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Law

“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”  Charles Dickens

Subject title: A Level Law

You are

Your own experience and the media’s fascination with law-related stories

means that this subject is relevant, interesting and popular. Quite apart from

 the capacity to work hard, law students require good communication, logical

reasoning, analytical, problem-solving and time-management skills.

You will need

A minimum of 5 A* - C grades at GCSE level including a C in English.

The qualification is assessed by examinations. The AS qualification is two units the first looks at sources of law how the law is interpreted and how precedent works. The second unit we study judges, juries and the workings of criminal justice system with a focus on assault & battery, actual bodily harm and GBH. Finally, we look at contract law and how to make a civil claim for breach.

In the second year students in Unit 3 will study homicide by looking at murder and manslaughter and the defenses available.  In Unit 4 the crimes of Theft, Robbery and Burglary are explored and we end with a study of the theories of Law.

In the examinations there will be a mixture of short questions which test knowledge and questions which are based on a problem scenario and require students to apply their knowledge to give a legal opinion.  

We offer

We are an established and thriving department. Law is taught in a well

resourced subject base, with the most up-to-date materials and ICT facilities.

Trips and visits are arranged with local law enforcement agencies, legal

professionals and the criminal courts like the famous Old Bailey.

Other students combine this subject with

Typically students have chosen English Literature, Psychology,

Business Studies, Sociology, Politics and History (Students should be careful

about combining three subjects from Business Studies, Economics, Law and

Accounting as some universities view these as being too similar.)

Later you might become

A Level Law provides an excellent background for university and careers

not only in law, but also in Journalism, Local and Central Government, Public

Relations, Teaching, and a range of Management and Business areas. Some famous lawyers that you might have heard of include: Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi , Kafka, Barrack Obama, Bill & Hillary Clinton, Tony & Cherie Blair, Lenin.