Law A Level

Step 1: Apply

Step 2: Interviews and taster events

As part of your application you will be invited to book an interview, to discuss your chosen course, where you will meet with an academic tutor from your chosen area of study for an informal discussion about your course choices, to ensure you have chosen the best course for your future ambitions.

This will give you the opportunity to ask questions and discuss anything about the course that you are unsure about. Please ensure you check your confirmation email for full details, so you do not miss your appointment.

You are initially only able to book an interview for your first choice course, please let us know if you would subsequently like to be able to book interviews for other courses by emailing admissions@paston.ac.uk

Step 3: Offer

This stage provides you with an outcome of your recent interview, which will confirm if you have been made an offer of a place on your chosen course.

All offers are provisional until the point of enrolment and most of our course offers are conditional, meaning there is entry criteria you need to meet before enrolling. This will be outlined in your offer letter.

Sometimes we are unable to offer you a place on your chosen course. If this happens the reasons will be discussed with you at your appointment and we will look at alternative options with you. We will be in contact to confirm the outcome and what to do next. We also have a team of specialist Course Advisers who are more than happy to look at alternative options with you and answer any questions you may have.

Step 4: Enrolment

Enrolment is the final stage before starting your course with us and takes place within the last two weeks of August. We require you to be available to attend your appointment in person at college, so we can complete all the required steps to enrolling you on your chosen course.

We may ask you to bring some documents with you so please read your enrolment invitation carefully.

Have you ever wondered who makes the laws? What’s the difference between the role of parliament and the judiciary? What happens when a person is called for jury service? How do you protect your rights if you get injured through someone’s negligence or are charged with a criminal offence? These questions and many more will be answered when you study law.

You will study four areas of law – the English Legal System and the nature of law, criminal law, the law of tort and contract law. Within each of these areas, you will learn about different offences, civil wrongs and how to assess liability using sources of law such as cases and statutes to support and evidence your arguments. Alongside this, you will learn how to think logically and break down arguments into their component parts which are useful skills for whatever you choose to do in the future. This subject at Paston College is very successful with student results often in the top 10 nationally. If you are interested in how our legal system works, how to secure convictions, your rights in a number of legal matters (e.g. – when does a noisy neighbour become a nuisance?), can assess given scenarios and have an inquisitive (or argumentative…) mind, then Law could be a great choice for you.

You will learn through a combination of class teaching, individual and group research activities and presentations. This subject is assessed by three written exam papers that will take place at the end of the course.

3 A Level Programme

Minimum of 66444 at GCSE

You must also study English/Maths GCSE if you have not already achieved grade 4 in these subjects.

If you achieve a minimum of 3 GCSE's at grade 8 plus 5 at grade 7 and your English Language and Maths are at minimum grade 4, you will have the option to join the A Plus programme.

Please note that A Plus is designed for applicants to academic courses at Oxford, Cambridge or Russel Group.

You can progress on to study law at university which is an essential requirement if you want to become a barrister or solicitor. This subject is also useful for anyone looking to work within the probation service, as a legal secretary, in the police force or anything related to the country’s legal system.