Law (Online) 6 year
Law is a discipline that examines how societies establish and enforce rules, how rights and obligations are created and resolved, and how power is constrained through legal frameworks. A law degree opens doors not only to legal practice but to a wide range of careers where analytical rigour, persuasive communication, and an understanding of how institutions work are valued. Whether you intend to qualify as a barrister, solicitor, or paralegal, or to use your legal education in business, politics, journalism, or the civil service, the foundational skills developed through legal study are genuinely portable.
The University of Law offers this six-year online law degree specifically designed for those who need to study at a distance and who require a part-time route to a law qualification. Distance learning means you can engage with the programme from wherever you are based, fitting your study around existing commitments such as work or family. The online format is supported with structured teaching, materials, and tutor interaction, and the programme leads to a qualifying law degree that meets the same academic standards as a campus-based programme.
A typical entry tariff of 120 points at the standard entry level reflects the University of Law's commitment to making legal education accessible to students from a range of backgrounds.
You will study the core areas of English law, including contract, tort, land law, equity and trusts, criminal law, and public law, developing the analytical and reasoning skills that underpin all subsequent legal specialisation. The programme also covers legal research skills, statutory interpretation, and the ethical responsibilities of legal professionals.
Graduates are eligible to progress to professional legal training as solicitors or barristers, and the qualification also opens routes into paralegal work, legal operations, compliance, financial services, journalism, public administration, and a wide range of other fields where legal literacy is valued. Postgraduate study in law or conversion programmes for overseas qualifications are further options.