Our Law with Criminology degree will suit those who wish to achieve a recognised legal qualification. It is an excellent starting point if you’re thinking of a career with a specific criminological interest.
This degree will allow you to explore your law interests side by side with criminology. It will provide you with the academic training required to pursue a career within the legal sector.
You will get taught by qualified staff from the School of Justice and by renowned and published criminology academics. You will gain an awareness of current legal issues and of current issues in criminology. You will achieve this by participating in debates surrounding criminal justice, social control and the role of the police.
The course covers all the core law modules required for considering both the nature of crime and criminality and society’s response to it.
Why study with us
- Preston is the second largest city in the UK for conducting trials, second only to London. Examples include the Cregan, Bulger, and Shipman trials. You can visit the courts and go behind the scenes.
- You will be taught by leading academics and by staff who are professionally qualified and research active.
- We've been providing innovative legal education for over half a century.
What you'll do
- Our Pro Bono Clinic, Business Law Clinic and Mediation Clinic give you first-hand experiences of legal practice; providing countless opportunities of dealing with real cases.
- Option modules in both law and criminology allow you to hone in on areas of interest relevant to your future career aspirations. An optional module in Year 3 means you can spend a period in law related work placements.
- Development opportunities include taking part in mooting competitions, undertaking work placements, mini-pupillages and attending Summer Schools.
Module overview
Compulsory modules
• CJ1204: Crime and Morality
• CJ1205: Key Approaches in Criminology
• LW1982: Introduction to Professional Skills and Employability
• LW1983: English and EU Legal Systems
• LW1984: Criminal Law
• LW1985: Contract Law
Year 2
Compulsory modules
• CJ2204: Youth Justice
• CJ2205: Punishment and the Penal System
• LW2121: Tort Law
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LW2122: Consumer and Commercial Law
• LW2123: Advanced Professional Skills and Employability
Optional modules
• CJ2207: Drugs, Crime and Society
• FZ2006: Digital Investigation
• LW2126: Family and Child Law
• LW2127: Rights and Responsibilities
• SO2306: Violent Times? Violence, Conflict and Culture
Year 3
Compulsory modules
• CJ3202: Diversity, Crime and Justice
• LW3081: Equity and Trusts in Life and Death
• LW3082: Graduate Professional Skills and Employability
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LW3084: Land Law
Optional modules
• CJ3204: Human Trafficking
• CJ3208: Prison and Society
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FZ3049: International Humanitarian & Criminal Law
• LW3025: EU Single Market Law
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LW3085: Street Law: Community Law in Action
• LW3087: Project
• SO3004: 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 in Law and Criminology
Successful completion of our LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology course provides you with the basis to undertake the next stage of training as a barrister (the Bar Professional Training Course) or in becoming a solicitor.
The programme is also an excellent starting point for criminological careers, such as in the probation service, social work, prison and immigration services, or the police.
Our graduates are attractive to a range of employers – solicitors, barristers, company legal advisers, football clubs, insurance companies, HR departments, teachers, criminal justice system, courts, probation service, the police service.
Some of our eminent alumni include judges, Queen’s Counsel, barristers and solicitors across the UK, Europe and around the world, CEOs, business leaders and industrialists, entrepreneurs and business owners, senior public servants such as civil servants, politicians, senior police and local government officers, senior academics and researchers at all levels, authors of many academic works, leading voluntary sector workers, board representatives and trustees.
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