When you study with us you’ll examine pressing legal issues facing local communities, diverse regions and global societies.
Our students are taught by internationally renowned staff and develop skills highly valued by employers including communication, analysis, critical thinking and research.
You’ll develop in depth knowledge of the law and the role of law in society, learning from leading researchers and building skills that are attractive to employers.
You’ll gain invaluable experience to give you a real edge in the job market, through pro bono work, law clinics, mooting, client interviewing and mentoring with practising solicitors and barristers.
You can support refugees with Asylum Welcome, advise at Citizens Advice or take part in the Criminal Justice Clinic at Bullingdon Prison, making a real impact while developing professional skills. Through workshops, guest speakers and placements with leading firms, you’ll build strong networks and career insight.
As an Oxford Brookes Law graduate, you’ll leave confident in your ability to communicate complex legal and other ideas, backed by the research, analysis and critical thinking skills that employers value.
At Oxford Brookes, you will gain the knowledge and skills needed to advance towards a successful legal career - whether you want to become a barrister, qualify as a solicitor, progress as a legal executive or apply your skills in a successful career outside of legal practice.
Our LLB and GDL programmes cover the seven Foundations of Legal Knowledge, preparing you for the vocational stage of qualification as a solicitor or barrister. You will also benefit from advocacy training and mooting opportunities that develop practical confidence in presenting legal arguments.
With a strong academic foundation and the skills you need to apply your learning in real-world contexts, you will be well prepared for the Bar training course or the SQE, and for the work experience that follows.
We’re passionate about bringing our research straight into the classroom, giving you insight into how the law works in practice and keeping your learning connected to real-world legal challenges.
With backgrounds in legal practice, staff in the School of Law draw on their professional experience to carry out advanced international research across a wide range of topics relevant to law in the UK and beyond. This includes:
We are also committed to ensuring that our own students benefit from our research expertise. Our research groups encourage collaboration between colleagues across the School, and have bespoke links to our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Oxford Brookes University will host the Think Human Festival 2025 from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 May, offering a four-day programme of free public events exploring contemporary social issues, creativity, and what it means to be human.
Two Oxford Brookes University law students appeared in the Grand Final of a highly prestigious national mooting contest, held at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Oxford Brookes University School of Law triumphed in two prestigious competitions in the space of a week, with two of its alumni winning an international contest.
An Oxford Brookes alumnus has been recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential People of African Descent in the world, under forty years of age, by the United Nations General Assembly.
