• EXAM BOARD: OCR • ENTRY CRITERIA: GRADE 5 ENGLISH LITERATURE IS RECOMMENDED • HEAD: MS WONG WWONG21@HAYDONSCHOOL.COM Level Law fosters students’ interest in law and helps them develop their knowledge and skills relevant to further study of law and other subjects. Students will develop their knowledge of the law in England, and Wales and the interaction between law, morals, justice and society. Students of A Level Law will: Develop an understanding of law and how it works. Learn more about society from a legal perspective both contemporary and historical. Learn about the interaction between law and morals, justice and society. Learn about different areas of law – e.g. criminal law, human rights, and tort. Make connections with business, economics, history, politics and technology. Develop academic skills, including analysis and critical evaluation. Be able to make an in- formed decision about future careers. Law students develop a range of skills including the application of legal rules and principles to real life scenarios, to present an argument, analysis and evaluation of the law, legal issues and concepts. CURRICULUM Year 1 Paper 1: The Legal System including: criminal and civil courts, alternative dispute resolution, Employment tribunals sentencing, juries, magistrates, legal personnel, judges and legal funding. Criminal Law including: assault, battery, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, grievous bodily harm with intent, murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary man- slaughter, theft, robbery, burglary and general and mental capacity defences. Year 1 Paper 2: Law Making including: parliamentary law making, delegated legislation, statutory interpretation, judicial precedent and law reform. Year 2 Paper 2: Tort including: negligence, occupiers liability, torts connected to land, vicarious liability, remedies and defences. Year 2 Paper 3: Human Rights Law including: protection of the individual’s human rights in the UK, Key pro- vision of the European Convention on Human Rights within Articles 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11, English law applicable to the rights under these Articles and the enforcement of human rights law. Nature of Law including: law and society, law and morality, and law and justice which is a fully synoptic unit of study. ASSESSMENT Paper 1 - The Legal System and Criminal Law. Paper 2 - Law Making and Tort. Paper 3 - Human Rights Law and Nature of Law. Three papers are sat at the end of Year 13. Each paper is 2 hours in length and are worth 33.3% of the final qualification. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Barrister *Chartered legal executive *Police *Licensed conveyancer *Paralegal *Solicitor *Legal advisor to business organisations *Chartered accountant *Civil Service and Government Legal Service *Patent attorney *Diplomat WE ARE PROUD That Haydon alumni with an A level in Law has graduated with 1st Class Honours degree in Politics & Economics from Southampton University.
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| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Hillingdon |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Wiltshire Lane, Eastcote, Pinner, HA5 2LX |
• EXAM BOARD: OCR • ENTRY CRITERIA: GRADE 5 ENGLISH LITERATURE IS RECOMMENDED • HEAD: MS WONG WWONG21@HAYDONSCHOOL.COM Level Law fosters students’ interest in law and helps them develop their knowledge and skills relevant to further study of law and other subjects. Students will develop their knowledge of the law in England, and Wales and the interaction between law, morals, justice and society. Students of A Level Law will: Develop an understanding of law and how it works. Learn more about society from a legal perspective both contemporary and historical. Learn about the interaction between law and morals, justice and society. Learn about different areas of law – e.g. criminal law, human rights, and tort. Make connections with business, economics, history, politics and technology. Develop academic skills, including analysis and critical evaluation. Be able to make an in- formed decision about future careers. Law students develop a range of skills including the application of legal rules and principles to real life scenarios, to present an argument, analysis and evaluation of the law, legal issues and concepts. CURRICULUM Year 1 Paper 1: The Legal System including: criminal and civil courts, alternative dispute resolution, Employment tribunals sentencing, juries, magistrates, legal personnel, judges and legal funding. Criminal Law including: assault, battery, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, grievous bodily harm with intent, murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary man- slaughter, theft, robbery, burglary and general and mental capacity defences. Year 1 Paper 2: Law Making including: parliamentary law making, delegated legislation, statutory interpretation, judicial precedent and law reform. Year 2 Paper 2: Tort including: negligence, occupiers liability, torts connected to land, vicarious liability, remedies and defences. Year 2 Paper 3: Human Rights Law including: protection of the individual’s human rights in the UK, Key pro- vision of the European Convention on Human Rights within Articles 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11, English law applicable to the rights under these Articles and the enforcement of human rights law. Nature of Law including: law and society, law and morality, and law and justice which is a fully synoptic unit of study. ASSESSMENT Paper 1 - The Legal System and Criminal Law. Paper 2 - Law Making and Tort. Paper 3 - Human Rights Law and Nature of Law. Three papers are sat at the end of Year 13. Each paper is 2 hours in length and are worth 33.3% of the final qualification. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Barrister *Chartered legal executive *Police *Licensed conveyancer *Paralegal *Solicitor *Legal advisor to business organisations *Chartered accountant *Civil Service and Government Legal Service *Patent attorney *Diplomat WE ARE PROUD That Haydon alumni with an A level in Law has graduated with 1st Class Honours degree in Politics & Economics from Southampton University.