Law (Applied) Extended Certificate Level 3

Law is an interesting and exciting topic that develops your critical thinking and problemsolving skills. You will cover a wide range of topics such as negligence, police powers, and in-depth criminal law. Taking Law will not prevent you from going to university to study Law at a higher level.

Year 1:

• Unit 1 – Dispute Solving in Civil Law (examined unit)
• Unit 2 – Investigating Aspects of Criminal Law and the Legal System (assignment unit)

Year 2:

• Unit 3 – Applying the Law (examined unit)
• Unit 7 – Aspects of Tort Law (assignment unit)

50% Coursework and 50% exam for the Certificate. In the second year, 25% Coursework and 75% Exam for the Extended Certificate.

At least four to five GCSEs graded 9-4 including English at grade 4 or above.

Applied Law is often used to progress onto a single discipline at university or as part of a joint honour's degree. However, it is also an important component in many other degrees such as Business and involves transferable skills suited for many other disciplines.

Studying Law often leads to careers such as a solicitor, barrister, legal executive, and paralegal. Recent developments also mean that you can do a higher-level apprenticeship in Law and progress into the profession.