Law undergraduate brochure

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Research-led teaching,with courses deliveredby world-leadinglawyers, criminologistsand ethicists

Legal Advice Centres,offering you hands-onexperience of pro-bono work

Long-standingreputation as adistinguished centreof teaching andresearch in law

The facts

Introducing Manchester

Law at Manchester

Course details

Life in our School

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I was attracted by thechance to work at theUniversity Legal AdviceCentre ... it gives studentsthe opportunity to gainhands-on experience.Sophie TaylorLLB Law

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Our UniversityMaking things happen

Influential, forward-thinking and down-to-earth,we’ll give you an amazing university experience rooted in a rich academic heritage.We turn enthusiasm into achievement andgroundbreaking theory into practice.

We accomplish feats of global significance, fromsplitting the atom to giving the world graphene –the two-dimensional wonder material that is one atom thick but 200 times stronger than steel. With more Nobel laureates on our staff than anyother UK university, and strong links to industry and public services, we vitalise our undergraduatecourses with pioneering research.

Join us at the heart of Britain’s most popularstudent city.

Learn more about us:www.manchester.ac.uk

Our cityAlways moving forward

Manchester lives on the edge of tomorrow,ever a step ahead in science, industry, media,sport and the arts. The Mancunian character,exemplified by the city’s central role in theindustrial revolution, strives for excellence in all walks of life.

This is a city of many accents, having become a cosmopolitan magnet for students andprofessionals eager to experience its can-doattitude, independent spirit and cultural wealth.

Never content to live on past glories,Manchester has a passion for progress.

Discover what makes Manchester unique:www.manchester.ac.uk/cityofmanchester

Introducing

Manchester

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Your experienceMore than just a degree

From the flexible, 24/7 learning environment of the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons tothe personal development opportunities andspecialist support services we offer, we willempower you to be your best.

We’re well underway with the biggestinvestment programme ever seen in UKhigher education, having invested £750million in our facilities since 2004, withanother £1 billion to follow. Away from yourstudies you’ll have access to the UK’s largeststudent union, almost 300 student societies,and excellent sports and fitness facilities.

The only thing you won’t experience is boredom.

Hear from some of our students, graduates and staff:www.manchester.ac.uk/ug/profiles

Your careerOn a course to success

We are one of the UK’s most targeteduniversities by employers – 92% of ourgraduates go straight into employment or further study.

We design our courses with youremployability in mind. Our problem-basedapproach to learning inspires you to thinkcritically, creatively, and independently. You’llalso be able to learn new skills throughvolunteering, personal developmentprogrammes and study abroad pathways.

We have the UK’s best careers service,providing advice and mentoring services, andconnecting you with employers who’ll putyou on a path to career success.

Take control of your career:www.manchester.ac.uk/careers

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Our proud tradition of legal studies atManchester, which started in 1872, has alwaysincluded a rigorous grounding in the law and itstechniques; however, today we also emphasise a sound appreciation of its theoretical and policy implications, and the links between lawand society.

Law

at Manchester

Manchester’s School of Law is a research-led teachingcentre, where courses are delivered by academicsengaged in world-leading research. As anundergraduate, you will be exposed to a breadth ofscholarship, reflected in the wide range of courses weoffer. We regularly achieve top ratings in nationalrankings of university law schools.

Our School has a full-time staff of more than 70academics including lawyers, criminologists andethicists, whose areas of interest encompass diversesubjects and approaches. These include private law,public law, European and international law, criminallaw and justice, law and economics, environmentallaw, legal theory, human rights, health care law andphilosophy.

Manchester Law graduates are highly regarded by thelegal profession, and each year many of our studentssecure training contracts and pupillages with themost prestigious law firms and barristers’ chambers.The School of Law was ranked joint seventh in theUK for graduate prospects by The Times GoodUniversity Guide 2013. Every graduate has aguaranteed place to study on the Legal PracticeCourse (LPC) with one of three major courseproviders, if they achieve a minimum 2:2 degree.

Although most of our students come to us with threegood A-levels, we are equally interested in thosereturning to education who have alternative entryqualifications, or who have shown evidence of recentacademic achievement on top of their workexperience.


Many serving judges are Manchester graduates or formeracademics, including the first female Justice of the UKSupreme Court, Baroness Hale of Richmond. We are held inhigh esteem by the legal profession and many leadingsolicitors’ firms provide us with sponsorship.

Course details

Law LLB (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code M100

Law with Criminology LLB (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code M1M9

Law with Politics LLB (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code LM21

Law with Politics BA (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code M1L2

Other courses in the School of Law

Criminology BA 3yrsUCAS Code M901

Typical offerLLBA-level AAAIB 37 666 at HL

LLB/BA Law with Politics and LLB Law with CriminologyA-level AABIB 35 665 at HL

GCSE – good profile with grade A in English Language and B in Maths.

