Bachelor of Law (Hons) in Law

Program Overview

Our core Law curriculum includes courses in contract law, constitutional law, criminal law, tort law, competition law and property law, providing the core building blocks of a legal education, including all requirements for a qualifying law degree.

The University offers a unique and comprehensive career development pathway for Law students, tailored to your specific professional aspirations. Through one-to-one careers advice combined with seminars, workshops, and guest speakers, we will guide and support you in choosing and preparing for your career in Law, nurturing you through your applications for training contracts, vacation schemes and pupilages.

Furthermore, Law graduates who wish to progress to postgraduate study or international practice can enjoy a generous alumni discount and preferred application process for the LLM at Northeastern University, which is available online. It will further enhance your career development, and can lead towards taking the California Bar.

This degree programme combines a rigorous Law syllabus with your choice of personalised elective pathway. Flexible Elective Pathway courses will enable you to choose to either deepen focus in your degree subject, or combine your studies with courses in a particular second subject, or explore a broad range of subjects, developing agile thinking across disciplinary boundaries.

As well as the opportunity for a career in Law, or further legal studies, Law students are disciplined thinkers and problem-solvers, able to collect appropriate material from a broad range of sources, and undertake projects to develop and promote critical thinking with excellent communication skills. These valuable and transferable skills open up a wide array of career possibilities upon graduation.