Understand the concept of land and the difference between real and personal property. You will study a range of topics including the nature of property rights and personal rights, leases and leasehold covenants, and mortgages.

Study the circumstances in which organisations and individuals who have suffered harm at the hands of others might be able to claim compensation from the wrongdoer. Initially, you will concentrate on negligence before studying other key and topical areas such trespass to the person.

Learn practical advocacy skills and knowledge to present cases before courts and tribunals. This module will build on the understanding of substantive law you gained in your first year as you move towards being able to practically demonstrate that knowledge in short advocacy submissions. Your submissions will cross over civil and criminal law and include opposed and unopposed performance opportunities.

Develop an understanding of the principles of child law. You'll study the principles in the context of rapidly changing value systems, state intervention and the law’s influence on and regulation of the child in the family. You'll learn to relate laws and legal systems affecting the child, looking at both legal and non-legal solutions, to child law problems and developing the student’s problem-solving skills.

Understand the role of negotiation, good practice in legal writing, professional conduct issues and the importance of client care within legal practice.

Develop a practical overview of the key modes of procurement and delivery of building and infrastructure projects in the UK. You'll study their social value and the roles of the primary stakeholders. This module will then explore the risks which adversely impact construction work and how they are allocated and managed. As you study the risks, you'll focus on the contractual, tortious and statutory liabilities of procurers, end-users, contractors, subcontractors, designers and construction professionals. You'll be given a grounding in key features of the standard-form contracts typically used for construction projects and the sub-contracting, claims and dispute resolution practices unique to the industry.

Gain an understanding of the fundamental principles of family law by placing these in the context of rapidly changing value systems, state intervention and the law’s influence on and regulation of family. You will develop your problem-solving skills by learning to relate the law and legal system affecting family life to family law problems, looking at both legal and non-legal solutions.

Explore current and emerging technologies that are being used within the legal services landscape. This module will emphasise technologies likely to play a significant role in the future of the legal profession. You'll also study the skills you'll need as a graduate working in the digitally enhanced legal workplace.

This module will introduce you to the main ethical and legal themes underpinning medical law. You will be required to critically examine the various ethical theories, subsequent case law and legislation that inform this area, and you could cover topics such as ethical principles, resources and rationing, consent, issues at the start of life, issues at the end of life and medical negligence.

Study theoretical perspectives drawing on classic jurisprudence as well as other theories such as feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and Marxist theory. You will be introduced to these theories through a critique of legal education before then applying them to legal issues currently topical and/or controversial.

Build on the knowledge of the rules of contract law that you developed in your first year and gain a grounding in commercial law and an appreciation of commercial factors which influence the operation of a business. You will examine the general principles of law which govern commercial transaction and you will set the rules of the substantive law within their commercial context and evaluate the need for the law to provide predictability for commercial decisions and transactions and to give efficacy to freedom of contract.

Explore the ways in which the law has been used to facilitate international trade. You will learn to define, analyse, and apply legal and non-legal rules to the operation of international trade law in a public law context. This module will enable you to develop knowledge and understanding of a variety of topics such as international treaties designed to remove trading barriers and how trading blocs such as the EU operate within that regime, the philosophical and theoretical approaches to the main areas of international law and international trade law, in particular property law, and the role of the EU in international trade.

In this module you will look at how and why trusts are created, including the different forms of trust, their legal frameworks, the principles of equity affecting their creation and the use of trusts in practice. You will also consider the statutory and equitable rules that govern the way in which a private trust is managed including asset management and distribution and the appointment retirement and removal of trustees.

Build on the knowledge you developed in your first year of study concerning the law of the UK constitution. You will explore the law of the European Union by examining the structure and status of the law of the EU and its relationship to the national laws of the Member States. You will investigate the key legal doctrines of the law of the EU and the specific application of the law of the EU in certain selected substantive legal contexts.

