LLB (Honours) Law with Criminology
Three years full-time
UCAS code • M1M9
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Law
Related subjects • Criminology
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The law clinic is a fully-fledged solicitors' practice, which enables students to work on real-life cases. Here you can watch a video of a real life law clinic case.
Watch an interview with Amy Smith talk about her experience of the law in practice module and how it led to her current job.
Watch a screencast to find out more about the Innocence Project UK.
Some of our students can go on placement in the United States in a Public Defenders Office. Watch videos explaining more about the placement experience and justice in the United States.
The practical modules available on the law courses.
Watch videos about the Amicus internship opportunity.
Visit the Department of Law website to view profiles of staff who teach in this subject area.
View profiles of students on this course.
At a glance
This fully qualifying law degree prepares you for a professional career in law, criminology and community justice. The course has a practical focus where your academic learning is combined with developing the essential skills for employment. We provide you with opportunities to gain a real, practical insight into a range of different careers, and fully prepare yourself for graduate employment.
Key points
• Take a degree that is fully qualifying and covers core law subjects as well as criminology modules.
• Gain experience with our range of practical law and criminology modules.
• Build your CV working in a legal service provider on our law in practice placement modules.
• Gain international experience working and studying overseas.
What is law with criminology?
An often fast-paced and far-reaching system of rules designed to ensure equality in society and protect individuals' rights. The legal profession has two different strands, barristers and solicitors, both aiming to secure the best possible outcome for their clients.
Criminology is the study of the many causes and effects of crime. It explores crime, criminality and criminal justice institutions and processes.
This course
Prepare for a career in law on this fully qualifying law degree. Designed and developed in consultation with our extensive network of employers, it satisfies the standards of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Council.
Our Law School is renowned for its innovative approach to teaching based on our extensive experience of clinical legal education. The fully integrated clinical programme includes unique work related modules designed to give you that practical edge needed in today's competitive employment market.
This joint degree provides an excellent foundation whether you want to enter the legal profession or move into other careers such as criminal and community justice, education, personnel work, the civil service, or other options in the community or public sector.
You learn about the many types, causes and consequences of crime, the criminal justice institutions, and the processes that seek to reduce offending, alongside studies of human society, social groups and social structures.
You also benefit from teaching staff who are active in two research centres – Hallam Centre for Community Justice and our Centre for Education and Inclusion Research. Thanks to this active relationship with research we can offer course content that is up to date and teaching perspectives that are of a very high standard.
Key areas of study
Key of study include • law and criminology • high risk and serious offenders • policing • rehabilitation and punishment • legal perspectives on criminal justice • legal and social theory • international human rights law.
We also have a range of modules directly related to the legal profession, which involve work on real client work.
Law clinic
Our law clinic is a fully regulated solicitors' practice where you work under the supervision of qualified solicitors on real cases. It gives you an insight into the pressures and demands of the legal profession.
Law in practice
You can build on practical experience in the law by applying to spend one day each week with a legal service provider to gain invaluable experience within a professional setting. To gain a greater understanding of law in practice in an international setting, you can apply to spend the summer working at law firms across the USA.
Innocence Project UK programme
You can apply to work on a real case of an alleged miscarriage of justice on our Innocence project. You will gain a unique practical insight into the criminal justice system.
Law in the community
You work in a team to research and deliver presentations on different areas of law to various community groups.
Criminology work-based/related learning
You take a credited placement or ‘simulation’ module taught by practitioners in the second and third year. Previous placements have included South Yorkshire Police, West Yorkshire Probation Trust and SOVA.
Mooting
Advocacy is an essential part of a solicitor's or barrister's career. You represent fictitious clients in a mock trial, usually on a matter of civil law.
The Law Department at Sheffield Hallam were shortlisted for the prestigious Lawworks National Pro Bono Awards for Best Contribution by a Law School 2012.
Find out more about LLB (Honours) Law with Criminology
Related courses
You apply for this course through UCAS.
2013/14 academic year
For 2013 entry, membership of a professional body is included in the course fee.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,680 a year
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• examinations • coursework • presentations • portfolio • reports • contributing to seminars
This qualifying law degree exempts you from the Common Professional Examination of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Council.
Key Information Set 
Law clinic introduction (1:19)
The law clinic provides a free legal service to Sheffield Hallam staff and students who are in need of legal advice or assistance. It is run by law students under the supervision of academic staff who are qualified solicitors or barristers.
In this video, two Sheffield Hallam students, Luciano and Sumita, interview a client of the law clinic, Mrs Sellars. Here they explain the role that students in the law clinic perform on behalf of the client.
Ascertaining (0:25)
Students Sumita and Luciano ascertain from the client, Mrs Sellars, the nature of her problem.
Interaction (1:20)
Students Sumita and Luciano is discussion with their client Mrs Sellars about the documentation she has received from the company she has a dispute with.
Interaction 2 (1:14)
Students Sumita and Luciano empathise with their client Mrs Sellars as to the nature of her problem.
