Law Level 3

exam board specification

"Law BTEC is a truly powerful and eye-opening course! It gives you a deep, practical understanding of justice while building the exact critical thinking and presentation skills needed for life in a professional workplace." - Simba Takundwa, Leeds City Academy

Qualification

BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate

Assessment

58% Exam, 42% Coursework

Unit 1: Dispute Solving in Civil Law. This unit is assessed by way of a mandatory external assessment which covers the civil court system, people who work in the system and the law relating to Negligence. This paper is 1hr 30 mins in length.
Unit 2: Investigating Aspects of Criminal Law and the Legal System. This is a mandatory unit which is assessed by way of an internally marked assignment which covers assault and battery, sentencing and the people involved in criminal cases.
Unit 3: Applying the Law. Again this is a mandatory unit which is assessed through an external assessment which is two hours in length and covers Homicide, Property offences such as Theft, Robbery and Burglary and Police Powers.
Unit 3: Aspects of Family is assessed by an internally marked assignment which covers different family relationships, breakdown of relationship and rights concerning finance and children.

Further details about the course and assessment can be found here.

What do I need to study this course?

You will need five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including GCSE English Language and Maths.

What will I study?

Year 1: You will complete 2 compulsory modules. Dispute solving in civil law which is assessed by way of an exam and investigating aspects of criminal law which is assessed internally with coursework.

Year 2: Complete the final exam module which is Applied law and focuses on Criminal Law including homicide and property offences as well as the final module which is on Family Law assessed by coursework. This covers topics such as marriage, divorce and children.

What next?

Many BTEC Law students have continued to study a LLB Law degree at university. Also, due to the practical nature of the course, students have also gone on to legal apprenticeships in local law firms.