COURSE INFORMATION

The course offers a variety of prospective career paths, most notably a future in the legal industry, but also access to professions such as management, finance, and business.

  • Personal effectiveness, organisation, perseverance and resilience.
  • Self-motivation, self-direction and independance.
  • Collaborative working and problem solving skills.
  • Good communication skills and flexibility.
  • One year full time
  • Scottish Criminal Law
  • Conveyancing
  • Sheriff Court civil procedures
  • Ethics and cash handling
  • Executry law and practice
  • Graded Units 2 and 3
  • Direct entry into year 2 (HND) requires the full, successful completion of the related HNC with 15 SQA credits.
  • If you do not currently have the full 15 SQA credits, please contact us at info@fife.ac.uk for further support on the options available to you to be accepted onto this HND course.

  • It is possible to progress on to a degree at university from this course - see our HE and Degree Pathways guide for more information.

  • LLB at Scottish Universities (subject to institutional entry requirements).

  • Paralegal
  • Mortgage executive
  • Public sector legal departments
  • Human resources
  • Banking
  • Management
  • Sheriff’s officer
  • Court officer
  • Scottish courts service
  • Precognition agent
  • A contribution to the costs of any outside visits undertaken as part of the course.
  • Online application.
  • Satisfactory personal statement.
  • You may be required to take part in an informal conversation as part of the application process. This group/individual conversation may be an information session, a portfolio discussion, or a skills-based exercise.