Law with Criminology LLB (Hons)

**This is a Connected Degree**<br/><br/>Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.<br/><br/>**Overview**<br/><br/>Complement your law studies with an understanding criminal behaviour and the processes of criminal justice. <br/><br/>On this degree you’ll learn about competing perspectives of crime, how social order can be challenged and maintained, and how the world deals with the crimes of the powerful — such as genocide and war crimes. You’ll develop your knowledge of the law and legal frameworks too, which builds an ideal foundation for a career in the police or prison services. <br/><br/>Youll apply your learning throughout the course with real world scenarios or live client work, and gain practical experience with opportunities such as the Community Lawyer module.<br/><br/>By taking an optional paid placement year before or after your final year of study, youll graduate with a year of industry experience too. <br/><br/>**Course highlights**<br/><br/><br/>- Enrich your study of law by developing your understanding of criminal behaviour and criminal justice <br/><br/><br/>- Apply your learning in community settings to gain real-world legal practice skills<br/><br/><br/>- Have confidence in your learning with our research expertise in areas such as data protection, policing and financial crime<br/><br/><br/>- Benefit from teaching shaped by expert staff who have been practicing lawyers and criminologists, and who understand how the legal landscape is changing<br/><br/><br/>- Be able to obtain module exemptions from the Professional Qualification in Probation<br/><br/><br/>- Benefit from our partnership with Barbri, the world’s largest legal exam preparation experts, if you choose to do your Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) after graduation<br/><br/><br/>- Have the opportunity to apply your learning in a paid placement year before or after your final year, where you can apply your knowledge in a criminal justice organisation<br/><br/><br/>**New Solicitors Qualifying Exam**<br/><br/>The route to qualifying as a solicitor has changed for new applicants.<br/><br/>If you accept an offer on this course after 21 September 2021 youll need to take the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) after you graduate to qualify as a solicitor. The content and mode of assessment of many of our modules provide a good foundation for further specific SQE preparation.<br/><br/>If you completed or started this course, accepted an offer of a place, or paid a non-refundable deposit (international students only) before 21 September 2021 (inclusive) you can choose to take either the new SQE or the Legal Practice Course (LPC) after graduation.<br/><br/>**Worried about your grades?**<br/>If youre not sure you meet the entry requirements, or need some help to get uni-ready, then we offer this course with a foundation year to bring you up to speed. When you successfully finish, youll get a guaranteed place on this course.<br/><br/>**Careers and opportunities**<br/><br/>When you graduate youll be ready to take your next step to train as a solicitor, a barrister or a Chartered Legal Executive. Its worth noting that Chartered Legal Executives can now become judges, coroners, advocates and partners in law firms.<br/><br/>Law degrees are in the top 10 degrees for employability. Youll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills that will make you very employable across a range of other sectors.