Undergraduate FAQs

No, the LNAT is not required for University of Exeter. 

Summative assessments are a mixture of exams and essay/coursework. These are all take-at-home assessments, as we do not have any in person written assessments.

Other methods of assessment may include:

• Oral presentations
• Group work
• Legal written work such as ‘skeleton arguments’
• Research portfolios

You can find out more about assessment methods by looking at the Module Descriptors for Law modules - Modules | University of Exeter

Your first year will not count towards your final degree classification, but you do have to pass it in order to progress to the second year.

Every taught student is assigned an Academic Tutor in the Law School to support their academic development and progress. Tutors play a vital role in supporting students and provide guidance on developing personal skills and employability. The University also provides academic support through the library services that includes workshop sessions and individual support from advisers in the Study Skills team. This includes a dedicated Legal Research Skills Adviser. We have also developed a Skills for Law podcast (https://skillsforlaw.podbean.com/), which you can also access on Spotify and Apple.

There are hundreds of societies covering everything from music, drama, and debate to environmental action, chocolate tasting, and hip hop, there’s something for everyone. The different law societies are run by students and they organise social events, career talks and workshops with law firms and alumni. Full details on the Students’ Guild website.  

The University has excellent sporting facilities and societies and is currently fourth in the British Universities and Colleges Sports league. 

The Law school offers a 2-year Graduate LLB Law programme, which offers a postgraduate degree in Law for non-Law students who have obtained their undergraduate degree in another subject. 

The SQE (Solicitors Qualifying Examination) is the next step required (after completion of undergraduate studies) in professional training towards becoming a solicitor.  After your degree you can continue your studies at Exeter thanks to our partnership with the University of Law. They offer a range of programmes for you at postgraduate level (SQE, LLM Legal Practice). Find full details on their website. 

You can see our typical entry requirements and conditional offers on our website: https://law.exeter.ac.uk/study/ 

What makes you stand out as an applicant? How can you use your past experiences to demonstrate that you have the foundational skills to make you a good law student?  Look to demonstrate organisation, self-discipline, curiosity and lateral thinking, amongst others.  Do you have a part-time job or play a particular sport that you can use to demonstrate these skills?

You do not need to take any particular A level subjects in order to study law at Exeter, however, please note that General Studies does not count within an offer. 

First and second year modules are mostly pre-determined for you, as you will begin your academic career by learning foundations of legal knowledge. These foundational courses, such as in contract law or criminal law, give you good understanding of various legal areas, which you may be interested in pursuing in your future career. You will also have a choice of optional modules for Year 2 and Year 3 of your LLB programme study, which may follow up on your interests in various legal fields. Optional modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. You can find them on our website here: https://law.exeter.ac.uk/currentstudents/.

Alongside our 3-year LLB programme, students can also choose to spend a year studying at another university or on placement with a law firm, in-house legal team or industry. Full details of our different programmes are on the undergraduate study page: https://law.exeter.ac.uk/study/ 

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You will be provided with reading and tasks to complete as part of each module. The amount of time spent studying will vary. On average each week usually breaks down to approximately ten hours of teaching and 24 hours of independent study (6 hours per 30 credit module).

There are several societies run by students which have a law focus. You can find out more about their aims and types of events on the Students’ Guild website societies pages – just search for ‘law’. Overall, our student-led law societies organise over 20 career events per year on campus, allowing you to network with future employers and our alumni, build various skills, and promote various career pathways.

A level proficiency is a good idea, but not mandatory for Law with European Study.  You will have the opportunity to study another language in your first and second years, before you spend your third year abroad, so you will still have the chance to develop your proficiency even if you have not studied that language at A level. Many of our study abroad partners teach their modules in English language, which means that it is also not required from you to take up modules taught in other languages while you are studying LLB Law with European Study.

Our Padlet resource has detailed information on all year-long placement programmes that we support at the University. 

You will also find some FAQs, information on the benefits of taking a placement as part of your degree, and how the Placements Team supports you in applying for and securing high-quality placement opportunities. 

Students have completed placements at organisations based both nationally and overseas. You need to arrange the placement yourself but are supported to do this during years one and two. We will need to approve your choice of placement to make sure it is suitable for the course.

This will depend upon our external funding arrangements and your specific programme. Our current arrangements provide that if, as part of your four-year degree programme, you spend a full academic year studying abroad you will pay a reduced fee of approximately 15 per cent of the maximum fee for that year. If you spend a full year on a work placement (in the UK or abroad) you will pay a reduced fee of 20 per cent of the maximum fee for that year.

The University Study Abroad team supports students through the application process.  Students submit their applications and choices at the end of Term 1 in their second year.  The partner universities can change each year, but the current list of Law partners can be found at Where can I study abroad? | Go Abroad | University of Exeter. Once the applications have been submitted, the Study Abroad team will then match each student to a partner university.  Although the Study Abroad team does their best to match students with their first choices, this cannot always be guaranteed.

You can apply to transfer at the end of your second year if your application for a Study Abroad university is successful.  The process is the same as detailed above for European Study students.  All students interested in applying to the International Study programme are invited to an information meeting in Term 1 of Year 2, where they are provided with information about the application process.

In order to be able to go abroad in your third year on the European Study or International Study programmes, you must obtain an average mark of 60% in both year 1 and year 2.  Information about this requirement can be found in the University’s Teaching and Quality Assurance Manual. 

Yes, you can request to transfer at any point during Year 1. If you want to request a transfer in Year 2 you may only do so in line with the application deadlines for placements in year 2.

For students to succeed in this programme you will need a good standard of written and spoken French at A Level or equivalent. The French Law modules are studied in French. You can read more about our unique programme on our website here. You can also watch this YouTube video which features two students who have been taking the Maîtrise Programme and why they would recommend it. You can also get in touch with the programme director, Dr Frederic Rolland with any further questions.