This degree allows you to learn about how and why law is created and changed, and how it operates as a social institution. You will gain expertise in analysis, research, logical argument and more, as you develop an understanding of key legal topics and subject areas.
Through core and optional legal modules, you’ll examine the broader context of the law and its relationship with society. You can develop your interests in specialist legal areas, which might include company law, employment law, human rights law, environmental law, media law and family law, amongst others. You could also explore topics in criminal justice and criminology, such as policing or youth crime.
Throughout the course you will gain diverse skills that will be valuable to you as a global citizen, as well as in your professional career – whether you choose to enter the legal profession or not. You also have the opportunity to spend a year studying abroad (subject to academic performance and available places) or alternatively you could spend a year in industry.
Year 1 covers many of the foundational topics in English law. Alongside these, the Legal Skills module equips you with the necessary skills and attributes to study law at undergraduate level, and the Professions, Reflections, Identities, Motivations and Ethics (PRIME) module will give you the opportunity to reflect upon important issues such as your personal and professional goals, your identity and how to protect your wellbeing on a personal and professional level.
In the following year, you will build on your legal knowledge and skills, and examine the broader relationship between law, the legal system and wider society. Optional modules will allow you to focus on topics that suit your particular interests.
Your final year will give you the chance to apply your research skills to an independent project on a topic of your choice. At the same time, you will complete your study of law with compulsory and further optional modules to allow you to gain specialist knowledge.
Candidates intending to progress onto a Bar course approved by the Bar Standards Board in England and Wales must pass each of the following modules in order for their award to satisfy the Bar Standards Board’s requirements for the academic stage of training: LAW1224; LAW1264; LAW1035; LAW2230; LAW2270; LAW2610; and LAW3241.
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW1035 | Contract Law | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LAW1101 | PRIME: Professions, Reflections, Identities, Motivations and Ethics | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LAW1102 | Legal Skills | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LAW1204 | Foundations of Law | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LAW1224 | Constitutional and Administrative Law | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| LAW1264 | Criminal Law | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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- Honours route candidates must pass 80 credits of level two compulsory modules and 20 other optional/elective credits in order to progress to Year 3 along the Honours route.
- Ordinary route candidates must pass 80 credits of level two modules overall including at least 60 credits of level two compulsory modules in order to progress to Year 3 along the Ordinary route.
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW2230 | European Union Law | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW2270 | Land Law | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW2610 | Torts | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2620 | Law and Society | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW2680 | Researching Law | 10 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following level 2 optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSS2002 | Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2040 | Company Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2142 | International Human Rights Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2146 | International Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2160 | Employment Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2330 | Family Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2420 | Youth Crime and Justice | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW2427 | Competition Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSER8000 | Work Placement Year | 120 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
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- To be eligible for an Honours degree, candidates must pass at least 100 credits at level three, including all compulsory level three modules. Additionally, they must gain an average of 4.0 across 240 credits in Years 2 and 3.
- To be eligible for an Ordinary degree, candidates must pass at least 160 credits of compulsory and optional modules at level two and three combined, including 60 credits of level three modules. Additionally, they must gain an average of 4.0 across 200 credits gained in Years 2 and 3.
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW3241 | The Law of Trusts | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3320 | Long Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates will be required to study 40-60 credits from the following optional modules (remember candidates must take at least 100 credits of level 3 modules to obtain an honours degree):
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSS3002 | Social Science and Emergencies: Case Studies & Critical Analysis | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3032 | Cyberlaw: Law and the Regulation of the Information Society | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3055 | Disability Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3100 | Evidence | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3116 | Gender and the Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3129 | Health Care Law | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW3134 | Environmental Law | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW3136 | Penology | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW3160 | Policing | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LAW3172 | Crime, Law and Social Change: Crime and Criminal Justice in Historical Perspective | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3200 | Privacy & Media Law | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| LAW3340 | Intellectual Property Law | 20 | Not running in 202526 | |
| LAW3372 | Commercial Law: Domestic and International Sales | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
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