Law, policing and investigation

Our LLB (Hons) course is a qualifying law degree and provides exemption from the academic stage of legal training.

Satisfied students
Law students scored Teesside 95% for overall student satisfaction putting us in the top ten nationally.
(National Student Survey 2009)

Developing skills

Law provides you with a thorough grounding in important skills like analysis, problem solving and written and oral communications.

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.

Superb facilities

Our state-of-the-art facilities offer a first class learning environment. We have a replica courtroom, a police station, the largest crime scene house in a British University, as well as a digital evidence lab.
More about our facilities

It's an honour ...
Judge Peter Fox

Judge Peter Fox QC, Doctor of Laws, Senior Circuit Judge and Recorder of Middlesbrough

“The Law and Social Science Faculty is closely connected with the legal profession on Teesside, drawing on the knowledge and expertise of local practitioners both Bench and Bar.”

Mock trials

The University's Mooting Society is run entirely by students and operates a series of internal and external moots (mock trials), including a regional inter-university competition. A separate Law Society also organises social events.