Legal Practice (SQE) (Hons) University of South Wales

Overview

Employability as at the heart of everything we do. The Clinical Practice modules integrate our award-winning Legal Advice Clinic into the degree. Every student on the course will be exposed to real life clients and have the opportunity to provide them with legal assistance under the supervision of qualified solicitors. In the 2022-2023 academic year, students assisted over 80 clients alone.

As part of this course, you will be uniquely prepared to:

• Sit the SQE 1 exams;
• Develop the skills required for SQE 2;
• Carry out a range of tasks expected of junior lawyers and legal professionals; and
• Confidently build your professional networks with employers and external stakeholders.

You can use this authentic learning experience to gain some hours towards Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) and develop skills which can be used towards the 2 years of QWE required to become a solicitor.

The Legal Practice (SQE) (Hons) degree from University of South Wales links to prominent law firms and employers in South Wales, will provide you with invaluable opportunities to build your professional networks. You will be able to do this alongside furthering access to justice and legal education for the wider community.

Careers

You will be taught the Clinical Practice modules via the Legal Advice Clinic. Under supervision of qualified solicitors and lecturers, you will provide free legal advice to clients. This will give you an opportunity to put law into practice and to contribute working hours towards the 2 years of Qualifying Work Experience required to become a solicitor. The Legal Advice Clinic will also allow you to develop and put into practice vital skills, such as interviewing and advising clients, which are assessed at SQE2.

The Clinic also provides you with the opportunity to play a part in ensuring access to justice in the local community via a variety of outreach programmes.

Graduates of the LLB (Hons) Legal Practice (SQE1) programme will typically go on to become solicitors or barristers.

The LLB (Hons) Legal Practice (SQE1) will prepare students to sit the SQE1 examination. Graduates who wish to join the Bar will be able to progress to a Bar Training Course. 

A law degree is the most adaptable of academic qualifications. Law graduates have an excellent record of employability because they are educated to think logically, articulate arguments clearly and in a concise way, and how to use evidence and rules.

Graduates also progress into a variety of careers which range from Legal Technologists, Social Work, Police, Third Sector organisations, Business, Finance, HR, Local Government, Civil Service, Management, and Education to name a few possibilities.