Gain a broad introduction to the basics of law and criminology at one of the UK’s leading providers of legal education on our Law Foundation Entry Degree. It’s a great stepping stone to a degree programme.
You’ll acquire core skills and legal knowledge to help you to progress onto a degree programme. It’s a course that’s underpinned by research of international excellence.
You’ll gain a real insight into the legal profession with regular visits from leading practitioners, academics and judges.
You’ll be supported in finding legal placements as part of the course and our North West based alumni offer graduate placements.
Why study with us
- You’ll develop transferable skills in oral and written communication, language and digital technology, critical thinking, group work and personal development planning.
- You’ll be taught by leading academics and staff who are professionally qualified as solicitors and barristers and hear from professors who are involved in ground-breaking research.
- Our moot court room gives you invaluable real-life experience, it’s where we host mooting competitions, advocacy training and visiting speakers.
What you'll do
- You’ll study in small groups, in a friendly and supportive environment, that encourages you to meet your potential.
- There are plenty of educational trips including a Brussels’ based week-long study tour and visits organised by the Student Law Society.
- Our annual law careers fair is supported by employers from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to County Councils and solicitors’ firms.
Module overview
Compulsory modules
• LWC019: Academic Skills for Higher Education
• LWC021: Verbal skills: Rights and Debating
Optional modules
• LWC022: Introduction to Law and Policing
• LWC023: Introduction to Criminology and Sociology
• LWC024: Issues in Family Law
• LWC025: Issues in Sociology
• LWC026: Police Decisions: Risk and Vulnerability
• LWC027: Policing: Digital Investigation
• LWC028: Issues in Criminology
• PSC005: Psychology
Year 1
Compulsory modules
• LW1982: Introduction to Professional Skills and Employability
• LW1983: English and EU Legal Systems
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LW1984: Criminal Law
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LW1985: Contract Law
• LW1986: Social Justice and the Law
• LW1987: Law and Emerging Technology
Year 2
Compulsory modules
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LW2121: Tort Law
• LW2122: Consumer and Commercial Law
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LW2123: Advanced Professional Skills and Employability
• LW2124: International and European Law
• LW2125: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Optional modules
• CJ2207: Drugs, Crime and Society
• FZ2006: Digital Investigation
• LW2126: Family and Child Law
• LW2127: Rights and Responsibilities
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SO2306: Violent Times? Violence, Conflict and Culture
Year 3
Compulsory modules
• LW3081: Equity and Trusts in Life and Death
• LW3082: Graduate Professional Skills and Employability
• LW3083: Law for Entrepreneurs
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LW3084: Land Law
Optional modules
• CJ3204: Human Trafficking
• FZ3049: International Humanitarian & Criminal Law
• LW3025: EU Single Market Law
• LW3085: Street Law: Community Law in Action
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LW3086: Medicine and the Law
• LW3087: Project
• LW3088: Company Law
• SO3204: Sexy Bodies: Sexuality and the Body
Course delivery
This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Future Careers
With a Law Foundation Entry LLB (Hons) you can go on to the professional element of legal training either as a solicitor (the Legal Practice Course) or as a barrister (the Bar Professional Training Course).
You’ll develop skills that are attractive to a range of employers - you could find yourself working for a football club or insurance company, within the probation service or the police force.
Or you may want to work for the civil service or a local government office. There are also wider carer opportunities as a CEO, business leader, teacher, academic, researcher, board representative.
You’ll find our alumni working as judges, Queen’s Counsel, barristers and solicitors across the UK and around the world.
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