For detailed entry requirements to specific courses, visit:www.manchester.ac.uk/law/undergraduate/courses

For information on overseas qualificationsand foundation course entry requirements,visit:www.manchester.ac.uk/law/undergraduate/international

Course details

Law LLB (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code M100

The LLB is the largest undergraduate course that weoffer. It covers the basic subjects of legal study, whilealso providing you with a diverse choice of specialistoptions to suit your particular interests and careerplans. It is a qualifying law degree (QLD) and thusprovides exemption from the Graduate Diploma inLaw, which is otherwise required if you wish tobecome a barrister or solicitor.

In the first and second years you will study the corelaw course units required for the QLD: Contract Law,Torts Law, Land Law, Equity and Trusts, EuropeanUnion Law, Public Law and Criminal Law. In yoursecond and third years you will also be able to studyseveral specialist course units, including other unitsfrom the University’s Faculty of Humanities.

The School of Law offers a wide choice of specialistcourse units in law. These range from Family Law toLaw and Ethics in War and Warfare, from CompanyLaw to Mental Health Law, from Employment Law toLegal History, and from Criminal Evidence to Law ofFreedom of Expression.

It is also possible to submit a dissertation in place ofone of your specialist course units.

Law with Criminology LLB (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code M1M9

This Joint Honours course builds on the many linksbetween the related disciplines of law andcriminology. Many of our staff take a socio-legalapproach to their research and teaching, which iswell suited to this course.

An advantage of taking law and criminology in oneinterdisciplinary School (as compared to taking a courserun jointly by two different Schools) is that we are ableto provide an integrated, coherent course that allowsmany topics to be approached from the viewpoint ofboth disciplines. Some subjects are taught by lawyersand criminologists working together. Some teachingstaff carry out research on topics that require anunderstanding of both disciplines, such as sentencingand the treatment of victims of crime, so you willbenefit from up-to-date thinking and knowledge.

By following Track 1 of the course, you will completethe core course units required for a QLD. Track 2specialises increasingly in criminology or specialist lawcourse units of your choice.

Law with Politics LLB (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code LM21

This Joint Honours course builds on the many linksbetween the two sister disciplines of politics and law.Our expertise makes Manchester an especially goodplace to study in this increasingly important field. It isa QLD and thus provides exemption from theGraduate Diploma in Law, which is otherwiserequired if you wish to become a barrister or solicitor.

The Law part of the course provides you with a solidand comprehensive grounding in key legal principles,as well as enabling you to specialise in particularareas of interest in later years.

In Politics, we introduce you to leading approaches inareas such as international relations and Europeanpolitics, as well as core theoretical concepts. Buildingon this foundation, you are free to follow yourparticular interests within the field of politics in yoursecond and third years.

Law with Politics BA (Hons) 3yrsUCAS Code M1L2

The course content is the same as that for LM21above, the difference being that you have a choice asto whether you wish to obtain a QLD as part of thiscourse. You will make this choice at the start of yoursecond year.

Other courses in the School of LawCriminology BA 3yrsUCAS Code M901

More information about this course can be found inthe Criminology prospectus, available from theSchool of Law Recruitment and Admissions Office(contact details page 15).


Manchester is one of only a fewuniversities to offer Law with Politics, Idid both subjects at A-level and didn’twant to ‘give up’ Politics when I came touniversity. The course seemed like theperfect mix of the two sisterdisciplines.

Hollie WalshLLB Law with Politics

Life in our School

Teaching and learningFormal-based contact hours (lectures and seminars)amount to between 10 and 12 hours per week. We expect you to spend around 40 hours per weekstudying, including attending lectures and seminars.Lectures are conducted to a large cohort of students,where you are taught an overview of a particularsubject by a specialist in the field.

Seminars are small groups of up to 12 students and a member of staff. In these, you discuss and presentaspects of a legal topic that you are learning. Youshould prepare in advance for the discussion and arerequired to submit written work for each course unit.

Each course unit also includes weekly feedback/drop-in hours, giving you the opportunity to meetwith specialist teaching staff on a one-to-one basis to discuss your progress.

We also offer weekly skills sessions throughout theyear, working in conjunction with local andinternational lawyers and our careers service toenhance both your academic learning progress andyour employability.

Legal advice centresYou could gain practical legal experience in both ‘reallife’ cases and pro-bono work in our legal advicecentres. More than 300 students volunteer for thisannually and are supervised by over 40 local lawyersat client interview, research and in preparation ofclient advice letters.

