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This Law course will give you the opportunity to gain a detailed and practical insight into the workings of the court system and the legal personnel who are involved in criminal, civil and consumer law.
You will be exposed to a wide range of complex concepts and ideas to provoke and stimulate you. You will also gain high level thinking skills that are valued in all employment fields and will support your higher education and career goals.
Qualification studied:
- BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Applied Law
- A-level equivalent to be taken as part of an A-level Study Programme
Topics you will study include:
- Legal research skills for lawyers
- Negligence claims in the civil courts, such as from accidents in the workplace
- Non-court methods to solve a civil dispute, such as negotiation
- Laws made in Parliament and how they are interpreted by judges
- Law made by judges and others outside of Parliament
- Roles of solicitors, barristers, juries and lay magistrates in the criminal courts
- Sentencing factors and processes in the criminal courts
- Non-fatal offences, such as assault
- Sentencing factors and processes
- Fatal offences of murder and manslaughter
- Property offences of theft, robbery, burglary, criminal damage or fraud
- Defences to crime, such as self defence
- Consumer law, such as refunds and exchanges
Assessment
is 50% assignment and 50% controlled assessment.
Future career opportunities may include:
- Police Service
- Prison and Probation Service
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Criminal profiling
Positive Futures is a set of essential qualities, embedded throughout your study programme, that we seek to develop in all students:
- Commitment
- Collaboration
- Confidence
- Resilience
You will also engage in the Positive Futures Careers Programme, developing key employability skills through a diverse range of activities including work placements, volunteering, employer talks, industry study visits and employment and university fairs.
For A-level programmes: 6 GCSEs at grade 9-4 (to include 3 GCSEs at grade 9-4 and 3 GCSEs at grade 9-5). Require grade 9-4 in English Language and Maths.
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As a Bury College student you will have access to a wide range of enrichment opportunities which will contribute to your personal growth and development and support your academic studies.
These may include:
- Art Club
- Chess Club
- Dance, Drama and Singing Workshops
- Duke of Edinburgh Award
- Gaming Hub
- Music Club
- Pride Club
- Student Ambassador Scheme
- A wide range of sport including Badminton, Cricket, Football, Fitness Training, Nerf, Netball, Volleyball and Table Tennis.
Please Note: We attempt to ensure that all information contained within this website is correct and up-to-date. However, some details may change as we review and update our provision. Although every effort is made to provide the teaching, examination, assessment and other services detailed on this website and in our other publications, Bury College cannot guarantee the provision of such programmes, services, facilities and fees. Bury College reserves the right to amend, withdraw, alter or amalgamate any of the courses, locations and facilities detailed within at any time. Should circumstances require such amendments, Bury College undertakes to use all reasonable steps to minimise the resultant disruption to those services and most importantly to students.
