Law

Law is a vibrant, challenging and rewarding field of study. Our law school offers state-of-the-art facilities and will introduce you to the latest developments in legal practice, preparing you for a successful career in law, as well as other professional areas. As a law student at Bedfordshire, you will be taught by a dedicated team of experienced academics and practitioners and will have the opportunity to gain real-life legal experience through our award-winning Law Clinic and Refugee Legal Assistance Project.

Careers

Career opportunities for law graduates are endless: from traditional legal careers such as becoming a solicitor or barrister following vocational law training, to more diverse sectors such as banking, finance, human resource management, the civil service, and charitable organisations. In addition to building your legal knowledge, our law degrees will help you to improve your career prospects by developing essential professional skills, including the ability to ‘think on your feet’ and to present your point of view in a clear, reasoned and convincing manner. Through our extensive range of law career events and networking opportunities with solicitors’ firms and the local courts, we aim to forge strong ties between the University and the legal profession to help you have the best start in a your future legal career.

Q&A

Dr Silvia Borelli

Principal Lecturer, UG Portfolio Leader

How do you help students secure jobs after graduating?

The law team places great emphasis on boosting our students' commercial awareness and employability. We offer a fantastic range of activities to our law students, including court visits, guest talks and networking opportunities with legal practitioners, employers, and researchers from across the UK and beyond. Students can further develop their skills by participating in national and international mooting competitions and volunteering in our clinical legal education projects. Our Centre for Research in Law is another great platform for students to engage with world-leading research and hear directly from the experts on current legal issues and emerging trends.

Did you know?

Our students get the opportunity to gain meaningful practical experience working alongside legal practitioners in the Refugee Legal Assistance Project (RLAP), one of six projects nation-wide to be shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community.

Courses

Law LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology LLB (Hons) Law with Financial Management LLB (Hons) Law with Psychology LLB (Hons)

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Business Management with Law BSc (Hons) Criminology BA (Hons) Psychology & Criminal Behaviour BSc (Hons) 106 107 108 109

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For more information on any of the courses visit: beds.ac.uk/courses For up-to-date information on part-time study options see: beds.ac.uk/parttime

Law

Key facts

UCAS Course Code: M100 With Foundation Year: M2FY  September  Luton campus, Bedford campus  3 years full-time (options available: part-time), alternatively 4 years with a Foundation Year  UK/EU/International students  UCAS Tariff 80-96 points – see website for more information

Law plays a key role in all aspects of our lives. Whether at work or play, law governs our behaviour and gives shape to government, business and personal relationships. The Law LLB (Hons) course is designed to provide you with the legal knowledge and the professional skills which are essential for a career in law, as well as for a range of other rewarding careers in various professional sectors. Alongside the core legal topics required by the Law Society and the Bar Council for a qualifying law degree, you will have the opportunity to explore a range of specialist subjects, including aviation law, medical law, company law, and asylum and immigration law. You will also be able to take part in a range of extracurricular activities aimed at enhancing your employability and career prospects.

Key features

• Qualifying law degree (QLD) accredited by the Solicitors Regulation

Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) • Opportunity to gain an additional National Association of Licensed

Paralegals (NALP) qualification • Opportunity to take part in mooting competitions • Gain practical legal experience by volunteering in our Law Clinic and Refugee Legal Assistance Project

Career opportunities

Upon successful completion of the degree, you will have the qualifications necessary to be able to progress to the professional stage of legal training on either the Legal Practice Course (LPC) to become a solicitor, or the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), if you aim to be a barrister. Our LLB is also accredited with the National Association of Licenced Paralegals (NALP) and offers you the opportunity to obtain a Higher Diploma in Paralegal Practice and become a NALP Graduate Member upon graduation. In addition to these traditional careers in the legal sector, a law degree is an excellent starting point for a whole range of other professional careers, including in management, politics, human resources, local authorities, the police, the civil service and the charity sector.

Areas of study may include:

• Criminal law • Contract law • Equity and trusts • Legal education and practice

Ryan Wharram

Law LLB (Hons)

“The law course at the University of Bedfordshire has guided me to shape what I am interested in within the subject. The lecturers have real experiences in what they are teaching, either with academically published work or from working in the field. The course has given me opportunities to go to events and network, there are lots of law books in the library and my favourite units are Criminal Law and Aviation Law.”

Key facts

UCAS Course Code: M1L6 With Foundation Year: M1FY  September  Luton campus  3 years full-time (options available: part-time), alternatively 4 years with a Foundation Year  UK/EU/International students  UCAS Tariff 80-96 points – see website for more information

The Law with Criminology LLB (Hons) is designed to provide you with the legal knowledge and the professional skills which are essential for a career in law, whilst at the same time offering the added opportunity to study issues of crime and punishment from an alternative specialist perspective. The combined study of law and criminology will allow you to develop a holistic understanding of how the law operates in its social and policy context. You will not only study what constitutes as a crime in the eyes of the law, but also explore the social aspects of crime, its impact on victims, the reasons why people commit crimes and avenues for rehabilitation of offenders.

Key features

• Qualifying law degree (QLD) accredited by the Solicitors Regulation

Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) • Learn about recent advances in forensic practice from criminology experts or take advantage of the extensive range of events and seminars organised by our Centre for Research in Law • Participate in our award-winning extracurricular activities, including the Law Clinic and the Refugee Legal Assistance Project • Final year dissertation project allows you to further your knowledge and understanding of a key area which interests you

Career opportunities

This course will equip you with the knowledge and transferrable skills which are the foundation of a career as a criminal law solicitor or barrister. It also opens the door to careers in the probation service, youth justice and youth work, police service, victim support and the charity sector.

Areas of study may include:

• Contract law • Tort law • Criminal law • Foundations of criminology • Theoretical perspectives on criminology

Key facts

UCAS Course Code: M1N3  September  Luton campus  3 years full-time (options available: part-time)  UK/EU/International students  UCAS Tariff 80-96 points – see website for more information

By studying this course, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the legal subjects which are a requirement of a qualifying law degree, whilst also being exposed to the latest developments in the field of financial management. Through the study of specialised financial management units, you will learn how to use real-time financial data and will develop an understanding of the principles that underlie the preparation, analysis and interpretation of financial information. During your course you will have access to an impressive number of online resources, including Lexis, Westlaw and HeinOnline for legal research and financial databases such as FAME, Reuters Eikon and MarketLine that you can use to identify financial information of companies in the UK and worldwide.

Key features

• Qualifying law degree (QLD) accredited by the Solicitors Regulation

Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) • Access to the FAME database containing the financial information of about 11 million companies in the UK • Participate in our award-winning extracurricular activities, including the Law Clinic and the Refugee Legal Assistance Project • Final year dissertation project allows you to further your knowledge and understanding of a key area which interests you

Career opportunities

This degree provides the starting point for qualification as a solicitor or a barrister, particularly in the commercial sector. Other potential career pathways include company secretary, finance departments and business advisors.

Areas of study may include:

• Contract law • Tort law • Criminal law • Economic policy in the age of globalisation • Economics of the European Union

Key facts

UCAS Course Code: M1C8 With Foundation Year: M3FY  September  Luton campus  3 years full-time (options available: part-time), alternatively 4 years with a Foundation Year  UK/EU/International students  UCAS Tariff 80-96 points – see website for more information

This course combines the study of the legal subjects which are a requirement of a qualifying law degree with the study of psychology. It is designed to provide you with the specialised knowledge and the professional skills which are essential for a career in law, alongside valuable insights derived from the psychological study of human behaviour. Through the psychology units on the course, you will be exposed to the latest thinking and debate at the forefront of practice in criminal, investigative and forensic psychology and develop your understanding of the professional skills that you might use as a forensic practitioner.

Key features

• Qualifying law degree validated by the Solicitors Regulation

Authority (SRA)/Bar Standards Board (BSB) • Learn about law in practice and discuss foundations of psychology • Participate in our award-winning extracurricular activities, including the Law Clinic and the Refugee Legal Assistance Project • Final year dissertation project allows you to further your knowledge and understanding of a key area which interests you

Career opportunities

The degree provides the academic foundations necessary for a career as a solicitor or barrister. In addition, by allowing you to explore psychology alongside your qualifying law degree, it will open up career opportunities in a range of other professional areas, including youth justice and youth work, victim support, mental health advocacy, the charity sector and the police service.

Areas of study may include:

• Contract law • Tort law • Criminal law • Psychology and criminal behaviour • Psychology and mental health • Critical social psychology