Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Exploring Law: Studying Law at University
University of Cambridge
This course was led by members of the faculty of law at the University of Cambridge over six weeks. It provided an introduction to law and legal reasoning applied to three major categories of law: criminal, public and private. Key skills for successful legal study were highlighted.
6 weeks, 4 hours per week
Stephen Watterson
Professor of Private Law
University of Cambridge
Okeoghene Odudu
Associate Professor of Law
University of Cambridge
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the pervasiveness and function of law in society.
- Apply legal rules and principles to factual scenarios.
- Interpret different types of legal text.
- Explore competing perspectives on legal rules.
- Evaluate policy and particular legal rules.
- Produce an argument based on evaluation of legal rules.
- Classify rule sources in a broader legal context.
- Describe what characterises students and practitioners of law.
Syllabus
- The nature, sources and major categories of law
- Issues in criminal law
- Issues in public law
- Issues in private law
- Key skills for law students
- Insights from inspirational people who work in law
- Insights from university law students
- Career paths following a law degree
- Making an effective application to university
Issued on 10th October 2022
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