Decisions at 18 2010 - Flexibility for careers of the future20 April 2010 - 22 April 2010

Workshop details

Day

Day 2

Session

E

Start time

16.30

Strand

Subject focus

Code

E1

Presenters

Ms Brenda Stephenson - Project Manager, Aimhigher County Durham

Mr Adam Jackson - Senior Lecturer, Northumbra University

Ms Connie Cullen - Director, Admissions and UK/EU Student Recruitment, University of York

What is it about?

Law continues to be a very popular choice for many students . There are almost 400 single honours courses and a success rate of 1 in 5 applicants (with considerable variety from course to course .

In this session you will have the chance to find out about the options at two very different but very popular HE Institutions - the universities of York and Northumbria University . Both offer very distinctive and innovative approaches to the study of law .

Northumbria have offered law courses for many years and offer a choice of standard three year LLBs, four year courses to achieve either a Solicitors or Barristers Exempting award and a new five year Solicitors Route. York is a relatively new player on the law field and in their innovative degree programme cover not only the rules of law, but also their application incorporating a problem-solving and skills-based approach.

Who is it for?

Careers Advisers, Connexions PAs (working in sixth forms) Sixth Form tutors and teachers and  anyone interested in in finding out about law degrees .

What will it involve?

The following topics will be included in the presentation;

• What a law degree looks like (content/style of teaching etc)
• Distinctive features of the course
• Entry requirements and desirable qualities
• Selection procedures
• Graduate opportunities
• Approaches to Widening Participation
• Student case studies

The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions