Senior Status Law
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About this course
The LLB Senior Status Law degree, at Aberystwyth University, is engineered to enhance your career prospects by completion within two years. Taught in the oldest and most established Law Department in Wales, this course is both challenging and stimulating. The LLB Senior Status Law Degree is available to those who already hold an existing Bachelor's degree in another subject.
The LLB Senior Status Law Degree is recognized by The Bar Standards Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority, thus providing a direct route to the legal profession. As a student on this course, you will benefit from the experience and enthusiasm of our expert staff, many of whom have also practised as solicitors - providing a practical application to your theoretical studies. The Department of Law and Criminology's ethos is to nurture the ingenuity and your ability to think outside of the box will enable you to emerge from the degree with real-world capabilities, shaping your future and career development.
**Why study LLB Senior Status Law at Aberystwyth?**
The LLB Senior Status Law degree is designed to meet employers needs and you will be taught by experienced legal professionals and academics. The teaching team of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University are active for large organisations e.g. GRETA, the Country Side Commission for Wales, the Youth Justice Board, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Upon completion, you will be eligible to continue vocational training on the Legal Practice Course (LPC), or the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). In addition, you will also gain exemption from certain professional examinations by selecting relevant modules.
The LLB Senior Status Law Degree provides excellent social and professional opportunities, this includes visits to Law Fairs and Inns of Court in London.
As a Department, we want to ensure that our students have the best opportunities available to them, during the two-year course, students on this course will have the option to undertake a work-placement module in different areas of Law. The work-placement module equips you with the necessary experience to ensure that you can have a smooth transition from campus to career.
The Department of Law and Criminology offers a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. For all Law students in the department, the Mooting society is great opportunity to engage and develop the essential mooting skills a necessary element for a successful legal career. At Aberystwyth University, we provide all students in the Department of Law and Criminology the option to participate in our national and international competing Mooting Society. Taking part in this society will assist in your development of key advocacy and litigation skills.
During the first year of this course, you will core training in a number of subjects e.g. Contract law, Criminal Law and Tort Law, which must be studied and passed for exemption from the first stage of professional law examinations. You will also have the opportunity to choose from our wide range of elective modules.
During your second and final year, you will discover The Law of Torts, Public Law, Equity Law, The Law of Trusts, in addition to the wide range of elective modules.
**Career prospects**
The LLB Senior Status Law opens up a range of exciting opportunities for you: You will be a strong candidate for training to become a barrister or a solicitor
Your LLB Senior Status Law offers you the possibility to succeed in many different areas including criminology, financial management, business, human resources, international relations, journalism and education.
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Extra funding
Aberystwyth University offers a valuable package of scholarships and bursaries to support students. Our long-established Entrance Examination competition means you could get up to £2,000 a year towards your living and study costs. You can combine that with any or all of our other awards, to make your financial package more valuable. Our awards include Sport and Music Scholarships, Bursaries for Care Leavers/Young Carers/Estranged Students and a range of department specific awards. Please visit our website for full details.
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Law graduates tend to go into the legal industry, and they usually take similar routes. Jobs are competitive — often very competitive - but starting salaries are good and high fliers can earn serious money - starting on over £24k in London on average. Be aware though - some careers, especially as barristers, can take a while to get into, and the industry is changing as the Internet, automation and economic change all have an effect, If you want to qualify to practise law, you need to take a professional qualification — many law graduates then go on to law school. If you want to go into work, then a lot of law graduates take trainee or paralegal roles and some do leave the law altogether, often for jobs in management, finance and the police force. A small proportion of law graduates also move into another field for further study. Management, accountancy and teaching are all popular for these career changers, so if you do take a law degree and decide it’s not for you, there are options.
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