Our original centre, based on campus, has been inexistence for more than 13 years. We also now havethree outreach centres at East Manchester, the WaiyinChinese Women Society (China Town) and the CivilCourts of Justice. The centres are quality marked bythe Legal Services Commission.

Pastoral care and mentor schemeAll students are assigned an academic advisor, whowill be available throughout your studies to providesupport and advice. You can also discuss anyconcerns regarding individual course units withlecturers, seminar supervisors and course directors.

You will also be assigned a mentor (a current secondor third-year student) to ensure you make the most of your time at Manchester, both academically andsocially. Mentors can help you adapt to university lifeand to get involved in the School of Law and all itsactivities throughout your first year.

Study abroadOur School fosters links with overseas institutions,and we have an expanding student exchangeprogramme through the Erasmus Exchange schemein Europe and with universities in Singapore,Australia, the USA and Hong Kong.

For further information about our study abroadprogramme, see:www.manchester.ac.uk/ug/studyabroad

InternshipsWe also have organised formal internships inMalaysia and Singapore. In Malaysia, this is inconjunction with law firms, and in Singapore with the Pro Bono Division of the Law Society. Weregularly have around 40 students take part in these internships each year.


Manchester University Law Society(MULS)This well established student society runs a numberof popular social events and sporting opportunities,all of which are sponsored by law firms (both Cityand regional). Socials include the Spring Ball, pubquizzes and a Halloween party.

MULS also liaises with our External Relations Directorand University Careers Service to ensure that ourstudents are aware of the importance of the optionalweekly skills sessions and presentations offered bythe School of Law to enhance student employability.

Run by students for students, MULS adds to thestudent experiences of university life and, it is hoped,creates a bond between all our students from Year 1.Other societies in the School of Law include:

• Streetlaw Society

• Manchester Bar and Mooting Society

• Manchester Debating Society

• FLUB (First Year Law, University and Beyond)

• Legal Advice Centre Society

• School of Law Music Ensemble

SportIn addition to the University sports teams, our Schoolof Law has five sports teams, including two footballteams, two netball teams and a rugby team. We holdan annual sports day with teams from several otheruniversities, sponsored by a Magic Circle law firm.


Life in our School

Career opportunitiesIf you want to practise as a solicitor or barrister, theLLB (Hons) Law, LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology andLLB (Hons) Law with Politics cover all the core courseunits you need to qualify for exemptions at the nextstage in your training. We have strong links with thelegal professions and public services, and ourgraduates have an excellent record of securingemployment both in the legal profession and in otherprofessional environments. Careers advice is availablefrom a dedicated careers advisor.

Our School of Law and the University’s CareersService have developed a dedicated careers educationprogramme: Getting into the Legal Profession (GILP).Each year, as part of this programme, we run a seriesof employability workshops, delivered by an in-houseteam, practitioners from local and City law firms andthe Careers Service. You will also gain advice on non-law careers as an extension of this programme.

How to applyAll applications for full-time undergraduate courses inhigher education are coordinated by the Universitiesand Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). You mustapply online at: www.ucas.com

If you are unable to access the internet, we adviseyou to contact the UCAS Customer Service Unit on:+44 (0)871 468 0468.


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Everything you need to apply:www.manchester.ac.uk/ug/howtoapply

Accommodation

Admissions and applications

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Alan Gilbert Learning Commons

Balancing your studies with your caringresponsibilities: www.manchester.ac.uk/childcare

Childcare

Talk to us about any support you need: www.manchester.ac.uk/dso

Disability support

Get to grips with fees, loans, scholarships and more: www.manchester.ac.uk/studentfinance

Funding and finance

Maps

Prospectus

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IT Services

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Library

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Sport

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Support

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Students’ Union

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Videos

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Download or order a copy of our prospectus:www.manchester.ac.uk/ug/courses/prospectus


Take control of your career:www.manchester.ac.uk/careers

CareersLet us help you prepare for your time here:www.manchester.ac.uk/international

International students

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Disclaimer

This brochure is prepared well in advance ofthe academic year to which it relates.Consequently, details of courses may varywith staff changes. The University thereforereserves the right to make such alterationsto courses as are found to be necessary. Ifthe University makes an offer of a place, it isessential that you are aware of the currentterms on which the offer is based. If you arein any doubt, please feel free to ask forconfirmation of the precise position for theyear in question, before you accept the offer.

For further information about the courses,or about qualifications, please contact:

AddressSchool of LawThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUnited Kingdom

tel +44 (0)161 306 1271 or +44 (0)161 275 5590

email [email protected]

For the most up-to-date courseinformation, please visit our website: www.manchester.ac.uk/law

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School of LawThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUnited Kingdom

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