Develop knowledge and practical understanding of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) including mediation and arbitration. Every legal practitioner must be familiar with ADR due to factors such as the cost of litigation, the pre-action protocols that require parties to civil litigation to have considered a form of ADR to assist with settlement, and the popularity of mediation and arbitration in multi-tier dispute resolution clauses in commercial contracts. This module will enable you to develop the skills you'll need to advise a client on their options for dispute resolution either at the time of drafting contracts or after disputes have arisen.

Gain a theoretical and practical understanding of companies as legal entities. You will explore companies as a form of business organisation and consider both the legal relationships between the participants in a company and the impact of companies as legal entities on society as a whole. You will be encouraged to consider the economic, social and political role of company law.

This module will provide you with a theoretical and practical understanding of companies as legal entities. As you explore companies as a form of business organisation, you'll also consider the legal relationships between the participants in a company and the impact of companies as legal entities on society as a whole. You'll be encouraged to consider the economic, social and political role of company law.

This module will examine the legal controls on anti-competitive agreements and abuses of dominant market positions by undertakings. The EU’s competition rules will provide the principal framework for this module and your learning will be supplemented by examining some of the more recent developments in the UK’s national antitrust rules.

Explore crime and morality from a variety of perspectives, drawing on criminological and sociological theories to critically evaluate how crime is constructed in society. You'll explore how the criminal justice system operates and how crime and those who commit crime are perceived by society.

Examine the law and procedure in relation to evidence gathering by the police during a criminal investigation, including pro-active investigation techniques and practice and procedure in the police station.

You will carry out an in-depth research project in a subject area that is appropriate to the course and of particular interest to you.

Gain an in-depth understanding of the law and legal framework relating to the individual employer/employee relationship. This module will encompass the broader social, economic, political, historical, philosophical, moral and cultural context of employment law. It will consider the employer/employee relationship and the effect and impact of statutory intervention.

This module will see you analyse and evaluate the development and application of common law principles and statutory provisions that govern the employer/employee relationship in order to present a critical evaluation of scenario questions.

Study the key intellectual property areas of copyright, trademarks, patents, the law of confidence and design rights. You will explore topics including the legal requirements for each intellectual property right (IPR), how each IPR might be infringed, and the application of the relevant laws in problem-based realistic scenarios.

Explore the principles and application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. You will consider the international human rights framework with reference to the role and function of the United Nations, and the systems and institutions that seek to protect and promote human rights. This module will focus on civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, torture and the rights of prisoners.

Gain experience and apply your knowledge and skills in a practical setting by offering pro bono legal advice. You will be supervised by a practising solicitor while you are involved in interviewing, researching and providing written advice to clients across a range of areas of law. This module will introduce you to a client-focused role in a professional setting that follows strict procedural and operational rules.

Explore the area of mental health law and policy, with a focus on critically examining policy shifts. You'll understand how policy shifts can be seen to influence this area of law and the impact they have had on the medicalisation or criminalisation of mental disorder.

This module will enable you to analyse the media and entertainment law industries in a contemporary context, both in terms of its practical application and its theoretical framework. You will study key aspects such as broadcasting, the printed press, the music industry, online news and entertainment, and social networking sites. Your studies will also cover the law relating to intellectual property for the entertainment industry.

Undertake a placement (whether paid or otherwise) for one semester during your third year of study. You will gain exposure to the workplace environment of an organisation and you will have opportunities to utilise the knowledge and skills you developed during your first two years of undergraduate study.

Enhance your transferable employability skills through part-time work, paid or unpaid, over the summer. You'll complete a period of at least 80 hours working in a graduate environment such as a law firm or other appropriate organisation. As well as gaining professional skills, you’ll be able to reflect on the experience that you have developed. Your learning will be experiential and involves no face to face teaching. Enrolment on is module will preclude you from enrolling on the Placement (day release) module.

Develop individual, transferable, personal, intellectual and subject related and/or professional skills and competencies through work experience.

Develop your ability to evaluate the development of terrorism internationally, the UK’s counter terrorism strategies and assess the impact of terrorism on civil liberties.