Congratulations on your offer of a place to study in the LSE Law School this September! We hope you are looking forward to starting your LLB as much as we are looking forward to welcoming you to the Law School and the community at the LSE.
We hope that we can answer many of your questions via this Frequently Asked Questions page.
We’ll add to this page throughout the year but please do feel free to contact the LLB team at law.llb@lse.ac.uk if you have any additional queries about your studies with us or need any other information before your arrival at the School. We’re always here to help!
Your Studies
All incoming LLB students are expected to arrive in time for LSE Welcome which starts on Monday 22 September 2025. All new students are expected to complete campus enrolment on Tuesday the 19th of September; please see your Welcome schedule for exact details.
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 can be found here about registering late. 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 with 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 2025/2 6academic year online here.
You can find the term dates here. Lectures 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 10am on Tuesday 9 September until 5pm on Monday 13 October 2025.
Although all your first year courses are compulsory you will still need to enrol on these in the LSE for You system. The courses you will need to enrol on are LL106, LL108, LL142 and LL143. You will automatically be enrolled onto LSE100, LL100 and LL141.
Information on the course selection process can be found here.
No, in the first year of the LLB all courses are compulsory.
It is not possible to change the time or day of a lecture and you must make every effort to attend all the classes you have been allocated. Extracurricular activities, work or other commitments should be planned 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.
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 and helps you gauged your progress. 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 through Winter Term.
Your Wellbeing
The Disability and Mental Health 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:
Both the LLB Professional Services Team and academic staff within the Law School are here to offer pastoral support throughout your studies.
- Our LLB Undergraduate Student Advice and Support Manager Megha Krishnakumar 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 ways in which the Academic Mentor relationship can help support you.
- The Departmental Tutor and Deputy Departmental Tutor provide support and advice on academic or personal matters of a more complex nature that your Academic Mentor cannot deal with.
- The Law Families Scheme is an undergraduate mentoring programme that matches first-year law students with second- and third-year law student mentors. It is an ‘opt in’ scheme and we will be in touch with you in Autumn Term to ask whether you would like to participate.
Both the LLB Professional Services Team and the academic staff within the Law School are here to offer pastoral support throughout your studies.