Law

About this course

Law is the system of rules that societies create and enforce to organise social life, protect rights, resolve disputes, and hold power accountable. It pervades every area of human activity, from the contracts that underpin commercial transactions to the constitutional rules governing how states exercise authority, from the protections afforded to individuals against discrimination and harm to the regulation of environmental impacts and technological developments. Studying law develops a highly distinctive set of capacities: the ability to read complex documents precisely, to identify the legally relevant facts in a situation, to understand how principles apply to new circumstances, and to construct and communicate arguments with rigour. At Chester this three-year full-time LLB programme builds the foundation of a future career in law while also developing the transferable analytical and

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 85% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 42 / 100Legal professionals · 35% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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