Law and Criminal Justice University of Westminster

Overview

Through the Law and Criminal Justice from University of Westminster you will analyse legal issues in the media such as police powers and race, and the role of victims in the criminal justice system. You’ll also undertake an extended research project which will enable you to focus on a cause that matters to you.

You will get the chance to put your skills into practice by working in Westminster’s Legal Advice Clinic – providing legal support to people in the local community while gaining valuable work experience. 

The course will give you a head start towards a range of fascinating career roles. Not only is it a pathway to jobs in the criminal justice sector – such as a campaigner, researcher or policy officer in an NGO or government– it also meets the Bar’s core qualification standards and prepares you for the Solicitors’ Qualifying Exams (SQEs), providing a route into a legal career.

Career opportunities:

Graduates from our law courses have gone on to roles at organisations including: 

• Crown Prosecution Service 

• Financial Ombudsman Service 

• Kingsley Napley LLP 

• Latham and Watkins LLP 

• Mackrell Solicitors 

• Serious Fraud Office 

• Sheridans 

• Westkin Associates 

• Winckworth Sherwood LLP 

Job roles 

This course will prepare you for a wide variety of roles including: 

• Barrister 

• Fundraiser 

• Legal Executive 

• Policy developer 

• Prison officer 

• Researcher 

• Solicitor 

• Victim support officer