Law with Placement
Law is the system through which societies codify authority, resolve disputes, protect rights, and regulate behaviour across every domain from commerce and property to criminal justice and human rights. Studying it develops both detailed knowledge of legal rules and institutions and a rigorous analytical habit of mind, training you to construct and evaluate arguments, interpret complex texts with precision, and think clearly about the relationship between principles and their consequences. The legal knowledge and skills you develop are relevant not only to a career in law but to any professional role where careful reasoning about rules and their application matters.
At the University of Gloucestershire, this four-year full-time degree with placement explores the fundamental principles of law in England and Wales. It is designed to enable prospective lawyers to obtain the legal knowledge, skills, and attributes needed to pursue a career in law, aligned with professional standards. You will study the core subjects of the law curriculum alongside the practical legal skills of analysis, research, problem-solving, and professional communication.
The placement year built into the degree gives you the opportunity to gain significant legal or professional work experience, providing a substantial advantage when you graduate and move into legal training or professional employment.
Law graduates pursue a wide range of careers. Many go on to complete the professional training stages for qualification as solicitors or barristers in England and Wales, working in private practice, in-house legal teams, the Crown Prosecution Service, or the public sector. Others move into business, finance, compliance, human resources, policy, and journalism, where legal knowledge and analytical skills are consistently valued.
The combination of academic legal training and professional placement experience that Gloucestershire's degree provides is designed to prepare graduates who are both knowledgeable and practically ready. Postgraduate study in law or a specialist area of legal practice follows for many graduates.