LLB Offer Holders FAQs

All incoming LLB students are expected to arrive in time for LSE Welcome which starts on Monday the 18th of September 2023. All new students are expected to complete campus enrolment on Tuesday the 19th of September; please see your Welcome schedule for exact details. Should any students be unable to arrive on campus by this date, further information regarding where and when you can complete campus enrolment will be sent out soon.

Although the School expects you to complete campus enrolment on time, if you are arriving late you will have the opportunity to complete enrolment by booking a slot via the LSE Student Hub upon arrival to campus. Further information will be found on our enrolment web page in due course. Please note that the School has a late registration deadline, beyond which you cannot register. If enrolling late you will miss the School's Welcome events and it's important to familiarise yourself any recorded sessions. If you have any queries about late arrival contact law.llb@lse.ac.uk.

There are no recommended readings you need to complete prior to the start of the LLB.  You can view recommended readings for each of your courses via the online course guides.  

You can find the LLB programme regulations for the 2023/24 academic year online here.

You can find the term dates here. Lectures and seminar timetables are published here so you will be able to see what days and times courses are timetabled. Lectures and classes are scheduled on weekdays and there are no classes at the weekend.

Once you are enrolled as an LSE student and enrolled onto classes, you will also receive a more detailed, personal timetable to help you plan your week.

Course selection for undergraduate students will open at 10.00am on Thursday 21 September until 5.00pm on Friday 6 October 2023.

Information on the course selection process can be found here.

No, in the first year of the LLB all courses are compulsory.

You will be allocated to a class automatically. 

You must make every effort to attend all the classes and lectures you have been allocated, and you should plan extracurricular activities, work or other commitments around your personal timetable. If you find you have a genuine clash between a class and another commitment it is possible to submit a class change request via LSE For You, however please be aware that class changes will only be approved in exceptional circumstances and submitting a request does not always mean it will be possible to accommodate. Class changes will not be approved where classes are already full or where classes become imbalanced. Possible reasoning for a request may be for religious, family or work commitments. 

The Law School will allocate your Academic Mentor at the start of Autumn Term. Due to resourcing considerations across the Law School it is not possible for students to request a specific Mentor.

First year LLB Law courses take the form of a lecture and a class. Lectures are delivered to the full cohort. You will also attend classes which consist of small groups that enable discussion and analysis of the previous lecture material. A typical class size will be made up of 15 students.

For each course you will undertake both formative and summative work. Formative (non-assessed) work is designed to help you prepare for your summative (assessed) work. Summative assessment will consist of closed book exams in the Spring Term.

Assessments for Law courses take place in May and June (Spring Term).  

The School Spring Term exam timetable is published mid-way though Winter Term.

The Disability and Wellbeing Service supports students with disabilities and long-term medical conditions. We recommend you contact them before you start your studies at LSE, or as soon as possible afterwards, so they can work with you to put appropriate support in place for you at the very start of the academic year.

Your health and wellbeing are extremely important to us and the School has lots of support available to students during your time here. Take a look here, where you will find a wealth of resources including, but not limited to:

• Student Counselling Service
• Health Care in the UK
• Peer Support (student-to-student support for you)
• Safe Contacts
• External sources of support

Both the LLB Professional Services Team and the academic staff within the Law School are here to offer pastoral support throughout your studies.

• Our LLB Undergraduate Student Adviser will meet with you in both Autumn and Winter terms to check in with you. You will be able to raise any concerns you have during these sessions.
• The LLB Professional Services Team are available for you to meet with so you can discuss any concerns and ask them any questions on a one-to-one basis.
• Your Academic Mentor is available as a key source of support to you. You will be allocated an Academic Mentor in Week 1 of Autumn Term. Take a look here for some of the ways in which the Academic Mentor relationship can help support you.  You can also find more information on your Academic Mentor in the ‘Your Studies’ section above.