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Entry requirements


112 to 128 UCAS Tariff points, including a minimum of 2 A Levels. Preferable subjects include English, History, Languages, Geography, Sociology, and Law, but any subjects are considered.

Pass a named Access to HE Diploma in any subject with at least 33 credits at Merit and/ or Distinction. Preferable subjects include English, History, Languages, Geography, Sociology, and Law, but any subjects are considered.

Considered in combination.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

28-32

To include a Grade 4 in a preferable subject at Higher Level. Preferable subjects include English, History, Languages, Geography, Sociology, and Law. Maths and English accepted within as GCSE equivalent.

112-128 Preferable subjects include English, History, Languages, Geography, Sociology, and Law, but any subjects are considered. Maths and English accepted within as GCSE equivalent.

Considered in combination

Considered in combination

Considered in combination

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM-DDM

Any subject is considered.

Considered in combination

112-128 UCAS Tariff points, including a minimum of 2 Advanced Highers. Preferable subjects include English, History, Languages, Geography, Sociology, and Law, but any subjects are considered. Maths and English accepted within as GCSE equivalent.

Considered in combination with Advanced Highers. Maths and English accepted within as GCSE equivalent.

T Level

M

Any subject is considered.

UCAS Tariff

112-128

Considered in combination.

About this course


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Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Other options

4 years | Sandwich | 2024

Subject

Law

Are you ready to make your mark in the legal world? Combine theory and practice to prepare for a successful career. Build a deep understanding of how the law works and apply this in the real world with the support of our experienced academic team including trained and practising solicitors. Study the topics that matter most to you with our range of optional modules. Volunteer in our on-campus, multi-award-winning Law Clinic that provides free legal advice to those who need it most in the region.

**Work on real cases with real clients**
Gain valuable professional experience by volunteering at our award-winning pro bono Law Clinic. You’ll work under the guidance of legal practitioners with real clients making a real difference in the community. You don’t need to take any time out of your studies, and you can credit towards your degree or as a volunteer.

**Prepare for real-life cases in our moot court**
Our moot court facility provides an authentic environment to take part in simulated court proceedings. This unique setting replicates a real court as closely as possible and is the perfect environment to build powerful and persuasive legal arguments, develop your research skills, and hone your courtroom etiquette.

**Enrich your studies further by joining the student-run Law Society**
Our Law Society offers networking opportunities and organises skill-based competitions. Our students have excelled in winning national client interviewing and mooting competitions. The Law Society provides access to a huge range of internal and national competitions for practicing advocacy, debate and negotiation skills, essential for careers in law and beyond. They also open the door to the legal industry by holding networking events throughout the year.

**Learn from expert legal practitioners**
Our staff have genuine close links with our students. The majority are trained solicitors, with some currently practising. Benefit from excellent research-informed and practice-led teaching by a highly qualified academic team of experienced legal practitioners. We have internationally renowned researchers in areas such as the environment, marine protection, immigration and intellectual property. We regularly provide policy advice regionally and nationally, and work for change. We publish an online journal, the Plymouth Law Review, which takes contributions from staff and students.

**Preparation for a professional legal career**
We've designed our degree to ensure you're prepared for the updated Solicitors Qualifying Exam. Our course also allows you to pursue training as a barrister, with our students regularly winning major Bar Scholarships from the Inns of Court. Take advantage of our dedicated careers service to support you to find work experience and placements during your studies.

**You’ll be part of a supportive diverse academic community**
We keep our class sizes small, so we have a close-knit community of like-minded students and staff, who will all give you the encouragement and support you need to excel. You will be part of a diverse and supportive community and learning environment, with a dedicated personal tutor system and strong alumni links.

**Gain skills that will give you an employment edge**
Get ahead with a course designed to help you stand out with employers, whatever your legal career direction and future career goals. Study modules with emphasis on transferrable skills as you develop your legal and professional theory and practice.

**Study a range of legal topics**
You have a say in what you study. The first two years include traditional subjects, such as Criminal Law and Tort, alongside learning dispute resolution skills and a range of optional modules. In your final year, you can tailor your degree to your interests and career ambitions. Our optional modules include legal subjects such as: family, employment, environmental, intellectual property, business, immigration, human rights and cybercrime.

Modules

In your first year, you’ll learn about the core theories, principles and processes of the law, introducing you to how it’s studied and practised. You’ll be able to join the Student Law Society and take part in mooting, debating, negotiation and advocacy competitions. We’ve structured the curriculum so that alongside studying the English legal system, Contract, Tort, Public Law and Human Rights, you’ll start to develop the critical thinking and self-reflective skills that will equip you for your chosen career.

In your second year, you’ll focus on real-life scenarios and develop practical skills in areas such as negotiation and advocacy through our very successful Dispute Resolution Skills module. You’ll study Property Law and Criminal Law in depth and begin to tailor your degree to your specific interests by choosing from a range of modules including, for example, Family, Employment, Environmental, Intellectual Property, EU, Immigration, Human Rights and Cybercrime. You’ll also have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience volunteering in our award winning Law Clinic, either as a volunteer or for credit towards your degree programme, and will receive support in gaining a placement if you wish to take the optional placement year.

Gain valuable on-the-job experience through our optional placement year. We will support you in your second year in deciding whether to take this opportunity, and assist you in finding a placement and in being prepared for it. The placement could be in any appropriate external setting. Alternatively, you can gain this experience by selecting our Work-Based Learning module in your final year.

In your final year, you’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate your research skills with a dissertation on a legal issue that inspires you, or undertake work-based learning for credit, including within our Law Clinic. You’ll be able to further tailor your degree to your interests and career ambitions by choosing from a selection of Law modules such as, for example, those intending to progress to vocational training as either a solicitor or barrister, including Criminal Law and Practice, Business Law and Practice, and Trusts and Practice.

The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry and up to date information can be found on our website

Assessment methods

For up to date details, please refer to our website or contact the institution directly

The Uni


Course location:

University of Plymouth

Department:

School of Society and Culture

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

84%
Law

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Law

Teaching and learning

81%
Staff make the subject interesting
86%
Staff are good at explaining things
74%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
79%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

68%
Library resources
86%
IT resources
81%
Course specific equipment and facilities
79%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

94%
UK students
6%
International students
32%
Male students
68%
Female students
75%
2:1 or above
16%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
C
C

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Law

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£17,500
med
Average annual salary
98%
med
Employed or in further education
49%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

42%
Legal associate professionals
9%
Other elementary services occupations
6%
Functional managers and directors

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.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Law

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£19k

£19k

£21k

£21k

£26k

£26k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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