Law
Law is the framework of rules, principles and institutions through which societies order themselves, resolve disputes, protect rights and exercise power. It is both a theoretical discipline and a practical one, requiring the ability to reason rigorously from general principles to specific cases, to read and interpret texts with precision, and to construct and evaluate arguments under conditions of uncertainty and conflicting evidence. Studying law at university means engaging with the substance of legal rules across different areas of doctrine and with the philosophical, historical and sociological questions about what law is, where it comes from and what it should do.
At Cardiff University this three-year full-time programme gives you a thorough grounding in Welsh and English law, covering the foundational areas including contract, tort, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, land law and equity. Cardiff is a research-intensive law school with strong scholarly output and excellent connections with the legal profession in Wales and beyond, including proximity to the National Assembly for Wales and Welsh Government, which gives the programme a distinctive dimension in public law and devolution. You will develop the skills of legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, case analysis and legal writing that both further study and professional practice demand.
Graduates have multiple routes into legal practice. The Solicitors Qualifying Examination and the Bar Standards Board qualification pathways both build on a qualifying law degree, and Cardiff graduates are well represented in law firms, chambers and public sector legal roles throughout Wales, England and beyond. Law graduates also go on to non-legal careers in the civil service, business, finance, management consultancy, journalism and many other fields, where the analytical and argumentative skills the degree develops are consistently valued.
Many continue to postgraduate study in law, with LLMs available in specialisms such as commercial law, human rights and international law.