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Entry requirements


A level

B,B,B-B,B,C

112-120 points from 3 A levels.

112-122 Tariff points from the Access to HE Diploma.

Cambridge Pre-U score of 54-56.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or higher including English Language

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

29

29 points from the IB Diploma. 655/754 at Higher Level - 29 points from the IB Diploma. 664 at Higher Level.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H3,H3,H3,H3,H3-H2,H2,H2,H3,H3

Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.

Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDM-DMM

112-120 Tariff points.

T Level

M

UCAS Tariff

112-120

112-120 points from 3 A levels, or equivalent.

112-120 points from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate including 2 A levels, plus the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate.

About this course


This course has alternative study modes. Contact the university to find out how the information below might vary.

Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Other options

4 years | Sandwich | 2024

Subject

Law

**This is a Connected Degree**

Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course.

**Overview**

Develop your understanding of UK law and the legal system as you explore the foundations of law as a discipline, build key legal skills such as client interviewing and negotiation, and gain a wide but detailed knowledge of UK law topics.

Our partnership with Barbri means you’ll be ready for your exams when you graduate whether you take the Bar exams or the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

Take part in live community projects to apply your learning as you study, and have the chance to practise your legal skills in our replica courtroom — where you’ll experience what advocacy can be like in a real crown court with hidden recording equipment so you can review your performance afterwards.

If you take a paid industry placement year, you’ll spend a year working in the legal profession or a quasi-legal environment, such as the Bank of England.

You’ll graduate ready to enter a range of jobs with your law degree.

**Course highlights**

- Cover the foundations of legal knowledge you need to prepare for the Bar exams

- Graduate prepared for your Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) through our partnership with Barbri, the world’s largest legal exam preparation experts

- Gain real-world legal practice skills by applying your learning in our community settings

- Experience presenting a case in our replica courtroom

- Graduate with 3 months of work experience that can count towards your SQE qualifying work experience by choosing our Law in Practice module

- Apply for a paid placement year in a legal or quasi-legal role

**New Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)**

The route to qualifying as a solicitor has changed for new applicants.

If you accept an offer on this course after 21 September 2021 you'll need to take the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) after you graduate to qualify as a solicitor. The content and mode of assessment of many of our modules provide a good foundation for further specific SQE preparation.

If you completed or started this course, accepted an offer of a place, or paid a non-refundable deposit (international students only) before 21 September 2021 (inclusive) you can choose to take either the new SQE or the Legal Practice Course (LPC) after graduation.

**Careers and opportunities**

Law is an incredibly flexible degree. When you graduate you'll be ready to take your next step to train as a solicitor, a barrister or a Chartered Legal Executive. Chartered Legal Executives can now become judges, coroners, advocates and partners in law firms.

Some of our graduates go on to secure training contracts, but others choose to go into different professions. Law degrees are in the top 10 degrees for employability, as you'll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills that make you employable across a range of sectors.

Previous graduates have got jobs in companies such as:

- Eversheds Sutherland

- Churchers Solicitors

- Gammon Bell & Co

- Downs Solicitors LLP

- Coffin Mew LLP

- Shoosmith Solicitors

- HMRC

- National Assembly Wales

- Ministry of Defence

Doing a law degree gives you a wide range of career options. Graduates of this course have gone onto roles such as:

- trainee solicitor

- trainee barrister

- paralegal

- financial consultant

- intellectual brand protection analyst

- letting negotiator

- human resources manager

- recruitment consultant

- accountant

- international project manager

- senior researcher

After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.

Modules

**Year 1**

Core modules in this year include:
- Contract Law
- Criminal Law
- Public Law
- The Art of Persuasion
- the English Legal System
- Tort

There are no optional modules in this year.

**Year 2**

Core modules in this year include:

- Land Law
- Legal Writing and Research
- Equity and Trusts

Options to choose from in this year currently include:
- Advocacy Practice and Theory Level 5
- Employment Law
- Medical Law and Ethics
- Sports Law
- Advocacy Practice and Theory Level 5
- Data Protection Law and Policy
- Dispute Resolution Skills
- Media Law and Ethics
- Training For Students on Clinical Legal Education Projects

**Placement year (optional)**

On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry. We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.

**Year 3**

Core modules in this year include:

- European Union Law

Options to choose from in this year currently include:

- Advocacy - Practice and Theory (Level 6)
- Cilex Client Care Skills
- Company Law
- Comparative Equality Law (Berkley)
- Data Protection Law and Policy L6
- Intellectual Property Law
- Law of Succession L6
- Public International Law
- Advocacy - Practice and Theory (Level 6)
- Cilex Level 6 Practice
- Commercial Law
- Equality Law
- International Law and Armed Conflict
- Community Lawyer
- Law in Practice
- Legal Dissertation
- Legal Project

We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

Assessment methods

The way you qualify as a solicitor is changing and we want to make sure that we prepare you as much as possible for the new SQE exams. The SQE exams are multiple choice, so we're adapting our assessment methods so that you're confident with this method of assessment.

Your assessment will depend on which modules you take, but it's likely to include:

exams
problem scenarios
written reports and essays
presentations
practical projects

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£9,250
per year
International
£17,200
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

University of Portsmouth

Department:

Faculty of Business and Law

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

79%
Law

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Law

Teaching and learning

71%
Staff make the subject interesting
88%
Staff are good at explaining things
78%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
80%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

82%
Library resources
89%
IT resources
84%
Course specific equipment and facilities
73%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

87%
UK students
13%
International students
33%
Male students
67%
Female students
69%
2:1 or above
12%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
B
B

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Law

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£20,000
med
Average annual salary
99%
high
Employed or in further education
72%
high
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

28%
Legal associate professionals
13%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
12%
Legal professionals

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.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Law

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£20k

£20k

£25k

£25k

£29k

£29k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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