Law LLB with Criminology

Investigate crimes and challenge injustice with our hands-on Law with Criminology degree

Construct arguments, evaluate ethical dilemmas, and make life-changing decisions with our Law and Criminology degree. You will learn to solve and prevent crimes through:

• analysing criminals and their motives

• assessing current trends

• understanding the impacts of crime

• evaluating punishment and rehabilitation methods.

You will also build detailed and analytical knowledge of the law, covering areas such as:

• criminality

• human rights

• business

• the healthcare sector.

Our law programmes are Qualifying Law Degrees (QLD). After successfully completing this course, you can become a barrister through the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) or a solicitor through the Solicitor’s Qualification Exam route (SQE).

Hands-on experiences

Hands-on experiences
With our undergraduate law and criminology course, you will learn through diverse hands-on experiences, such as:

• simulated negotiation exercises

• moot court

• pro bono initiatives.

Learn in Legal London

St Mary’s is based in Richmond-upon-thame, London. Therefore, you will have numerous opportunities to visit:

• the Supreme Court

• Old Bailey

• Royal Courts of Justice

• The Law Society

• Parliament

• the Inns of Court.

Work placements: apply your studies to the real world

You can complete a work placement in the local or wider London area.

Previous LLB Law students have worked at:

• private and sole practitioner solicitor firms

• barristers' chambers

• charities

• the Youth Justice Board

• Kingston Crown Court.

Hear from our students

Eleanor, graduate "The support from St Mary’s really helped me take that step into the legal profession. The lecturers offered great mentorship, which had such a positive impact on me."

Why St Mary’s?

You will gain skills and support to make a positive impact – for yourself and for others – through high-quality teaching, real-world experience, and a community that lifts each other up. Our campus is a London oasis – blending city energy with open green spaces to think, connect, and grow.

During the first year of the programme, you will be introduced to law and its interaction with society and to some of the ‘Foundations of Legal Knowledge.’ You will consider key aspects of the English and EU legal systems and how laws are made and disputes resolved, the operation of the respective court systems. In the second year you will build on the knowledge and skills in the first year and continue to study the ‘Foundations of Legal Knowledge’ and develop key legal analysis skills. Criminology modules at this level will consider sociological understandings of a globalised society and the impact this has on forms of crime and the criminal justice processes established to police these crimes. In your final year you study subjects in greater depth and will study the final ‘Foundations of Legal Knowledge’ subject, Equity and Trusts. As a single honours student you will also carry out supervised research project on a topic of your choice.