BA (Hons) Law with Placement Year

You will learn the principles of the English legal system, and gain reflection through social, political, economic, ethical and historical perspectives. You will also build a range of transferable skills, including abstract thinking and problem solving, that will allow you to prepare practically as well as academically for a successful legal career.

After you have completed your year one modules, you will have the option to transfer to year two of the LLB, which, on completion will lead to the academic and vocational training required to become a fully qualified solicitor or barrister in England and Wales.

You will have use of original council chambers in Hendon Town Hall, featuring a judge's bench and public gallery for mooting and lectures.

Work-based and skills-based modules will allow you to gain practical, hands-on experience, and employability skills in both legal and non-legal environments.

You will get plenty of support from tutors, including highly trained solicitors and barristers who bring vast experience in a variety of legal settings to help shape your studies and enhance your areas of interest and expertise.

We are regularly reviewing and updating our programmes to ensure you have the best learning experience. We are taking what we have learnt during the pandemic and enhancing our teaching methods with new and innovative ways of learning.

We aim to model a wide range of teaching strategies and approaches on the course which you can adapt to your own setting.

You will be taught through a combination of Lectures, Seminars and Workshops. Lectures allow you to gain and develop knowledge in specific subjects. You can discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures in smaller seminar groups usually made up of 30 students. Seminars will provide you with an opportunity to apply and discuss the material covered in the lectures. Workshops focus on reinforcing the development of skills, developing arguments on key points and exam preparation. In addition, you can arrange one to one sessions with your module and seminar leader. You will also have access to and use resources to support your learning including: module handbooks containing lecture outlines and seminar activities. You will also have access to power point slides and/or other materials relevant to the module on the University online learning site throughout your course.

During your first year (level 4), your weekly timetable will typically consist of:

A combination of lectures, seminars and workshops. In addition you will be supported in a variety of ways, including, availability of tutors during their weekly office hours, by Graduate Academic Assistants and in some of the modules by Students Learning Assistants:

In addition you may seek support from:

When not attending your teaching, sessions mentioned above, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. Typically, this will involve reading journal articles and books, working on projects, undertaking research, and preparing for assessments including coursework, presentations and examinations. Your independent learning is supported by the facilities available including the library and Study Hub, Laptop hire, and with online materials in MyUniHub (see student support section below).

Your overall workload will include the activities listed above, and with each credit being completed equating to 10 hours of study time (You will complete 120 credits per level of study, which are broken down into modules of typically 30 credits). While your actual hours may depend on the optional module that you choose (if available), the following information will give you an indication of how much time is allocated to teaching and independent study on your course;

Level 4

26% of your time is spent in timetabled Teaching and learning - typical structure activity:

Level 5

22% of your time is spent in timetabled Teaching and learning - typical structure activity:

Level 6

16% of your time is spent in timetabled Teaching and learning - typical structure activity:

We’re reviewing what aspects of these changes to take forwards into 2021/22, and you’ll be provided information on this by your academic department.

The course will provide you with opportunities to test your knowledge and understanding informally through ‘formative’ assessment. This will be completed before your formal ‘summative’ assessment which will count towards your final marks. Each module normally contains at least one piece of formative assessment from which you will receive feedback from your tutor. Formative assessments are developmental and any grade you receive does not count towards your final marks.

All modules have formal ‘summative’ assessment. Assessment methods could include: written examinations, a range of coursework including essays, reports, portfolios, final year project, and practical assessments, including moots or oral presentations. The grades from the summative assessments count towards your module mark. Assessments are reviewed annually and may be updated or changed based on student feedback, to suit content or suggestions received from our external examiners.

The balance of assessment will depend on the modules that you complete throughout your course. The approximate percentage of the course which is assessed by coursework is outlined below: