This exciting degree programme allows you to complete the core modules required to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree for professional purposes whilst also allowing you the opportunity to spend Year Three of the programme on an approved placement at a European or overseas partner institution. You will gain transferrable skills that come with living and adapting to life in a different country, skills that will help with your employability and career prospects.

Great emphasis is placed on preparing yourself for the world of work while you are studying here. The working-abroad@liv.ac.uk e-mail list advertises language-related holiday jobs, work placements and graduate positions in the UK and worldwide. First-year students recently took part in a competition designed to enhance their skills, sponsored by The AA, whilst second-year students had the opportunity to win £500 in an ‘Apprentice-style’ contest run in conjunction with ALDI. ALDI also sponsored a Year Abroad Photo Competition for final-year students, which emphasised the importance of living abroad to improve employability. KPMG visited the department and ran a business game to improve students’ knowledge of the commercial environment. The International Labour Organisation gave a presentation on ‘Careers in Conference Interpreting’ and The European Commission visited to talk students about interpreting careers within the EU. The University of Liverpool also hosts an award-winning website, www.liverpoolyearabroad.org.uk, which enables students to use their year abroad to contribute to their career planning. SOCLAS, in partnership with the Careers Service, holds an annual Languages Careers Fair which is attended by some twenty language-related employers and thoroughly enjoyed by students. We are justifiably proud of our excellent record on graduate employment. Our graduates go on to careers in all sectors worldwide. These include the media, industry and commerce, finance, local and central government, administration, translation, interpreting and teaching in schools and universities. Many of our students also undertake postgraduate study, either in our own department or, for example on a PGCE, translation or law conversion course.