Law with Politics Canterbury Christ Church University

Overview

The legal profession is well respected and a career in this field is considered by many to be highly prestigious. It therefore requires professionals with excellent academic ability and a strong work ethic.

By studying Law with Politics at Canterbury Christ Church University, you can gain a sound understanding of law while studying aspects of politics that will enable you to progress to lawyers training or a career in the field of politics.

You'll be challenged to develop both academically and professionally through a combination of theoretical learning and practical skills development. You'll learn in a supportive, collaborative and friendly community environment.

During the course, you'll develop a critical understanding of the main principles, themes and methods of law so that you:

• Become a conscious legal professional.
• Acquire and apply your critical mind to the evaluation and appreciation of contemporary socio-legal issues.
• Experience practical learning as part of the legal education experience.

Throughout the course, you'll develop transferable skills that will be essential as you embark on a professional career. You'll build your confidence and abilities in communication, research, evaluation, critical judgement, time management, team working, and meeting tight deadlines. They'll also support you with specialist training in areas such as writing and advocacy skills, and they will help to prepare you for the next steps in your career, for example by doing one-to-one mock interview sessions.

All about the course

In Year 1, you'll typically experience an interactive style of learning involving workbooks and computer-aided assessment as part of your fundamental grounding in legal methodology. You'll study aspects of politics including key political thinkers and British politics.

As you progress to Years 2 and 3, you'll deepen your knowledge, hone your skills and work with increasing independence. You'll be able to select optional modules enabling you to focus on complex areas of law, which you'll study in depth.

As part of the Intellectual Property Law module, you'll have the opportunity to visit the World Intellectual Property Organisation and the World Trade Organisation in Geneva.

As part of the European Law module, you'll have the opportunity to visit a number of international courts and institutions of the EU such as the European Court of Justice, the European Parliament, the International Criminal Court or the International Court of Justice in Strasbourg, The Hague and Brussels.

Your future career

In addition to all the LLB degrees being Qualifying Law Degrees, they have designed our degrees in consultation with external stakeholders, such as local law practitioners as well as a range of local organisations. This ensures we help you to develop the skills which are highly valued by employers, with examples including; written and verbal communication, initiative, time management, flexibility and teamwork.

Many graduates use these skills to become a barrister or solicitor, but others establish careers in education, public services, human resource management, management generally, as paralegals, chartered secretaries or in financial services. This qualification can also be used to progress on to postgraduate study in law, such as an LLM, or in related areas such as management, marketing and accountancy.