WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
This course will give you a comprehensive understanding of the law and its place in the criminal justice system. In your first two years you’ll build firm foundations by studying the fundamentals of the law, taking modules that include the Legal System and Legal Methods, and Constitutional and Administrative Law.
As you progress into your second and final years, you’ll study aspects of civil and criminal law, along with modules in Human Rights and European Union Law.
Following a first-year Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice module, you’ll then be able to choose what module to study in each of your second and third years for the criminology component.
Your choices include: Theoretical Criminology; Crime, Deviance and Social History; Race/Ethnicity, Crime and Justice; and Youth Crime and Sub-Culture.
You’ll be encouraged to ‘learn by doing’ by taking the chance to gain work experience and take an active role in student clubs and societies.
HOW YOU'LL LEARN
University is more demanding than school or college, so you’ll need to be motivated to earn your degree by doing a lot of independent study outside of the formal teaching times.
Our lecturers have strong links with government, industry and the wider academic community, so you’ll have lots of opportunities to learn outside of the lecture theatre and seminar room.
If you play an active role throughout the course, joining in with debates and attending guest talks, conferences and events, you’ll enhance your learning and find that the more you put in, the more you get out.
You’ll be encouraged to volunteer or do work experience to broaden your horizons and learn in ways that academic study alone can’t give you. Many law students volunteer at our acclaimed community Legal Advice Centre, working alongside solicitors to give advice to local residents on real legal problems.
YOUR FUTURE CAREER
Many of our students go on to enjoy successful careers as solicitors after completing their legal studies through the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and obtaining a training contract with a law firm.
Others become barristers, going on to take the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) and then obtaining Pupillage in barristers’ chambers. This can lead to a tenancy as a self-employed barrister, or you can practise as an employed barrister.
Some students use their legal knowledge and the other skills and qualities they develop at UEL to pursue other related careers. Communication skills, such as writing, speaking and presenting, and the ability to analyse and evaluate information are just the thing many employers are looking for.
Other career options include:
- General management roles in the private or voluntary sectors, e.g. in finance, insurance, media or education
- The criminal justice system, e.g. police, prison or probation officer
- Public administration, e.g. in local government housing, planning or legal departments
- Paralegal or legal executive work in a variety of sectors.
Some students go on to postgraduate study or enter other fields, such as teaching or journalism.
How you'll be assessed
We’ll assess you with a 50-50 mix of coursework and exams. Coursework includes essays, a reflective diary, oral presentations, practical exercises and answering hypothetical problem questions.
Assessment is designed to enable us to see how you manage in a variety of situations that reflect the real world of work rather than simply focusing on traditional unseen exams. Throughout the course you’ll be given plenty of feedback to help you improve.
WITH FOUNDATION YEAR
- Mental Wealth: Introduction to Legal Method (Core)
- Legal Communications (Core)
- Academic Literacy and Research for Social Scientists (Core)
- Crime, Surveillance and Society (Core)
- Key Themes and Debates in Social Sciences (Core)
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