Law (Graduate Entry)
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About this course
**Kent Law School brings the study of law to life and prepares you for a successful career in law. Our Graduate Entry LLB, designed exclusively for graduate entrants, will develop your critical and analytical skills, enable you to think about the role of law in society, and provide hands-on experience through opportunities to work on real cases in our Law Clinic. A law degree from Kent prepares you for a career in law and opens doors to many other professions.**
**Overview**
Join our diverse, international community of staff and students and be part of a dynamic and engaging environment where you’ll gain the professional legal skills and knowledge you need to prepare for a career in Law in the UK or internationally. You’ll cover the core foundations of legal knowledge designed to meet professional requirements, and have the scope for optional choices to pursue and develop your interests in Law.
**Reasons to study a Law degree at Kent**
• Top 20 in The Times Good University Guide 2023
• State-of-the-art facilities including a dedicated moot courtroom
• Study the issues that matter to you through our broad range of modules
• Prepare for a successful career – this degree helps facilitate your ambitions to work in law as a solicitor or barrister, or as a lawyer internationally and opens doors to many other legal professions
• Get involved in real legal practice and assist real clients through Kent Law Clinic
• Take part in co-curricular activities including lawyering skills modules in Mooting, Mock Trial Advocacy, and Negotiation
• Join one of our student-led law societies
• Participate in innovative and meaningful projects like Critical Law TV and the Kent Law Review
• Learn from legal professionals on our Professional Mentoring Scheme
• Study in a supportive environment with academic advisors and our Skills Hub which helps you succeed and achieve
**What you’ll learn**
As a graduate entrant, you have the opportunity to obtain a Law degree in just two years when studying full-time (or four years part-time). In addition to the compulsory, foundational modules in Law, you are given the scope to choose an optional module in Law in both years (with this choice limited, particularly in the first year of the programme). You study the detail of the law, as well as its history. You analyse judgments and legal developments while taking into account the political, ethical and social dimensions of the law. This critical approach enhances what is already a fascinating subject.
Our popular mooting programme develops your advocacy skills in a simulated courtroom setting before a bench comprising local judges, practising barristers, solicitors and lecturers. Our Employability Support enables you to make connections, build your network, develop an understanding of the profession and plan for your future.
**Accreditation**
This degree will help you prepare for a career in law as a solicitor or barrister. All of our undergraduate Law degrees contain the foundations of legal knowledge required by the Bar Standards Board to satisfy the academic component of professional training for intending barristers, and provide a strong foundation for students who wish to take the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations (SQE).
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Law graduates tend to go into the legal industry, and they usually take similar routes. Jobs are competitive — often very competitive - but starting salaries are good and high fliers can earn serious money - starting on over £24k in London on average. Be aware though - some careers, especially as barristers, can take a while to get into, and the industry is changing as the Internet, automation and economic change all have an effect, If you want to qualify to practise law, you need to take a professional qualification — many law graduates then go on to law school. If you want to go into work, then a lot of law graduates take trainee or paralegal roles and some do leave the law altogether, often for jobs in management, finance and the police force. A small proportion of law graduates also move into another field for further study. Management, accountancy and teaching are all popular for these career changers, so if you do take a law degree and decide it’s not for you, there are options.
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