MA Law and Legal Practice at University of Staffordshire

Programme overview

This MA Law (Conversion) with Legal Practice is a fast-track route into law for graduates of non-law disciplines, combining academic depth with practical legal training. Students practise client interviewing, contract drafting, advising on disputes and advocacy in mock courtrooms at the Stoke-on-Trent campus.

Duration: 1 academic year full-time; 2-3 academic years part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules cover Criminal Law and the Criminal Justice System (30 credits), Obligations in Private Law: Contract, Tort and Remedies, Property Law, Trusts and Equitable Remedies, Public Law, EU Law and the Legal System, and Skills and Behaviours, followed by a 60-credit Dissertation on a specialist area or contemporary issue. Career planning skills including LinkedIn profile, CV and a skills audit are included.

Career pathways

Graduates can take a Bar Practice Course (BPC) to become a barrister, or progress to the LLM Legal Practice (SQE Preparation) to pursue a career as a solicitor.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A UK undergraduate degree in any subject at 2:2 honours classification or above, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants whose first language is not English need English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or another recognised English language qualification.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,925 for the whole programme (2027/28 (September 2). Full-time; whole course Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 academic year full-time; 2-3 academic years part-time

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