law llb - june 2013 open day
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Open Day
Law with Business LLB(Hons)Law with Criminology LLB(Hons)
Alison Bone, Law with Business LLB(Hons) Course Leader
Dr Craig Johnstone, Law with Criminology Lecturer
We have strong links with industry and work with employers to develop relevant programmes
40 years’ experience of running courses
Most staff worked in industry before joining
Career-focussed courses – you will develop the practicalskills that employers are looking for
Brighton Business School
Law with Business LLB(Hons)Law with Criminology LLB(Hons)
Qualifying Law Degrees
Law with Business enables students to study the foundations of law subjects together with other law modules and business modules
Law with Criminology enables students to study the foundations of law subjects together with other law modules and undertake an in-depth study of criminology
What you need to study law at Brighton
A typical offer is ABB (Law with Criminology) and BBB (Law with Business) from three A-levels (ex General Studies).
GCSE Maths and English min Grade C
IB 34 points (Law with Criminology) and 32 points (Law with Business), inc 16 at higher level
Nat Dip DDM
IELTS min 6 (inc 6 in writing) where applicable
An enquiring mind!
The LLB courses at Brighton
Law modules make up at least 2/3 of the degree
Law with Business
Study of at least five business modules
Options to take further business or law modules in the final year
Law with Criminology
Study of at least five criminology modules
Options to take further criminology or law modules in the final year
What is a ‘Qualifying Law Degree’
It is a degree that is recognised by the professional legal bodies (the Solicitors Regulation Authority www.sra.org.uk and the Bar Standards Board www.barstandardsboard.org.uk) as the academic stage of training for a solicitor or barrister.
Law routes
Course structure of LLB (with Business)
5 modules in year 1
5 modules in year 2
Majority of modules have coursework and examination
Some modules (1 or 2 in each year) are 100% coursework
Minimum 12 hours contact per week in year 1 and 10 hours in year 2. Year 3 dependent on elective choice but minimum of 8 hours.
Year 1 modules
Law in Action
How to find and read cases and statutes
How the English Legal System works
Guest speakers – to provide context
Legal skills: research, writing, referencing, essay-writing, problem-solving
Employability skills: CV writing, communication, team building
Year 1 modules cont…
Law of Torts
Negligence
Defamation
Occupiers liability
Trespass etc
Public Law
British constitution
Human rights
Judicial review of government actions
First year business modules
Global Business Environment
Foundation level economics to give an understanding of business
Provided in a legal context with guest speakers
Business Planning
Introduction to forms of business organisation
Basic marketing principles
Financial aspects of business planning
First year criminology modules
Introduction to Criminal Justice Studies
What is criminology and what is it concerned with?
What do we know about crime?
What is the purpose of punishment?
How does the criminal justice system work?
Theories of Crime
Competing explanations of offending behaviour
Draw particularly on psychological and sociological perspectives
Understand offending in the context of race, age, class, gender
Second year Law with Business modules
European Union Law
Contract Law
Law in Practice: Moot
Criminal Law
Business Development
Second year Law with Criminology modules
European Union Law
Contract Law
Law in Practice: Moot
Criminal Law
Criminologies of Crime Control
Critical Perspectives on Criminal Justice
Optional year 3 work placement
On placement you gain work and life experience
It significantly adds to your CV
Placement companies include: Alfred James & Co SolicitorsGaby Hardwicke SolicitorsAcumen Business LawDevonshires SolicitorsHome OfficeHouse of Lords
Final year modules
Land Law Equity and Trusts Legal Research Project – group research project One criminology/business module
Options include:
Commercial Law, Company Law Employment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Family Law, Legal Dissertation, Law of Succession
Law with Business: Employee Relations, Business Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Law with Criminology: Contemporary Studies in Crime and Justice, Cross-Cultural Criminology, Global Issues: Crime, Power and Harm
How are modules taught?
Generally through a lecture and seminar each week for each module
Some eg academic skills for Law in Action, Business Planning are taught through workshops
Where are modules taught?
