Course summary
- Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
- Study legal and criminal justice principles, rules and practice and the effect of law in society from complementary academic and practical perspectives.
- Gain legal work experience within our own regulated legal practice, SHU Law.
- Engage in real legal work in a range of practice areas including private litigation, criminal appeals, and pro-bono advice clinics.
Benefit from an academically rigorous and career-enhancing education, which includes unique work-related modules designed to give you the practical edge needed in today's competitive employment market. Once you have completed the foundation year, you progress to a fully-qualifying degree, satisfying the standards of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board for legal training.
Future careers
Your degree can be the first step towards a career in law, public sector and criminal justice professions, and the wider business and commercial sector.
This Criminology with Foundation Year (Honours) programme from Sheffield Hallam UniversityÊprepares you for a career in:
- solicitors' firms
- barristers' chambers
- the police, probation and prison services
- financial services
- local government
- Crown Prosecution Service
- victim support
