Course Detail

The Course

This course includes an industry placement of a minimum of 9 weeks, working with an employer. 

Core content:

Students will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:

• The business environment
• Careers within the legal profession
• Regulation
• Professionalism and ethics
• Security and risk
• Equality, diversity and inclusion requirements
• Third party professional services
• The fundamentals of law
• The fundamentals of financial accounting
• An awareness of digital and emerging technology, digital transformation and digital tools
• Data driven innovation, analytics and design thinking
• Research skills
• Project and change management approaches in legal contexts