End of interview (00:45)
Students Sumita and Luciano close the interview with the client, Mrs Sellars and agree the next steps.
Satisified customers (2:34)
The client, Mrs Sellars later returns to the Law Clinic to update students, Luciano and Sumita, on the outcome of the case.
Amy Smith (02:03)
From graduation to career
Amy Smith graduated from her LLB Law course in 2010. She completed the Law in Practice module as part of her degree and through this she secured a training contract with a local law firm.
In this video Amy explains what her current role entails and how this is preparing her for her future career as a solicitor.
Amy Smith - Mentoring (01:55)
Sheffield Hallam Mentor Scheme
Amy talks through her experience of the support and guidance she received from her tutors while studying. Amy also explains the Sheffield Hallam Mentoring scheme which graduates take part in to help current students at the university pursue their chosen career.
Amy Smith - law modules (03:11)
LLB Law modules and practical experience
The LLB Law course at Sheffield Hallam offers a lot of options for students to get involved in real life law cases. Amy explains how the options she chose helped her in her current role and made her CV stand out to her current employers.
Amy Smith Studying at SHU (02:21)
Studying Law at Sheffield Hallam
Amy explains why she chose Sheffield Hallam and what it is like to study and live here.
More videos
Amy Smith (02:03)
From graduation to career
Amy Smith - Mentoring (01:55)
Sheffield Hallam Mentor Scheme
Amy Smith - law modules (03:11)
LLB Law modules and practical experience
Amy Smith Studying at SHU (02:21)
Studying Law at Sheffield Hallam
Innocence project (3:56)
This is a screencast of the process a person who has been convicted of a crime would need to follow if they were claiming their innocence if they needed pro bono help via Sheffield Hallam students in conjunction with the Innocence Project UK.
Chantelle Lindley (11.25)
Chantelle Lindley on placement in the USA.
One of our students, Chantelle Lindley, talks about her experiences of working on our law in practice (international) module.
Chantelle worked on placement in the Public Defenders Office in Savannah, Georgia in the United States.
The Centurion Ministries video (12:21)
Miscarriages of justice in the United States.
Here is a harrowing short film from Centurion Ministries about real-life miscarriage of justice cases in the United States.
More videos
Chantelle Lindley (11.25)
Chantelle Lindley on placement in the USA.
The Centurion Ministries video (12:21)
Miscarriages of justice in the United States.
Practical experience (3:21)
Mark Edwards, our principal lecturer, explains the practical modules available on the law courses and how this experience will help you in your legal career.
Amicus internship (2:33)
One of our prinicpal lecturers, Mark Edwards, talks about the opportunity to go on an internship in America through the Amicus project. Our students, Hiral and Georgina descibe how we have helped them secure the internship and what it will bring to their future careers.
Laura Phillips
LLB Law with Criminology
`Sheffield Hallam offers much more than just a degree. I found this out when I was given the opportunity to gain practical hands on experience through the Law in the Community module.
`The alternatives and choices Sheffield Hallam offers are just second to none, giving students a chance to broaden their career options and pathways upon graduation. Being given such an opportunity as a student broadens life skills, as well as impacting upon you as an individual away from law.
`During my degree, I was given amazing support from the tutors who were on hand at all times to aid with my learning as well as any decisions regarding my future. They are so encouraging, you feel empowered throughout your degree to succeed in what lies beyond.
`To study Law at Sheffield Hallam is a rewarding adventure. As challenging as the degree can be, the University and tutors make the course exciting and fulfilling, an experience which will help you greatly throughout your life.
`The degree requires commitment and a great deal of work, but so long as you put in the effort, the outcome is worth all of the hard work, especially when you achieve the grade that you set out to reach!'
Ashley Lord
LLB Law with Criminology third year level six
'Since starting university in 2011 I have been asked numerous times why I chose Sheffield Hallam, I still struggle to give a definitive answer. It just felt like the best place for me. At the open days I attended, the staff members were helpful and knowledgeable, the student reps were friendly and informed, moreover the university itself felt the most appropriate for my learning style. It seemed a great mix of theory and practical, especially the opportunities to participate in mooting and mock trials.
'The practical elements allowed me to exercise the knowledge I had learnt during lectures and seminars and through my further reading, most notably my understanding of psychiatric harm claims improved dramatically during the varsity moot against the University of Sheffield, within which my mooting partner and I successfully fought off some fierce opposition.
'Success in the varsity moot proved to be the determining factor in me running for the position of Master of Moots on the student law society, having been elected by my peers I hope to provide a more practical and accessible section of the society, with a view to include more external aspects, particularly the inclusion of barrister and solicitor guest speakers.
'My only advice to any prospective law students is keep up with the work set, make sure you complete the text book readings and case readings too. Furthermore, I would advise that you take part in as many extra curricula activities as possible, not just to improve your C.V., but to increase your list of contacts through face-to-face networking.'
Profiles
Laura Phillips
LLB Law with Criminology
Ashley Lord
LLB Law with Criminology third year level six
