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Politics, Philosophy & Law LLB
UCAS code: LM21
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Classroom
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
A*AA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2023
Application deadline:
25 January 2023
Our Politics, Philosophy and Law (PPL) LLB degree is the first course of its kind in the UK to offer a combined PPL course with a unique opportunity to fulfil the entry requirements of a qualifying law degree. This interdisciplinary course, provides you with access to eminent academics from three outstanding faculties and challenges you to think deeply about key political, philosophical and legal issues on a global level; enabling you to develop an understanding of the concepts and to think critically about these methods and approaches of each area.
Key benefits
- Recognised globally as one of the UK's premier law schools.
- Teaching by internationally respected, leading academics and visiting lecturers and practitioners from global law firms.
- Unrivalled location for law, with the Royal Courts of Justice, Law Society and Inns of Court right on your doorstep.
- Excellent legal research resources at the College's impressive Maughan Library.
- Active student-run societies organising social and career-oriented functions as well as mooting competitions.
Employability
King’s Law graduates are popular with many employers. The majority of our students choose to become solicitors in leading law firms and specialist or niche firms. Some choose broader business roles such as financial analyst, management consultant or graduate trainee in a variety of sectors. Others find that their law degree opens up opportunities in international development, advisory work, the public sector and teaching. Although the employment market is competitive, our students have been very successful in obtaining posts with the firms or sets of chambers for which they wanted to work. Many law firms will target our students because they have come to associate King’s with very high-quality, motivated applicants comparable to those from other top law schools both in the UK and overseas.
Destinations
Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:
- Lawyer
- Civil Servant
- United Nations Official
- Financial Analyst
- Tax Advisor
- Head of Trading
- Management Consultant
- Journalist
- Publisher
- Paralegal
- Entrepreneur
- Academic
Employability
King’s Law graduates are popular with many employers. The majority of our students choose to become solicitors in leading law firms and specialist or niche firms. Some choose broader business roles such as financial analyst, management consultant or graduate trainee in a variety of sectors. Others find that their law degree opens up opportunities in international development, advisory work, the public sector and teaching. Although the employment market is competitive, our students have been very successful in obtaining posts with the firms or sets of chambers for which they wanted to work. Many law firms will target our students because they have come to associate King’s with very high-quality, motivated applicants comparable to those from other top law schools both in the UK and overseas.
Destinations
Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:
- Lawyer
- Civil Servant
- United Nations Official
- Financial Analyst
- Tax Advisor
- Head of Trading
- Management Consultant
- Journalist
- Publisher
- Paralegal
- Entrepreneur
- Academic
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Classroom
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
A*AA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2023
Application deadline:
25 January 2023
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