You may be placed with one of an extensive range of employers, including private firms of solicitors, barristers' chambers, central and local government departments, company legal departments, the Crown Prosecution Service, and Crown and magistrates' courts. Under an agreement with the Law Society, appropriate placement experience can entitle students to up to six months' remission of a solicitor's traineeship. For more information on work placements in the context of the sandwich Law degree, please visit the Law section of the Work Placement Office's web page. Teaching Methods Students work through a combination of lectures, seminar groups and written assignemts. Students receive instruction in the research and writing skills required of a lawyer, and are given the opportunity to apply these skills as the course progresses.
Private study is much more important at university than in sixth form studies.
Learning to use your time to best effect is an important part of your university education. The University is well equipped with networked personal computers and a complementary range of software widely used in word processing, legal research, and legal teaching. In general, each subject is examined in the semester it is taken, although the flexible implementation of the modular and semester systems allows some courses, particularly those in the first year, to run over the whole academic year. There are very good prospects for graduates entering the legal profession. Solicitors and barristers can expect to develop demanding but varied and absorbing careers, in private practice or as legal experts in industry, commerce, or government.