Course Length: 3 years full time, 4 years with placement. The BA Law degree is taught within our School of Law where we deliver high-quality teaching and research, and provide a supportive learning environment, helping you to achieve excellent academic results. A law degree is the gateway to a legal career and our course will build both breadth and depth of legal knowledge. Our School of Law is leading pioneering research across key legal disciplines, including international criminal law and immigration. Our tutors bring global experience and diverse academic interests, including human rights; all of which informs your studies. Law is an intellectually stimulating discipline and you will gain a thorough grounding in the principles of the English legal system, and also gain reflection through social, political, economic, ethical and historical perspectives. You will build a range of transferable skills, such as abstract thinking and practical problem-solving, which are relevant to a wide range of related careers (such as businesses or charities). Though this degree does not offer exemptions from the academic stage of training to become a solicitor or barrister, the first year content is common with our LLB course, and those who are successful in all first year modules may transfer on to year two of the LLB. Our school of law is leading on cutting-edge research across specialist legal disciplines, and the findings of these projects inform your studies Our graduates now work for a wide range of prestigious legal organisations including: Duncan Lewis, Julian Young & Co and H&M Solicitors Our tutors are highly trained solicitors and / or barristers and bring vast experience in a variety of legal settings, enabling you to gain first-class professional knowledge and expertise Our prestigious School of Law provides excellence in teaching and research; ensuring you receive an excellent learning experience, with high levels of support from academic staff Middlesex was ranked as the top modern university in London for law in the 2016 Complete University Guide

English law governs global commerce and legal systems around the world, so a law degree from an English university will open the doors to an international legal career if you decide not to stay in the UK. A law degree is highly valued by employers and transferable to a wide range of sectors, including: local government, politics, the civil service, business, management, and administration. Graduates who wish to pursue a career as a lawyer may take a Graduate Diploma in Law (CPE). What about placements? We are a member of the prestigious Middlesex Law Society http://www.middlesexlawsociety.co.uk/presidents-column/, which provides us with excellent links to law-related organisations and local practitioners. We actively encourage our students to take part in work experience with these organisations during the summer break and also work with a well established network of legal practices, specialising in all aspects of the law which enables us to offer further work placement opportunities across London.