projects look at domestic and sexual violence, and LGBTQI+ life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jo's a qualified solicitor and has worked in criminal law since 2008, with experience in family law and civil liberties law too.

She's worked as a legal advisor for Rights of Women since 2014, and has also been involved in activism and campaigning around women's rights, domestic and sexual abuse, and LGBTQI+ rights. Jo is a board member of Stop Hate UK, of the British Society of Criminology, and a member of the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region, ARU steering committee for a project on gender diversity in the justice system.

Jo's always happy to talk about her experiences in law, and uses her practical experience to shape her teaching.

Read more about Jo.

Course fees

If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. Our fee for the professional placement year is £1,500 for UK students and £2,280 for international students. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

Fee information for this course for 2025 entry will be updated here no later than December 2024.

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2024–25.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

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