Law
Entry requirements
• Access - at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 from a relevant Open College Network accredited course
GCSE/National 4/National 5
English Language or English Literature at grade C or 4 Mathematics at grade C or 4
UCAS Tariff
This must include at least two A levels or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. For example: BBB at A Level. DDM in BTEC Extended Diploma. A combination of qualifications, which may include up to two AS Levels, EPQ and general studies.
About this course
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**Please note that the information provided relates to the current academic year and is subject to change without notice by Sheffield Hallam University.
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**Course summary**:
- Get real legal work experience in every year of your degree.
- Take work placements in legal settings across the UK and overseas.
- Study modules designed around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
- Work in our on-campus law firm alongside practising lawyers and specialist academics.
- Have the opportunity to work abroad — with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (until 2023) or the Turing Scheme.
On this course, you’ll gain the skills, experience, contacts and credentials you need to kick-start your legal career. You’ll do real legal work through our on-campus law firm while gaining a detailed legal education, designed around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. When you graduate, you won’t only have an accredited law degree — you’ll have extensive legal work experience to support your qualification as a solicitor.
**How you learn:**
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
From your first year, you’ll gain a detailed induction into law, and begin working on real cases and projects in our on-campus law firm, SHU Law.
In your second year, you’ll begin to specialise — choosing an area such as criminal appeals, prisoners' rights, commercial litigation, personal injury or employment law to experience as part of SHU Law.
Your final year allows you to build on your experience, taking on more responsibility for your cases and working more closely with your clients. You will also have opportunities to branch out into placement settings across the UK and overseas, while cementing your knowledge not just as a student, but as a trainee lawyer.
Other final year opportunities include working within our Human Rights Clinic and working with children and young people through our Street Law module.
**Applied learning - SHU Law**
Our regulated and supervised on-campus law firm, SHU Law, offers law students a unique chance to get ahead with their solicitor qualifications. You’ll gain vital industry experience, working alongside solicitors on real cases.
Uniquely, your work with SHU Law is fully integrated into your course from your first year, and will continue throughout your studies.
**Work placements**
In your final year, you can choose to opt out of SHU Law work placements and enter an external legal setting.
Placements have been taken at major national and international law firms such as Irwin Mitchell and DLA Piper, and often involve sitting in on real hearings and court cases with solicitors. You may also choose to do a placement in areas such as local government, coroners’ offices or local law firms.
There are also international work placements available in the USA, including at the Public Defenders’ Office in Savannah, and Innocence Project in San Diego.
Your placement supervisor will help you find the right fit for your career, and will provide support throughout your experience.
**Social justice**
Throughout the course, you’ll help and advocate for those who don’t have or can’t afford representation. You’ll also work on our court helpdesks which provide vital legal advice, free of charge, to members of the public.
In your third year, you will have the opportunity to work in our Human Rights Clinic, which is part of the award-winning Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice. You’ll also have the chance to work with the charity Urban Lawyers through the Street Law module — where you will teach school children from disadvantaged areas about their rights, and how they can enter the legal profession.
Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
You can take an optional placement in year three.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Criminal Law And Practice 30
Dispute Resolution In Contract 30
Introduction To Law And Practice 30
Uk Constitutional Law And Practice 30
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Dispute Resolution In Tort 30
Land, Property Law And Practice 30
Legal Professional Practice Development 30
Trusts & Equitable Wrongs (Including Wills And Administration Of Estates) 30
Year 3
Optional modules
Placement Year
Final year
Compulsory modules
Legal Professional Practice (Contentious) 30
Legal Professional Practice (Non-Contentious) 30
Elective modules
Business Law And Practice 30
Commercial Law And Practice 30
Dissertation 30
Employment Law And Practice 30
Family Law, Policy And Practice 30
Human Rights Law And Practice 30
Immigration Law And Practice 30
Law And Medicine 30
Law Of Evidence And Practice 30
Sports Law 30
Assessment methods
• Coursework
• Exams
• Practical assessments
Tuition fees
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Extra funding
Scholarships, discounts and bursaries may be available to students who study this course.
The Uni
Sheffield Hallam University
College of Social Sciences and Arts
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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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