In our friendly community of students and academics, you’ll take part in team-building exercises and small-group learning. There will be opportunities to practise client interviewing and case management through placements, workshops and volunteering. Hear from leading lawyers and business professionals in regular seminars and get career-ready with weekly employability skills lectures, our unique Careers Programme and annual law fair. At master’s level choose topics from commercial law to human rights.

  • Shadowing schemes for prospective barristers

    Work shadowing for prospective barristers

  • Global Legal Clinic

    Use your skills by offering advice through our Global Legal Clinic

  • Simulated courtroom

    Practise arguing cases in front of members of the local judiciary

  • Partnership with ULaw

    Continue your training with our ULaw partnership

Law courses

Our LLB courses include degrees from maritime law to European and international legal studies. If you have a degree in another subject, accelerated courses allow you to pursue a career in law in the UK or overseas. Carry out higher level study with our master’s degrees and our PhD in law.

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Study spaces and facilities

Werner Scholtz
Head of School
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I specialise in international environmental law. In particular the growing importance of animal welfare and the need for biodiversity legislation.
Mark Telford
Principal Teaching Fellow
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I'm a lecturer in criminal law and justice. My recent work examines the current minimum age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales.
Nina Jorgensen
Professor of Public International Law
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My human rights work has involved advising organisations and courts around the world. From Kosovo, Phnom Penh and Sierra Leone to The Hague and the United Nations.

Student stories

  • Nora Belkhiter, Law student, sits at the moot court bench in Southampton Law School..

    How my role as a volunteer caseworker led to an award at the Old Bailey

    Nora Belkhiter explains how opportunities outside of her course working with the Death Penalty Casework Clinic made Southampton a unique experience.

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  • Caroline Jackson, a student in the University's School of Law

    Getting on the case: how university activities launched my law career

    Taking advantage of optional university opportunities helped Caroline Jackson overcome self-doubt and gain courtroom skills

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