Career development through studying law

You might be a paralegal wanting to develop your career, but law is not just for those who want to be lawyers. For instance, you may need to know about an area of law for your career, business or voluntary work. Studying one of our law courses might be all you need to get ahead.

Employers recognise that studying law gives you the chance to develop yourself, giving you skills and knowledge that you can put into practice on a daily basis in your job.

Studying Law at The Open University is really flexible. You can study while working, and alongside family and other commitments. You can choose just one law course or build a number of courses into a qualification. It’s up to you.

The legal experience and academic quality of our tutors is exceptional and there is an emphasis throughout our degree on law in practice.

You could try these:

• Starting with law
• employment law
• company law
• commercial contracts
• family law
• criminal and public law
• Find out more about our law courses