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Oxford Brookes Law School

Career enhancing employability event opportunities

Such as law fairs, mentorship programmes, law clinics, pro bono work schemes, mock trials and guest lectures.

Taught by world class researchers

Your learning will always be underpinned by the latest developments in your field.

Tailor your degree

Choose between an LLB in law, commercial law, or criminal justice. You can also study an LLB with business or criminology.

About the school

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.

Join a community of critical thinkers

Alenna Bradshaw

Brickfields LLB Law

"At the law fairs, we’ve been able to meet lawyers and barristers and ask them questions. This has really helped me decide what I want to do."

Andrew Blyth

Graduate Diploma in Law

"For a career in law, you need to get first-hand experience while you're at university. Oxford Brookes is really good at giving you those opportunities."

Katherine Rodrigues

LLB Law

"What’s made me happiest is the impact I can have. There are lots of opportunities to get involved, and to gain experience."

Arsalan Khattak

LLB Law

"Law at Oxford Brookes has a really good reputation. Law students from Brookes have won mooting competitions, and there are lots of different opportunities."

Develop skills highly valued by 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.

Employability skills

Shape your future in law

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.

Courses

Routes to legal qualification

Research that makes an impact

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:

  • Shaping policy – carrying out work commissioned by government and public bodies
  • Published expertise – contributing articles to law journals and publications, as well as the wider media
  • Making an impact - our research supports charities and businesses around the world.

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.

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Fundamental Rights and Equality

International Law

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