Assessment for A Level will be a mixture of multiple choice, short questions and essays. You will often be given a scenario, where you act as the solicitor and unravel the Law. You could get a question where a serious fight breaks out between football fans, you would have to identify the offence eg GBH, discuss any defences, and look at sentencing. Topics that will be examined include: • Law Making, including Acts of Parliament, Delegated Legislation, Judicial Precedent. • Juries, Magistrates, Law Reform Bodies and Legal Aid. As part of this element of the course students have the opportunity to make regular court visits including The High Court and Old Bailey. • The Criminal and Civil Courts (which we visit) • Contentious issues we will debate such as Morality and the Law and society. Areas such as homosexuality, prostitution, terrorism. • Criminal Law, which will include Murder, Manslaughter, Offences Against the Person eg. GBH, Theft. • Tort Law, e.g. Negligence, Nuisance (smelly neighbours), Explosions and dangerous things (RvF) and Liability of employers. • Contract Law e.g. Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Breach of Contract and Consumer Law (this really helps you argue a case in a shop when you wish to take something back, or know your rights if you work in a shop). CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/PROGRESSION This is a useful subject for anyone, but particularly those thinking of a career in Banking, Insurance, Accountancy or the Legal profession. Many of our A Level Law students go on to study Law at university; we will of course help you with your application. Many students taking A Level Law have received reduced offers from strong universities (for example rather than ask for AAB, because our students have impressed at interview, they were offered BBC). We have also had a number of students join Solicitors’ firms directly after their A Level. We discovered that at least seven students from one year group of A Level Law students had gone on to become solicitors, there are now over 50 in total. We have also had students qualify as barristers, who we are in close contact with. Our students have also gone on to work in other legal careers e.g. we have several who now work in the Police service. We have had two students obtain 100% in most of their A Level modules and finish in the top five in the country. Most recently, our Young Citizens Mock Bar team finished third in the country out of 227 schools, this shows how our students are prepared for a legal career should they wish to choose it.
Grade 6 in a Humanities subject or Grade 5 in English Language.
Paper 1 (2 hours, 33% of A' Level): Criminal Law and The English Legal System Paper 2 (2 hours, 33% of A Level): Tort Law and The English Legal System Paper 3 (2 hours, 33% of A' Level): Contract Law and The English Legal System
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| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Essex |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Burnham Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6LY |
Assessment for A Level will be a mixture of multiple choice, short questions and essays. You will often be given a scenario, where you act as the solicitor and unravel the Law. You could get a question where a serious fight breaks out between football fans, you would have to identify the offence eg GBH, discuss any defences, and look at sentencing. Topics that will be examined include: • Law Making, including Acts of Parliament, Delegated Legislation, Judicial Precedent. • Juries, Magistrates, Law Reform Bodies and Legal Aid. As part of this element of the course students have the opportunity to make regular court visits including The High Court and Old Bailey. • The Criminal and Civil Courts (which we visit) • Contentious issues we will debate such as Morality and the Law and society. Areas such as homosexuality, prostitution, terrorism. • Criminal Law, which will include Murder, Manslaughter, Offences Against the Person eg. GBH, Theft. • Tort Law, e.g. Negligence, Nuisance (smelly neighbours), Explosions and dangerous things (RvF) and Liability of employers. • Contract Law e.g. Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Breach of Contract and Consumer Law (this really helps you argue a case in a shop when you wish to take something back, or know your rights if you work in a shop). CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/PROGRESSION This is a useful subject for anyone, but particularly those thinking of a career in Banking, Insurance, Accountancy or the Legal profession. Many of our A Level Law students go on to study Law at university; we will of course help you with your application. Many students taking A Level Law have received reduced offers from strong universities (for example rather than ask for AAB, because our students have impressed at interview, they were offered BBC). We have also had a number of students join Solicitors’ firms directly after their A Level. We discovered that at least seven students from one year group of A Level Law students had gone on to become solicitors, there are now over 50 in total. We have also had students qualify as barristers, who we are in close contact with. Our students have also gone on to work in other legal careers e.g. we have several who now work in the Police service. We have had two students obtain 100% in most of their A Level modules and finish in the top five in the country. Most recently, our Young Citizens Mock Bar team finished third in the country out of 227 schools, this shows how our students are prepared for a legal career should they wish to choose it.
Grade 6 in a Humanities subject or Grade 5 in English Language.
Paper 1 (2 hours, 33% of A' Level): Criminal Law and The English Legal System Paper 2 (2 hours, 33% of A Level): Tort Law and The English Legal System Paper 3 (2 hours, 33% of A' Level): Contract Law and The English Legal System