PgCert Principles of Law

Coventry University

This course is designed to help you on the road to becoming a lawyer by providing you with a basic grounding in law. This course is designed to: help you acquire the knowledge and understanding of private, public and chancery law if you have not studied law at degree level and aspire to progress on to the SRA/CPQ preparation course develop your ability to apply legal knowledge and skills to complex authentic legal scenarios enhance your transferable graduate and employability skills, particularly as they relate to the legal profession. This course will help you: become proficient in a wide range of legal subjects enable you to progress onto an SRA preparation course without having to undertake a graduate diploma in law or other law conversion course fit studying around your work requirements or other commitments learn from academics and qualified professional practitioners with experience of the area of law and practice relevant to each module studied (staff subject to change) get access to Coventry Law School’s Raising the Bar scheme that offers you the opportunity to network with members of and gain insight into the legal profession. Assessment This course will be assessed using portfolios relating to each of the areas of law explored in each module. These portfolios may comprise of a combination of Multi Choice Question (MCQ) tests and short answer questions. The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.