School of Law and Social Justice
The School offers a range of courses in the heart of the city. Based at Wheeler, Law students will be learning in Chester’s ‘legal quarter’, sitting right next door to Chester Crown Court and close to Chester Magistrates’ Court, and in close proximity to most of Chester’s legal firms and barristers’ chambers.
Policing courses are delivered by academic staff who are retired experienced police officers possessing a wealth of knowledge and subject expertise, supported by academic staff with specialist subject and research expertise. Teaching is supplemented by significant contributions from operational subject specialists and partner agency practitioners to enhance your learning experience.
Areas of Expertise Institute of Policing
You will learn how to apply your knowledge via practical-based scenarios utilising a variety of bespoke Policing Skills labs, including the Hydra immersive learning suite, a crime scene house, a custody suite, interview suites, a mock court room, a simulated road policing scenes and IT Labs.
Areas of Expertise Law
We offer Law courses that cover the law in terms of its practical professional basis, as well as a wider social and theoretical setting. Our teaching is delivered by research-active staff, plus industry and professional guest speakers. There are also a range of co-curricular opportunities such as working on the Chester Community Law project.
University of Law at Chester
Thanks to our partnership, students can study for The University of Law’s Legal Practice Course (LPC), Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL), Master of Arts in Law (MA Law Conversion), Master of Arts in Law - SQE1 (MA Law SQE1), LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) and Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) courses at our Queen’s Park site.
Find out more about the University of Law at Chester.
City centre location
On-site library
Social spaces
Our Courses
- UCAS Code
- M4LH
- Start date
- Sept 2024
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Duration
- 4 years
- UCAS Code
- M1M9
- Start date
- Sept 2024
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Duration
- 3-6 years
- UCAS Code
- N/A
- Start date
- Sept 2024
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Duration
- 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
- UCAS Code
- Start date
- Oct 2024
- Level
- Postgraduate
- Duration
- 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
