Law with American Legal Studies – LLB (Hons)

Law with American Legal Studies course gives you the opportunity to apply for our American Legal Practice internship programme.

The programme provides a practice-based education in English law, with a selection of modules focusing on the law of the United States.

Our course is delivered by a team of internationally-recognised researchers and former professional practitioners, and also offers opportunities to gain valuable international work experience.

What’s covered in the course?

Whether you are aiming for a career in professional legal practice, or want to gain key transferrable skills, this course provides comprehensive coverage of both the foundations of legal knowledge and skills that can be used in other disciplines, such as critical thinking, negotiation and analysis.

Your learning will enable you to develop the skills and attributes to become a legal professional with independent learning skills.

We aim to enable you to develop a critical awareness of the role of law in influencing social change, as well as individual and corporate behaviour. We will equip you with the skills and knowledge to make a difference in issues of fairness, equality and access to justice.

Why Choose Us?

• Students are satisfied with our courses! Our Law courses scored 89 per cent for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2018.
• This degree course is accredited by the Joint Academic Stage Board (representing the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board). This means that the course is designed to be as professionally relevant and up-to-date as possible, taking into account the very latest developments in the profession.
• On all of our programmes you will gain a professional focus and real world experience of law, ensuring you are equipped to make an immediate impact in the legal world. You have the opportunity to embark on a year-long sandwich placement as part of your degree course.
• Our renowned American Legal Practice module offers you the chance to apply to undertake an internship in the United States.
• We have strong links with law firms and companies based right here in Birmingham, which allow us to host guest speakers from industry regularly.
• Our relationship with the Birmingham Law Society has allowed students to work on a variety of exciting pro bono projects with them.
• All of our programmes have an international focus. This is embedded throughout the curriculum, giving you the opportunity to transform your experience with us into a global one. There are a variety of exciting possibilities open to you, ranging from our successful international travel scholarships scheme, through which you can spend a summer working for a charitable organisation overseas, to one of our many overseas study exchange programmes.
• As a student on one of our undergraduate degrees, you will be able to benefit from our Graduate+ initiative. This three-year award programme enables you to gain award levels for all the extra-curricular activities you undertake so that you can stand out from the crowd on graduation.
• You will be taught by academics with relevant experience in American law, including the death penalty, wrongful convictions and equal protection.
• You will have the chance to join our nationally recognised Mooting Society, as well as our Student Law Society and Student Debating Society. All three provide extracurricular opportunities for you to practise, develop and enhance your skills.
• Our Virtual Solicitors’ Office gives you the opportunity to practise your law skills in an authentic work setting.
• You will study in our state-of-the-art City Centre Campus, ideally located for you to take advantage of our links to Birmingham’s legal district, one of the largest in the UK.
• Our School of Law includes the Centre for American Legal Studies, a centre of excellence for the study of the law of the USA.
• Birmingham City University has just launched the UK’s first Centre for Brexit Studies, researching all aspects of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, including the impact it has on domestic law and legislation.