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A LEVELS
LAW
CODE
COURSE TITLE
LEVEL
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
PROGRESSION
DURATION
MA057
Level 3 Applied Law†
3
A-level entry requirements
Higher education or
employment
2 years
† This subject is an A-level equivalent to be taken as part of an A-level Study Programme
This Law course will give you the
opportunity to gain a detailed and
practical insight into the workings
of the court system and the legal
personnel who are involved in
criminal, civil and consumer law.
You will be exposed to a wide range
of complex concepts and ideas to
provoke and stimulate you. You will
also gain high level thinking skills
that are valued in all employment
fields and will support your higher
education and career goals.
POSITIVE
FUTURES
SKILLS FOR JOBS
SKILLS FOR LIFE
Positive Futures is a set of essential
qualities, embedded throughout
your study programme, that we
seek to develop in all students:
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Commitment
Collaboration
Confidence
Resilience
You will also engage in the Positive
Futures Careers Programme,
developing key employability
skills through a diverse range of
activities including work placements,
volunteering, employer talks,
industry study visits and employment
and university fairs.
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QUALIFICATION
STUDIED
HOW YOU WILL
BE ASSESSED
• BTEC Level 3 National Extended
Certificate in Applied Law
• A-level equivalent to be taken as part
of an A-level Study Programme
• 50% assignments
• 50% controlled assessment
TOPICS YOU
WILL STUDY
• Legal research skills for lawyers
• Negligence claims in the civil courts,
such as from accidents in the
workplace
• Non-court methods to solve a civil
dispute, such as negotiation
• Laws made in Parliament and how they
are interpreted by judges
• Law made by judges and others
outside of Parliament
• Roles of solicitors, barristers, juries and
lay magistrates in the criminal courts
• Sentencing factors and processes in
the criminal courts
• Non-fatal offences, such as assault
• Sentencing factors and processes
• Fatal offences of murder and
manslaughter
• Property offences of theft, robbery,
burglary, criminal damage or fraud
• Defences to crime, such as self
defence
• Consumer law, such as refunds and
exchanges