Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Applied Law
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits48
- Guided learning360 hours
- Units in this qualification7
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
BTEC Nationals are level 3 vocational qualifications that provide specialist, work-related learning in a range of sectors.
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Applying the LawReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure and sources of English law
- Apply legal reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Analyse the application of law in different contexts
- Evaluate the impact of law on individuals and society
- Understand the role of legal professionals and the court system
Aspects of Family LawReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of family law
- Investigate the legal requirements for marriage and civil partnership
- Analyse the legal aspects of divorce and separation
- Evaluate the legal framework for child custody and access
- Apply family law principles to real-world scenarios
- Understand the legal aspects of adoption and fostering
Aspects of TortReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of tort law
- Analyse different types of tort and their elements
- Evaluate the remedies available in tort law
- Apply tort law principles to factual scenarios
- Understand the impact of legislation on tort law
Consumer LawReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of consumer law
- Investigate the rights and responsibilities of consumers
- Analyse the legal remedies available to consumers
- Evaluate the role of regulatory bodies in protecting consumers
- Apply consumer law principles to real-world scenarios
Contract LawReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of contract law
- Investigate the elements required for a valid contract
- Analyse the different types of contractual terms
- Evaluate the remedies available for breach of contract
- Apply contract law principles to real-world scenarios
- Understand the legal aspects of contract termination
Dispute Solving in Civil LawReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of dispute resolution in civil law
- Analyse different methods of dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration
- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each dispute resolution method
- Apply dispute resolution techniques to resolve civil law disputes
- Understand the role of the courts in civil dispute resolution
Investigating Aspects of Criminal Law and the Legal SystemReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles of criminal law
- Investigate different types of criminal offences
- Analyse the roles and responsibilities of different agencies within the legal system
- Evaluate the process of criminal investigation and prosecution
- Understand the rights of individuals accused of criminal offences
- Assess the impact of criminal law on society
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to understand the structure and sources of English law and develop legal reasoning skills. Learners will analyse the application of law in various contexts, evaluate its societal impact, and understand the roles of legal professionals and courts.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Applied Law
7 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Applying the Law
- Aspects of Family Law
- Aspects of Tort
- Consumer Law
- Contract Law
- Dispute Solving in Civil Law
and 1 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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