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International/EU: £14,415 per year (£1,200 for placement year)
Course summary
- Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
- Study legal and criminal justice principles, rules and practice and the effect of law in society from complementary academic and practical perspectives.
- Gain legal work experience within our own regulated legal practice, SHU Law.
- Engage in real legal work in a range of practice areas including private litigation, criminal appeals, and pro-bono advice clinics.
Benefit from an academically rigorous and career-enhancing education, which includes unique work-related modules designed to give you the practical edge needed in today's competitive employment market. Once you have completed the foundation year, you progress to a fully-qualifying degree, satisfying the standards of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board for legal training.
How you learn
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
The course is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology course. You share the first year with other Business, Law, Criminology and Psychology foundation students, before moving on to your subject specific degree. You share the foundation year with other Business, Law, Criminology and Psychology foundation students, before moving on to your subject-specific degree. The foundation year will take place at City Campus in the Sheffield Business School.
We have highly motivated, knowledgeable and creative staff across the department who bring a breadth and depth of skills from legal practice. This enables high quality learning of the core aspects of the discipline, and a range of specialist topics and areas of study.
You learn through
- lectures
- seminars
- workshops
- team meetings
- moots
- peer learning
- placement activity
- visits
- guest lectures
In the foundation year, you build your subject specific and general business knowledge alongside developing academic skills to prepare you for starting your subject specific undergraduate degree.
You will be provided with an overview of the key concepts, ideas, approaches, research and general knowledge to the topic areas and will have the opportunity to question, debate and discuss these within your seminar groups.
You will receive feedback regularly from your tutors, peers and through guided self-reflection to help you develop the skills and knowledge needed to undertake the various module assessments.
Course leaders and tutors
Peter Griffith
Senior Lecturer in LawAs a senior lecturer in Law Peter contributes to teaching and curriculum design in a range of subjects
Applied learning
Work placements
We have excellent links with the local, regional and national legal profession. Local firms provide assessed one-day-a-week placements for many of our students. Local professionals also provide work experience opportunities, give guest lectures, advise on casework and provide career guidance where appropriate.
Live projects
You are given multiple chances to undertake real law and criminology client work. These include opportunities to advise, assist and represent real life clients in a range of different practice areas, providing transformational experiences which enable you to develop transferable skills and enhance your graduate attributes. You are encouraged to engage in professional voluntary work, human rights, civil liberties and social justice.
Competitions
In our Legal Professional Practice areas, you can represent fictitious clients in an appeal before the Court of Appeal and/or the Supreme Court, in our on-campus moot court. Our Mooting and Debating Society members take part in internal and national competitions and we have enjoyed considerable success. We have previously won the prestigious national BPP/Oxford University Press Mooting Competition and in 2017 we were again finalists.
International opportunities
Opportunities exist for study and work experience abroad, including opportunities to spend time in the summer working at law firms across the USA on predominantly criminal law cases. Typical placements involve working in a public defender's office.
Come to an open day
Find out more at our undergraduate open days. Book now for your place.
Future careers
Your degree can be the first step towards a career in law, public sector and criminal justice professions, and the wider business and commercial sector.
This course prepares you for a career in
- solicitors' firms
- barristers' chambers
- the police, probation and prison services
- financial services
- local government
- Crown Prosecution Service
- victim support
Accreditation
Once you have completed the foundation year, you progress to the fully-qualifying law degree which exempts you from the Common Professional Examination of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Council.
Where will I study?
You study at Collegiate Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.
Collegiate campus
Collegiate Campus can be found just off Ecclesall Road, a bustling student district.
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Collegiate library
Collegiate Library can be found just off Ecclesall Road. It's open 24 hours a day, every day.
Learn moreEntry requirements
All students
UCAS points
- 64
This must include at least 32 points from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. For example:
- CC at A Level
- MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma.
- A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels, EPQ and general studies.
You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.
GCSE
- English Language or English Literature at grade C or 4
- Maths at grade C or 4
• Access - at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 from a relevant Open College Network accredited course
If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.
Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.
Additional information for EU/International students
If you are an International or non-UK European student, you can find out more about the country specific qualifications we accept on our international qualifications page. You can also watch a video guide on how to apply.
For details of English language entry requirements (IELTS), please see the information for 'All students'.
Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.
Year 1
| Module | Credits |
|---|---|
| Module: Introduction To The Psychological, Political, Legal, Criminal Justice And Sociological Sciences | Credits: 60 |
| Module: The Practice Of Law And Policing | Credits: 60 |
Year 2
| Module | Credits | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Module: Criminal Law And Practice | Credits: 30 |
Assessment:
Coursework Exam |
| Module: Dispute Resolution In Contract | Credits: 30 |
Assessment:
Coursework Practical |
| Module: Introduction To Criminology And Practice | Credits: 30 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Uk Constitutional Law And Practice | Credits: 30 |
Assessment:
Coursework Exam |
Year 3
| Module | Credits | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Module: Controversies Of Punishment | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Dispute Resolution In Tort | Credits: 30 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Trusts & Equitable Wrongs (Including Wills And Administration Of Estates) | Credits: 30 |
Assessment:
Coursework Exam |
| Module | Credits | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Module: Criminal Appeals | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Cybercrime And Society | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Exclusion Rights And Justice | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Experiencing Criminal Justice | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Human Rights Clinic | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Life Beyond Crime, Substance Use And Offending | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Prison Clinic | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Real World Social Justice And Activism | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
Coursework |
| Module: Shu Law New Enquiries | Credits: 20 |
Assessment:
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Year 4
| Module | Credits |
|---|---|
| Module: Placement Year | Credits: - |
Final year
| Module | Credits | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Module: Land, Property Law And Practice | Credits: 30 |
Assessment:
Coursework Exam |
Fees and funding
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2022/23 is £9,250 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200.
† If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.
International students
Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2022/23 is £14,415 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200.
Financial support for home/EU students
How tuition fees work, student loans and other financial support available.
Additional course costs
This link allows you to view estimated costs associated with the main activities on specific courses. These are estimates and, as such, are only an indication of additional course costs. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.
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