The Business School
All Law modules
All Business modules
School of Applied Social Science
All Criminology modules
Criminology classes scheduled one day each week
Sample lecture - Employment Law
In order to claim unfair dismissal employee must show:
- that he is an employee
- has worked continuously for 51 weeks (1 weeks statutory notice is added) or, if they started after April 2012, 103 weeks
- that he has been dismissed
If there is any doubt the employee has the burden of proof
Employment Law
Employer must prove
has a potentially fair reason for dismissal
has acted reasonably in deciding to dismiss ie followed a reasonable procedure
Fair reasons for dismissal
Capability or qualifications
Conduct
Redundancy
Would be illegal to continue to employ
Some other substantial reason
Unfair reasons
TU membership or activity
Health and safety activities (also pension scheme trustees, ee reps)
Family-related reasons
Pressure er should have ignored
Assertion of statutory right eg time off
Transfer of an undertaking
Whistleblowing (disclosure under Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998)
Capability
Ill-health - note period of sick pay not conclusive
‘Sympathetic consideration’ required but NB provisions regarding disability in Equality Act 2010
Coleman v Attridge Law
Fair review required plus appropriate warnings
ACAS Code provides guidance
Sometimes abused as a reason by employees!
Seminar question
Marty has worked for Loambase Garden Centre for two years. He is twenty years old and rather frail in that he seems to catch colds easily and has been off sick for a total of thirty days in the last twelve months, usually for two or three days at a time.
He has now started arriving late at work saying that his mother has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and needs help in the mornings. His manager Susan is getting rather fed up and wants to dismiss him.
How would you advise her?
Virtual learning environment
All modules are supported through the use of studentcentral, our online learning site.
In addition to paper resources (books, journals etc in the library) students have access to a range of online legal research services, such as Westlaw, Lawtel, Lexis Nexis and HeinOnline. These can be accessed from students’ home computer.
How are modules assessed?
Generally through examination and coursework
Law in Action and Business Planning are assessed via 75% and 100% coursework respectively
Skills development: personal, academic and legal
Year 1: Law in Action is tailored to meet the needs of law students and support other modules
Year 2 and Final year: Law in Practice: Moot and Legal Research Project modules focus on the development of effective oral presentation, advocacy and team work skills.
Close links with local legal community
Local legal practices provide advocacy training, speakers on topical legal issues, shadowing, sponsorship and internship opportunities.
Students are encouraged to complete vacation placements with solicitors’ firms, mini pupillages with barristers’ chambers and internships with other institutions.
Members of the Sussex Law Society, Institute of Legal Executives and Sussex Young Lawyers sit on the advisory panel for course development.
Student Law Society
Membership of over 150 students.
Educational events have included visits to Lewes Crown Court, Brighton magistrates court, the Houses of Parliament and national law fairs.
Social events have included paintballing, go-karting, surfing, themed social nights, a Christmas ball and a trip with law students from other universities to Amsterdam.
Mooting
Law in Practice: Moot module develops advocacy skills.
The inter-university mooting competition between the Universities of Brighton and Sussex is an annual event. Students argue both sides of a fictitious legal case in a simulated court room setting – but in front of a panel of real judges.
Students also have the opportunity to take part in national and regional mooting competitions.
Career focused
Careers Service in regular contact with over 1,800 businesses and organisations.
Biennial Law Forum discusses routes into the legal sector and what it is really like to work within it.
Work shadowing scheme
Recent shadowing opportunities have included:
Five 2nd year students had the worked alongside five of Howlett Clarke’s Partners.
Five others shadowed a local judge.
Others spent time with the Crown Prosecution Service.
Graduate careers
Careers that some of our graduates have embarked upon:
Solicitor Barrister Legal ExecutiveAccountant Banking and financeHuman resourcesJournalismInsuranceManagement consultancy
Destinations of law graduates
Recent law graduates are now working for companies such as:
Adams & Reamers ParalegalBritish Airways Trainee ManagerDean Wilson LLP Legal ClerkLloyds TSB Business SpecialistMulti-international Commodities Broker / OilSchneider Group Financial TraderThe Royal Household Anniversaries CorrespondentWest Sussex Council Legal Assistant
Other law graduates went on to take vocational training courses to become solicitors or barristers.
What our students say
“The subject matter was always interesting and the lecturers are motivating and very approachable. Brighton is an awesome place to live and the student life is unbeatable.”
“Towards the end of my Law with Business degree, I was delighted to be offered a position at a local law firm, and I feel that the knowledge and skills I gained from Brighton University have greatly contributed to my early career success.”
“I would recommend studying law at the University of Brighton to any prospective students.”
Thank you for attending this presentation
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