LLB (Hons) — 2025 entry Law (Law, Environment and Sustainability Pathway)

Want to save the planet AND be a lawyer? This is your chance! Our unique pathway meets the growing demand amongst law firms, governments, businesses for graduates who understand the links between law, environmental and sustainability issues. This LLB will provide you with the knowledge and skills to be a specialist environmental lawyer in the UK, EU and internationally. 

Key course information

Start date
September 2025
Full time
3 years
Overseas fees
To be confirmed
Subject area
Law
UCAS code
M100
Campus
Stag Hill
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Why choose
this course?

  • This is the UK’s first undergraduate degree to specialise in law, environment and sustainability.
  • This hugely topical pathway is open to all LLB students who want to specialise in areas of law relating to the environment and sustainability from the start of their second year.
  • The University of Surrey provides a supportive, single campus environment for you to immerse yourself in the study of law. Surrey Law School has a close-knit sense of community that schools on larger campuses struggle to match.
  • We're dedicated to making legal careers accessible for everyone. We partner with prestigious organisations to break down barriers and create opportunities so everyone, regardless of background, gets a fair chance.
  • You’ll have the option to take one of our award-winning Professional Training placements that will prepare you for work in industry.
  • We offer our own Professional Legal Practice (SQE Pathway) LLM so you can apply to stay at Surrey for your masters and benefit from the familiar teaching environment. 
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Statistics

10th in UK/56th in world 

For law by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 

Employability

95% of our undergraduate Surrey Law School graduates are in employment or further education (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA) 

13th in the UK 

Law is ranked 13th for overall satisfaction* in the National Student Survey 2024  

*Measured by % positivity based on Q1-24 for all institutions listed in the Guardian University Guide league tables.  

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