Law, Policing & Investigation

We’ve been teaching law for nearly 40 years. With our close connections with the legal profession we can draw on the knowledge and expertise of local practitioners - solicitors and barristers. A law degree gives you a thorough grounding in legal principles and a valuable range of technical, analytical, organisational and IT skills which you’ll find useful in any career.

First-class facilities

Law is based in the Clarendon Building which has specialist teaching facilities, an open-access computing laboratory and a student centre. We have our own courtroom which is a replica of one of the courtrooms at Teesside Combined Court, and can be set up to simulate Family, Crown or Magistrates’ Court hearings. Our mock police station facility includes an interview room, examination room, custody office and front desk.

Quality teaching

The Quality Assurance Agency commended us for our high standard of learning and teaching during its audit of law provision. Many of our lecturers are closely connected to the legal profession in the region, drawing on the knowledge and expertise of local practitioners, both Bench and Bar.

Developing skills

Law provides you with a thorough grounding in important skills like analysis, problem solving and written and oral communication. You'll explore key legal concepts and ways of reasoning which can be applied to the substantive law. At the same time, skills such as the ability to research and present information are developed through individual and group tasks.

Study combinations

Law is also available with other subjects as part of a combined degree and non-law graduates are able to take the LLB (Hons) Senior Status over two years of full-time study or three years part time. This is a qualifying law degree. Alternatively, graduates could undertake the one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Law which will provide you with the professional body equivalent to a qualifying law degree.

Research

Our staff are at the forefront of law research at both national and international levels. Topics include youth crime and the rights of the child, criminal defences, the mental element in crime, criminal justice, human rights and international law and commerce.