#Guide to Studying Law - Complete University Guide
What is Law?
communication and negotiation skills
Specific or general skills developed
- A Law degree will provide you with the skills required to practice in law, for example through mooting (a mock legal hearing where students argue points of law), and pro bono work. Depending on the course, you may study law in relation to specific areas, such as the family, commerce, or finance.
- General skills include the research, interpretation and explanation of complex subjects, analytical thinking and practical problem solving, good oral communication, negotiation, teamwork, attention to detail, and the ability to draft formal documents.
Examples of area of study
Core subjects
- Legal Method, Skills and Reasoning
- Law in Practice
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- English Legal Process
- Principles of Criminal Law
- Contract Law
Optional modules might include:
What are the Job Opportunities?
- Students gaining a Law degree can progress directly to take the LPC (for solicitors), or the BPTC (for barristers).
- Most qualified students will work in private practice, while others may join in-house legal departments, the Government Legal Service, or Crown Prosecution Service.
Other areas where a Law degree would be useful
- Those who decide not to work in law excel in a wide range of professions such as academia, media, business, politics and banking.
- A Law degree is considered very highly amongst employers as it shows that an individual can communicate well, can engage in critical thinking, and has great reasoning skills.
For more information
Law at the University of East Anglia
- The University of East Anglia (UEA) Law School offers four stimulating LLB law degrees that cover the legal systems of the UK and France, as well as the rest of Europe and the US. As well as being academically rigorous, the courses train students in the skills they will need as lawyers and in general transferable skills. There is a wide range of optional modules and students also have an opportunity to hone their skills further through the range of extra-curricular activities offered within the Law School.
- At UEA, the Law School runs a skills development programme and students have the opportunity of taking part in extra-curricular activities, such as mooting, negotiation and pro bono work and, in the second year, the Student Law Society. There are also opportunities offered within the Law Clinic, an award-winning student led pro bono group working in partnership with the Norfolk Community Law Service.
- UEA offers full- and part-time postgraduate postgraduate LLM courses, ranging from a general LLM allowing a broad choice of modules from any of the LLM programmes, to the more specialist niche LLMs such as Employment Law, and Media Law.
- Why study Law at UEA .
The UEA looks for the following grades:
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