Law facilitates and constrains every aspect of our lives. This degree will give you both the foundations of legal knowledge and an opportunity to explore the most challenging legal questions facing today's global society.

Our intellectually demanding, research-rich curriculum will spark your passion for a subject that opens doors to top-flight careers in both law and non-law sectors, with an exciting range of optional units to choose from that reflects the expertise of our globally-renowned academics.

An embedded law clinic and growing opportunities for work on real-life cases mean unique opportunities to put theory into practice. A strong academic experience, combined with vocational development, makes our students highly sought after by employers.

Our ambition is for you to graduate equipped for any future career with a rich, ethically grounded appreciation of law in business and society, and an ability to demonstrate excellent legal, analytical and reasoning skills.

Accreditation

The routes to qualification for solicitors and barristers have changed. For more information visit the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Bar Standards Board. 

First-year units are designed to help you start to think, write, reason and argue like a lawyer, while developing key skills in research and analysis. Our Law in Action unit provides an exciting introduction to essential knowledge and skills needed for effective study of law at university.

As you progress, our second- and third-year units provide increased flexibility to focus on what interests you most. Our specialist units range from banking and finance, international and commercial law, to criminology, IT, health and human rights law. Our third-year Clinical Legal Studies option embeds real-life experience into the curriculum.

Your final-year dissertation will illustrate your ability to undertake legal or social-legal research and critically engage your chosen topic area.

Find out more about the course structure and units available for Law

A-level Standard offer	A*AA or A*A*B
A-level Contextual offer What is a contextual offer?	AAB
International Baccalaureate Diploma Standard offer	38 points overall with 18 at Higher Level
International Baccalaureate Diploma Contextual offer What is a contextual offer?	34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level
Cambridge Pre-U offer	Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/ D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/ M2 is B, and M3 is C.
Access to HE Diploma offer	Access to HE Diploma in Humanities, Social Sciences, Law or History (or similar titles). The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above. Mature students can contact mature-students@bristol.ac.uk to check the suitability of their Access course.
BTEC offer	D*DD in any Applied General BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma
Scottish Qualifications Authority offer	Advanced Higher: AA, and Standard Higher: AAAAA
Welsh Baccalaureate offer	Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade.
European Baccalaureate offer	88% overall
UK qualifications	Further information about UK qualifications
International qualifications	Accepted international qualifications

Applicants must also meet these requirements

GCSE profile requirements	Profile: No specific subjects required. Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels.
English language requirements	If English is not your first language, you need to meet this profile level: Profile B Further information about English language requirements and profile levels.
Additional requirements	LNAT, the National Admissions Test for Law, is required. See the LNAT website for details.