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Overview

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for students who want to apply to study a law degree at a UK university. Core modules are combined with modules suited to the study of law.

Key Facts

Start Dates:

  • 8 April 2024 (Extended programme only)
  • 1 July 2024 (Extended programme only)
  • 9 September 2024
  • 6 January 2025

Colleges:

  • London

Entry level:

  • Academic: Completed 11-12 years of schooling
  • English: IELTS 5.5 or equivalent

Minimum age:

  • 16.5

Length:

  • 1 Academic Year (3 terms)
  • Extended programme: 1-2 Academic Years (4-7 terms)

Lessons:

  • Average 21 hours per week (plus homework and private study)
  • Preparation for LNAT (not offered to students starting in January)

Learning outcomes

  • Gain a qualification which is accepted by nearly all of the UK universities, including most of the UK universities currently approved by the Singapore Bar 
  • Raise English to university level
  • Gain a sound understanding of law in society, criminal and civil process, hand the sources of national and international law

Why choose the Law Foundation?

Kings works with a wide range of university partners. This is because our Law Foundation is based on, and linked to, A-levels. It is therefore automatically recognised and accepted by the widest choice of universities. Out of the Top 25 universities listed in the Times and Sunday Times 2023 rankings, 21 have accepted Kings Foundation students.

Pearson logoPearson assured

The Kings Law Foundation has Pearson assured status, awarded after an annual Pearson audit of quality assurance.

Advisory Panel

Standards for the Programme are set by an external and independent Advisory Board which meets three times each year to ensure best practice, moderate marks where required and hear appeals.

Benchmarking against A-Level grades

Typical top 30 university offers to students following the programme are based on their normal A-level offers.

Course content and structure

The Foundation is based on A-level syllabuses, taught by A-level teachers, assessed against A-levels and moderated by an independent Advisory Board of external examiners.

The course runs for a full academic year. Students can start in September and finish in June, or start January and finish in August. Both start dates will take them on to university in September.

There are three terms per year.

Core modules are combined with carefully selected modules that will ensure a student is fully prepared for the rigours of a Law degree. We suggest that Government and Politics, History or Geography are good subject choices for a Law student.

Core modules

These give you the vital platform you need to acquire subject specific knowledge and will be taught across the whole academic year.

  • Communication and Study Skills
  • Data Handling and Information Technology

Sample enrichment activities

  • Royal Courts of Justice visit
  • Houses of Parliament visit
  • The Old Bailey and Crown Courts trip
  • Supreme Court visit 
  • Debating Society 
  • Law Society

Sample academic calendar (2024-2025)

Year 1

September

  • 9th: term starts
  • Student induction

October

  • 28 Oct – 1st Nov: half term
  • Progress tests

November

  • University fairs and talks

December

  • 13th: term ends
  • End of term exams

January

  • 6th: term starts

February

  • 13th – 14th: half term
  • Progress tests
  • University fairs

March

  • End of term exams
  • 21st: term ends

April

  • 7th: term starts

May

  • Progress tests

June

  • Exams
  • 13th: term ends

Recommended reading

Below is a list of text books normally used on this course, as well as books which may help you prepare for your studies prior to arrival. In many cases the textbooks will be supplied by the school, and you may borrow them for the duration of your time at school. However, if you already know what three subjects you want to choose you may prefer to purchase one before you arrive.

  • The English Legal System: 7th edition 2013 by Jacqueline Martin, Hodder Education 
  • Unlocking Contract Law: 4th edition 2014 Chris Turner, Routledge 
  • Unlocking Torts: 4th edition 2014 by Chris Turner, Routledge 

Assessment

Students are assessed at the end of each term and the results of each assessment go towards the final grade:

  • Term 1 Assessment: 30%
  • Term 2 Assessment: 35%
  • Term 3 Assessment: 35%

Progression

Recent alumni

Below are some examples of the degree programmes that our recent Law Foundation alumni have gone on to study.

Liang Jun Russell Huang

  • University of Birmingham
  • Law

Gunhee Kim

  • Durham University
  • Law

Camille Rontani

  • University of Exeter
  • English Law and French Law

Soak Yee Teo

  • University of Bristol
  • Law

Elsy Giselle Vega Villanueva

  • University of Exeter
  • Law

Berliana Tjendera

  • King's College London
  • Law

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The Kings Admissions Team