OTHM Level 3 Diploma in Law (120 Credit)

Categories: Law, Level 3
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About Course

Credits Awarding body Course Code Delivery mode
120 OTHM, UK – an Awarding body by the UK Government’s regulator – Ofqual 610/3541/5 Online

Overview

The objective of the OTHM Level 3 Diploma in Law is to provide students with a grounding in the legal system of England and Wales. The qualification will help students understand how the legal system operates, how the legal system works as a function, and some of the key laws that underpin the legal system. Students will be able to develop their academic skills and capabilities around the law and prepare them for further study.

Entry Requirements:

The OTHM Level 3 Diploma Law qualification can be offered to learners from age 16.

OTHM does not specify entry requirements for these qualifications, but delivery centers are required to ensure that learners admitted to the program have sufficient capability at the right level to undertake the learning and assessment.

OTHM Centre must ensure learners are recruited with integrity onto appropriate qualifications that will:

  • Meet their needs
  • Enable and facilitate learning and achievement
  • Enable progression

Mandatory Units:

  • Introduction to Law and Practice (20 Credits)
  • Principles of Contract Law (20 Credits)
  • Principles of Criminal Law (20 Credits)
  • Introduction to Employment Law (20 Credits)
  • Aspects of Tort Law (20 Credits)
  • Academic and Research Skills for Law (20 Credits)

Payment plans:

1. Option 1: (£600.00 +1.5% transaction fee) and get a 5% discount on the total fee when you pay in full.

2. Option 2: (£300+1.5% transaction fee) upon enrolment and pay the rest on the next month.

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Course Content

Unit 1: Introduction to Law and Practice
This unit will introduce students to the basic concepts of the English Legal System, as well as the UK’s relationship with the EU and the changes as a result of Brexit. Students completing his unit will be provided with a fundamental grounding in basic concepts of English Law and the foundations of law.

  • Lecture 1
    00:00
  • Handbook
    00:00
  • Assignment 1

Unit 2: Principles of Contract Law
This unit covers what is meant by a contract through to offer and acceptance and invitation to treat. Students will be introduced to key terms and how these form part of a contract in both express terms and implied terms. The unit will also cover the principles of how contracts can end, including breaching and remedies for the breach.

Unit 3: Principles of Criminal Law
This unit introduces students to the concepts around criminal law including liability, offences and defences. The unit builds on the foundations of criminal law, actus reus and mens rea. It will investigate the areas of non fatal and fatal offences, theft, criminal damage and defences. Students will also research the key cases and common law precedents that came out of these cases.

Unit 4: Introduction to Employment Law
This unit aims to introduce knowledge around the areas of law relating to employment, self employment and workers. The unit covers contracts of employment, main employment law, rights and duties of employees and employers. The unit will also cover equality and discrimination and the ways employment can be terminated.

Unit 5: Aspects of Tort Law
This unit introduces students to aspects of tort law and how it has developed though common law and statutory law. The unit will cover negligence and duty of care principles as well as defences for claims that arise in negligence. Students will also explore the area of vicarious liability and where this arises.

Unit 6: Academic and Research Skills for Law
This unit introduces students to the fundamentals of skills development and the basic elements of research, this includes researching case law and statutory law and helping students understand how to read cases and statutes. Students will explore academic writing and approaches to academic writing as well as developing skills such as completing citations and references for their work.