Law with Criminology

Law with criminology is a degree that brings two disciplines into productive dialogue: law provides the formal rules and reasoning through which society defines and responds to crime, while criminology asks the deeper questions about why crime happens, who gets criminalised, and what justice means in practice. Together they equip you to understand both the letter and the social reality of the law, making you better prepared for careers in legal practice, policy, and the broader criminal justice system.

At the University of Brighton, this three-year full-time degree prepares you for a variety of rewarding career paths, including roles in legal practice, policymaking, the justice system, and the charity sector. You will study the core areas of English law including contract, criminal law, tort, constitutional and administrative law, and land law, developing your legal reasoning and analytical skills, alongside criminological theory, the sociology of crime, criminal justice policy, and the operation of policing, prosecution, courts, and prisons. The programme includes an integrated foundation year for students who wish to develop their academic and legal foundations before the main degree, and a sandwich year with a work placement that gives you direct professional experience in a legal or criminal justice setting.

Entry typically requires around 104 UCAS tariff points.

Graduates are well placed for solicitor and barrister training, for roles in the Crown Prosecution Service, probation, the police, victim support, social work, and the voluntary sector, and for postgraduate study in law, criminology, or public policy.