Undergraduate Study

Law

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Why study law?

Studying law at Newcastle
At Newcastle, we encourage our students to become familiar with legal regulation and policy, the creation of rights and obligations and the resolution of disputes. Future lawyers will develop not only legal technique but also a greater understanding of the social, economic and political issues surrounding the regulation of social behaviour and conflict. Newcastle Law School offers the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Honours degree.The degree programme, as a qualifying law degree, provides exemption from the first stage of the solicitors’ and barristers’ professional examination in England and Wales, provided you take the seven foundation modules: Land law; Contract law; Public law; Criminal law; General principles of tort; Equity; and European Union law. It is also possible for students studying for the LLB degree to satisfy the prerequisites for training at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Belfast. If you have sufficient language skills you may spend the first semester of the final year, once all the foundation law modules have been completed, studying at a European university as part of the Erasmus exchange programme.

Law affects every aspect of our lives. It provides the framework within which a successful society can flourish by regulating personal and business relationships and protecting vulnerable members of society. At a more prosaic level, law shapes our lives in a multitude of ways. For example, it sets the terms of our employment, provides protection from harm, punishes criminal wrongdoing and provides compensation for injury while also regulating government. Lawyers and politicians have a joint responsibility to keep the law relevant to the needs of a changing society. As a student of law you will be challenged to think about and respond to questions that are of fundamental importance to our future.

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