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Cardiff Law School


Cardiff School of Law and Politics is part of Cardiff University and located in Cardiff, Wales. It provides a LLB degree for both Cardiff and international students.

In 1963, the Law Building (before known as the Arts Building) opened, facing onto Museum Avenue and Park Place in Cardiff. The law school is known to attract students from all over the world. It provides a range of undergraduate law courses, all of which enables students to complete the foundation modules that constitute the academic stage of training necessary to become a Solicitor or Barrister. They also offer postgraduate LLM courses, criminal law courses and research degrees for those who want to study an aspect of law at a more in-depth level.

Academically, Cardiff Law School offers Bar Professional Training Course and legal practice courses. Both of these courses have received Bar Standard Board's highest ratings. The law school offers courses for all the full-time, part-time and international students. Cardiff law school also provides many extra-curricular opportunities by having a close partnership with lawyers and other law related organizations to help and train their students to develop skills, knowledge and experience needed for their competitive career. The school also has law career advisers that organize comprehensive programs, presentations and advisory sessions for students needing employment or career help.

Cardiff law school offers a legal training package. These packages are offered to both students who are starting their career in legal studies and qualified practitioners who are seeking a career in law. Cardiff is the only university that offers all professional law courses such as: Graduate diploma in law (GDL), Legal practice course (LPC), and Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). The school offers many undergraduate programs such as LLB law with criminology, political science, sociology, French, German and Welsh. For postgraduate students from UK and overseas, the school offers courses in human rights, international law, social care, commercial law and many other courses related to the field of law. Professional courses in law are also offered that can lead to masters or PHD in law and legal studies. Cardiff Law School also provides CPD (Continuing Professional Development) program for professionals who have already completed their careers and wish to go further in their education that is not specifically related to law. These students can choose to receive one LLM unit or obtain full LLM units and earn a full LLM degree. The school's CDP modules are accredited by the Bar Standards Council and the Solicitors Regulation Authority.


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