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Law Degrees: Three Questions

Explore the reasons to study law, the components of a law degree, and alternative routes to a legal career. Get answers and ask questions!

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Law Degrees: Three Questions

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  1. School of Law Law Degrees: Three QuestionsAs the lawyer awoke from surgery, he asked, "Why are all the blinds drawn?" The nurse answered, "There's a fire across the street, and we didn't want you to think you had died.”Dr Steven Cammiss http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/law/people/steven-cammiss

  2. What’s it all about? • Three questions : • Why Study Law? • What is a Law Degree • Are there alternative routes to law? • Feel free to interrupt and ask questions

  3. What’s it all about • Cake or biscuit? • What happens when it goes stale? • How much is it? • Problems of interpretation • ‘No vehicles in the park’ • Ambulance • Cycle • Electric cycle?

  4. Why study law? • To become a lawyer? • Three stages • ‘Academic stage’ • ‘Vocational stage’ • ‘Period of recognised training’

  5. Why study law? • Is it a vocational degree? • ‘The Academic Stage’ • What is law? • Law in action • Law in society • Law and… • Legal week • Alternative routes • GDLS • Alternative careers

  6. What is a law degree? • Foundation Subjects/Skills • Public Law • EU Law • Criminal Law • Obligations • Property Law • Equity and Trusts • English Legal System and Research Skills • Other compulsory subjects?

  7. Public Law • Constitutional Law • Administrative Law • Human Rights Law • Government • Individual and State

  8. EU Law • Institutions of EU • Substantive Law • Free movement • Competition Law • State Aid • Brexit • Relationship between EU law and UK sovereignty

  9. Criminal Law • Offences • Defences • Scope of liability • Attempts • Participation • Strict Liability • Product liability • Trading standards

  10. Law of Obligations (Private Law) • Contract • How to form a contract • Invitation to treat/offer • Mistakes and Misrepresentation • Tort • Negligence • Restitution • Remedies

  11. Property Law (Private Law) • Landlord and Tennant • Mortgages • Interests in law • Easements • Covenants etc

  12. Equity and Trusts (Private Law) • Wills • Charities • Ownership of cohabiting home

  13. ELS and Legal Research • Sources of Law • Hierarchy of legal sources • The courts • Interpretation of sources • Conflicts • Precedents • Statutory interpretation • Research Skills

  14. Optional Subjects • Caring and the Law • Commercial Law • Company Law • Competition Law • Conflict of Laws • Criminology • Dissertation • Employment Law • Arbitration • Personal Property Law • Mental Health Law • Human Rights • Immigration Law • Intellectual Property • International Law • Jurisprudence • Policing • Law and Political Theory • Evidence • Medical Law

  15. Year (or Two) Abroad? • Law with Languages • Maitrise • LLB with Year Abroad

  16. Alternative Paths • Degree of your choice + • Senior Status LLB • GDLS • But note the SRA current proposals

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