Take your first step to becoming a solicitor or barrister at ARU London.
Our course will qualify you for the next stage of your legal training. On the way, you will learn skills that will give you a step-up in other careers, and you could be awarded a Higher Diploma in Paralegal Practice in addition to your degree.
This qualifying law degree, accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB), will allow you to progress to the vocational stage of training as a solicitor or barrister.
You will study both academic and practical aspects of the law, which, as well as preparing you for a legal career, will give you many skills that are highly valued in other occupations. We encourage you to focus on your areas of interest and develop specialisms, such as family law, criminal law and procedure and/or civil law and litigation. In addition you will be supervised for your major undergraduate project on a legal subject of your choosing.
Required Qualification
Level 3 with 120 credits (UCAS 104)
Level 2 with relevent work experience
Modules under Course
Legal Method & Skills
Constitutional & Administrative Law
Contract Law
Foundations of Criminal Law
European Union Law
Law of Tort
Equity & the Law of Trusts
Optional:
Civil Litigation
Land Law
Dissertation
Company Law in Context
Family Law
Child Law
Employment Law
Public International Law
Criminal Litigation
Job Opportunities
• Arbitrator (£28,000 to £65,000)
• Barrister (£18,000 to £50,000)
• Barrister's clerk (£20,000 to £27,000)
• Chartered legal executive (England and Wales) (£28,000 to £38,000)
• Company secretary (£35,000 to £56,000)
