Bachelor of Art Law & Criminal Justice

Our Law degree provides a grounding for a career in law by focussing on the academic and professional foundations for sitting the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) 1 and 2 and the Bar Training Course.

The course:

• *Is part of a subject area rated first in the UK for student satisfaction in the Sociology subject league tables, Complete University Guide 2022.
• *Is part of the Sociology CAH3 subject group rated 2nd out of UK universities for teaching in the National Student Survey 2021. It was also rated 1st out of Welsh universities for learning opportunities, assessment and feedback, academic support, organisation and management, learning community, student voice, students' union and overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2021.
• *Is part of a subject area rated 4th in the UK and 1st in Wales overall in the Criminology subject league tables, The Guardian University Guide 2022. In the same league tables, the subject area was also rated 1st in the UK for satisfaction with teaching, 1st in the UK for satisfaction with the course, and 1st in the UK for satisfaction with assessment.
• *Is rated 1st in the UK for teaching quality and 1st in Wales for student experience in the Criminology subject league tables, Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022

What you will study

YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)

MODULES

• Legal System and Skills (core)
• Public Law: Constitutional and Administrative Law (core)
• Contract Law (core)
• European Law and Global Problems (core)
• 2 optional Criminal Justice modules from the departmental portfolio

YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)

MODULES

• Criminal Law (core)
• Tort (core)
• Equity and Trusts (core)
• Legal Ethics and Professional Standards (core)
• 2 optional Criminal Justice modules from the departmental portfolio

YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6)

MODULES

• Property and Land Law (core)
• Law Dissertation (core)
• 3 optional Criminal Justice modules from the departmental portfolio

The academic requirements for the course are 80-112 UCAS tariff points at GCE A-level or equivalent.

No DBS required by the University but applicants must declare “relevant” criminal convictions that are not “spent” on the UCAS or direct application form. Relevant criminal convictions are those for offences against the person, whether of a violent or sexual nature, or for offences involving unlawfully supplying controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking, offences involving firearms, arson or those listed in the Sex Offences Act 2003 or the Terrorism Act 2006. Applicants can find useful information on what counts as a “spent” conviction on the following GOV.UK website.

Applicants who declare a relevant unspent criminal conviction will be contacted by letter by the Admissions Manager with a request to provide additional details. This is so that a risk assessment can be undertaken and the matter considered under the Procedure for Consideration of Disclosed Criminal Conviction(s) on Programmes that Do Not Require a DBS Check. The full policy may be viewed here.

Students should be aware that those wishing to go on to practice law in England and Wales have to show evidence of good character under the SRA Assessment of Character and Suitability Rules full details of which may be found here.