Law with Criminology

Law with Criminology is a degree that brings together two disciplines concerned with crime, justice, and the relationship between individuals and the state. Law provides the formal framework of rules, rights, and obligations, along with the analytical methods of legal reasoning and interpretation. Criminology asks broader social and political questions: why do people commit crimes, how does society respond to them, what are the effects of punishment, and how do race, class, gender, and power shape the experience of the justice system.

Together they prepare you not only to understand the law but to think critically about what justice actually means.

At the University of Manchester, the LLB in Law with Criminology draws on globally recognised legal scholarship and a criminology department with a strong reputation for pedagogical innovation. You will cover the foundation subjects of English law alongside criminological theory, research methods, and applied study of the criminal justice system. The programme is research-informed throughout, meaning you engage with current debates in both fields rather than simply learning established doctrine.

Manchester's location in a major city with courts, policy organisations, and legal institutions nearby enriches the practical dimension of your study.

The LLB qualification provides the academic stage of legal training required to proceed to the bar or solicitor route, and the criminological grounding gives you a distinctive perspective that is valued in the criminal justice professions in particular. Graduates go on to careers in the legal profession as barristers or solicitors, as well as in probation, policing, policy, the prison service, victim support, social work, NGOs, and academia. The combination is also a strong foundation for postgraduate study in law, criminology, or criminal justice policy.