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School of Law

Why choose Bangor Law School?

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The University

Bangor University established in 1884 enjoys a long tradition of teaching excellence, and is this year celebrating its 125th anniversary

Prince Charles is the Chancellor of the university, who visited Bangor to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Main University Building

Bangor is ranked the 2nd best value university in the UK (The Independent)

A great location, with good road and rail networks to Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and London

Bangor is consistently ranked in the Top 15 of UK universities for student experience (Times Higher Education Supplement)

Bangor is regarded as one of the safest places to be a student as the North Wales crime rate is one of the lowest across the UK

The location is probably one of the most beautiful university settings in the whole of the UK – situated between the Snowdonia Mountains and the Menai Straits. It is a paradise for sporty students.

Bangor Law School

Bangor Law School enjoys an impressive 92% student satisfaction rating (National Student Survey)

High student satisfaction reflects the high level of support and Bangor’s smaller class sizes compared to other larger UK Law schools

Expert lecturers across many Law disciplines

We have a dedicated Law library managed by a professional law librarian.

LLB Courses

All degrees have Qualifying Law Degree (QLD) status denoting that Bangor LLB graduates will have completed the academic stage of training for the legal professions in England and Wales

As all Bangor LLB degrees have QLD status, graduates may enter directly onto Legal Practice Courses (LPC) to become solicitors or Bar Vocational Courses (BVC) to become barristers

Bangor LLB degree holders are eligible to take the Law Society of Ireland entrance exams: FE-Is

The degrees address the British, European and International dimensions of the contemporary legal environment and development

We guarantee all first year students a place in one of the 2,000 rooms available in our halls of residence

We have dedicated degree scheme in Law with English as a second language for students from overseas whose first language is not English

Our team of experienced and multilingual staff have taught in the UK and many countries overseas, and this expertise is reflected in the broad and specialist menu of modules comprised in our Bachelor degrees

Welsh students may undertake tutorials in all of the foundation subjects in either English or Welsh, opt for an LLB in Law with Welsh, and undertake a few modules taught entirely through the medium of Welsh.

Postgraduate Degrees

We offer a suite of commercially relevant Masters Degrees that combine Commercial Law, Financial Law and Management for executives wishing to further their expertise and careers in these fields

Our team of experienced and multilingual staff have taught in the UK and many countries overseas, and this expertise is reflected in the broad, specialist and commercially-relevant menu of modules comprised in our Masters degrees

Scholarships valued at up to £5,000 towards Masters degree study

A thriving community of PhD students, researching an interesting and challenging range of topics.