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Course summary

Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information. Course summary

  • Study legal and criminal justice principles, rules and practice and the effect of law in society from complementary academic and practical perspectives.
  • Gain legal work experience within our own regulated legal practice, SHU Law.
  • Engage in real legal work in a range of practice areas including private litigation, criminal appeals, and pro bono advice clinics.
Benefit from an academically rigorous and career-enhancing education, which includes unique work-related modules designed to give you the practical edge needed in today's competitive employment market. This course is a fully qualifying degree, satisfying the standards of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board for legal training. We have highly motivated, knowledgeable and creative staff across the department who bring a breadth and depth of skills from legal practice. This enables high quality learning of the core aspects of the discipline, and a range of specialist topics and areas of study. You learn through:
  • lectures
  • seminars
  • workshops
  • team meetings
  • moots
  • peer learning
  • placement activity
  • visits
  • guest lectures
Applied learning Work placements** We have excellent links with the local, regional and national legal profession. Local firms provide assessed one-day-a-week placements for many of our students. Local professionals also provide work experience opportunities, give guest lectures, advise on casework and provide career guidance where appropriate. Live projects You are given multiple chances to undertake real law and criminology client work. These include opportunities to advise, assist and represent real life clients in a range of different practice areas, providing transformational experiences which enable you to develop transferable skills and enhance your graduate attributes. You are encouraged to engage in professional voluntary work, human rights, civil liberties and social justice. Competitions** In our Legal Professional Practice areas, you can represent fictitious clients in an appeal before the Court of Appeal and/or the Supreme Court, in our on-campus moot court. Our Mooting and Debating Society members take part in internal and national competitions and we have enjoyed considerable success. We have previously won the prestigious national BPP/Oxford University Press Mooting Competition and in 2017 we were again finalists. International opportunities Opportunities exist for study and work experience abroad, including opportunities to spend time in the summer working at law firms across the USA on predominantly criminal law cases. Typical placements involve working in a public defender's office.

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 Dispute Resolution In Contract Introduction To Criminology And Practice Uk Constitutional Law And Practice Year 2 Compulsory modules Controversies Of Punishment Dispute Resolution In Tort Trusts & Equitable Wrongs (Including Wills And Administration Of Estates) Elective modules Criminal Appeals Cybercrime And Society Exclusion Rights And Justice Experiencing Criminal Justice Human Rights Clinic Life Beyond Crime, Substance Use And Offending Prison Clinic Real World Social Justice and Activism SHU Law New Enquiries Year 3 Optional modules Placement Year Final year Compulsory modules Land, Property Law And Practice Social Justice Professional Practice Elective modules 21St Century Crime: Threats, Responses And Human Rights Business Law And Practice Commercial Law And Practice Comparative Criminal Justice Crime And Justice In The Information Age Criminal Justice Compared Criminal Justice Realities Dissertation Employment Law And Practice Experiencing Custodial And Community Sentences Family Law, Policy And Practice Human Rights Law And Practice Immigration Law And Practice Law And Medicine Law Of Evidence And Practice Legal Professional Practice (Non-Contentious) Making Desistance And Recovery A Reality Policing And Crime Reduction Sex Violence And Extremism Simulating Justice Practice Sports Law

Assessment method

• Examinations • Coursework • Practical assessment

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Solicitors Regulation Authority
  • The Bar Council

How to apply

This course is not accepting applications from students requiring a Student visa. For more information, please contact the course provider.

Application codes

Course code:
M1M9
Institution code:
S21
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

To apply for this course through Clearing, please call us on 0330 024 6390.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

http://www.shu.ac.uk/clearing

Additional entry requirements

Other

Please note that the information provided on this web page relates to 2021 courses and is subject to change without notice by Sheffield Hallam University. Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5With a minimum of 6.5 in both reading and writing and 5.5 in all other skills, or equivalent.

https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/law/llb-hons-law-with-criminology/

https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/law/llb-hons-law-with-criminology/


Unistats information

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
Channel Islands £9250 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9250 Year 1
EU £15860 Year 1
International £15860 Year 1

Additional fee information

Please refer to our website for up-to-date information on costs and fees: https://www.shu.ac.uk/study-here

Sponsorship information

Scholarships, discounts and bursaries may be available to students who study this course.

Law with Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University - UCAS