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LAW
(APPLIED)
BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (equivalent to 1 A Level)
If you excel at coursework and practical tasks, then this could be the legal
course for you. The BTEC course follows a similar programme as an A level but
allows you to explore the law in the real world. You will have opportunities to
visit local courts, meet magistrates, solicitors and barristers and have a working
knowledge of where clients can obtain advice and funding for court. Lessons will
involve research activities, creating legal information films, writing reports and
legal letters and debating current issues. Topics for debate will include whether
community sentences are too lenient? Should life mean life for murderers? Is the
compensation culture out of control?
This course has direct links with business and public services courses and will
allow you to personalise your learning/interests to the area of law/business you
may eventually work in.
COURSE CONTENT
YEAR 1
• Unit 1: Dispute Solving in the Legal
System – exploring civil law and
negligence
• Unit 2: Understanding Law Making –
where do our laws come from?
YEAR 2
• Unit 3: Applying the Law – murder,
voluntary manslaughter, involuntary
manslaughter; property offences; police
powers and general defences
• Unit 4: Family Law
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Standard Advanced Level entry
requirements
assessment
• Unit 1: Online exam (summer of Year 1)
with pre-seen material 1.5 hours
• Unit 2 & 4: Coursework – internally
assessed
• Unit 3: Written exam (summer of Year 2)
with pre-seen material 2 hours
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
OTHER INFORMATION
CAREER PATHWAYS
Time management; effective
communication; problem solving skills;
handling and organising documents;
online research and filing; developing selfconfidence in teams and self-management
and adaptability.
The course is ideal for students who
want to focus on the practical aspects
of Law and develop their research and
presentation skills. It will also make you
more employable in the world of business,
banking and insurance, or you could move
into local authorities and the police.
The course is ideal if you want to work in
the legal/business world for example, a
para legal (non-lawyer carrying out legal
work), law clerks, legal personal assistants
or working in business such as a contracts
manager. It would also support entry into
a range of degree courses such as law,
business or journalism.
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