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Bachelor of Laws

LLB Law with Business

Our LLB (Hons) Law with Business is a three year full-time degree. It will give you a wide understanding of key legal topics and related skills, as well as developing business skills and competencies. As well as enabling you to progress to the next stage of legal training as a solicitor or barrister, it’s also a great choice if you want to move into a career outside of the legal sector as you’ll study a range of business modules that will make you employment-ready. Studying our degree will also mean you are prepared in part for the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE 1) or to progress onto our Bar Practice Course (if you wish to qualify as a barrister).

With our LLB Law with Business degree, you will gain valuable real-world skills and experience through your study and business-related work placements. Mock trials, law simulations and pro bono work will ensure you graduate with a practical understanding of law and business. You will learn valuable transferable skills that could help in various professional careers, such as in the finance, banking and legal sectors.

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Key Facts

Entry requirements

A Level: BBB
BTEC: DDM
UCAS Tariff Points*: 120
GCSE: English Language Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent

*From three A Levels or equivalent.
Requirements for the Foundation Year differ from those listed.

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Entry requirements

Next start date

September 2024

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Over 90% of our lecturers are qualified lawyers with experience in practice allowing students to learn in a realistic, professional and contemporary context.

Ranked Top 20 amongst English universities in the 2023 National Student Survey.

All of our business academics have been business leaders with real-life commercial experience, giving them the skills to prepare you for key leadership roles.

Course Details

Full-time three year LLB

UCAS code M102

Our Law with Business three year full-time degree will give you a wide understanding of key legal topics and related skills. It also allows you to develop business skills and competencies. We focus your learning on practical skills that are relevant and applicable to the realities of working in the legal or wider business sectors. Over 90% of our lecturers are qualified lawyers, so you will learn how to apply law from experienced professionals in practical methods that have been tried and tested in the real world.

With the addition of a variety of business related modules, you can customise your learning to suit your career interests. Whether you are interested in marketing, finance or HR, or many other areas, you can explore many exciting business fields in tandem with your legal studies. The business modules will give you a great insight into how different departments within companies operate and perform together to keep a business working efficiently.

When you study Law with Business with us you will receive:

  • The highest standard of teaching from experienced professionals
  • Small class sizes
  • Options to study on campus and online
  • A choice of campuses across the UK
  • A variety of specialist modules to enhance your employment prospects

On successfully completing the LLB Law with Business course you will be all set to kick start your postgraduate study.

As with all our LLBs, this programme has a practical focus with the skills you need for your career embedded into the course. There is a high level of face-to-face tuition with experienced lecturer to ensure that you receive all the support you need throughout your studies.

Foundation Year (Four year LLB)

UCAS code: M112

You can choose to take an additional Foundation Year before you start your LLB. This introductory year focuses on developing the key skills required to study at degree level. You will study six modules and on successful completion progress onto any of our three year degrees.

Course Structure

Semester 1

  • Citizenship
  • Academic and Report Writing
  • Numeracy Skills in Context

Semester 2

  • Foundations of Business Management
  • Foundations of Law
  • Foundations of Social Science

Semester 1

  • Common Law Method and Ethics
  • Academic and Digital Skills
  • Contract Law

Semester 2

  • Law of Tort
  • Public Law
  • Criminal Law

Semester 1

  • Criticial Approaches in Current Legal Issues
  • Business Law 1
  • Land Law

Semester 2

Choose three*

Law options:

  • Family Law
  • Employment Law
  • Access to Justice and Legal Services
  • Real Estate
  • Human Rights
  • Extended Essay
  • EU Law
  • Legal Technology and Innovation
  • Legal Practice in the 21st Century

Business options:

  • Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
  • Consumer Psychology and Behaviour
  • International Human Resource Management
  • Marketing and Sales in a Digital World

*All options are indicative and subject to availability. Across Years 2 and 3 you need to complete a minimum of 1 law and 4 business modules (combined) to fulfil the requirements for a Qualifying Law Degree and the Business recognition. Please note that some modules are available in Years 2 and 3; please select only once. If you are studying at a campus offering Law with Government and Politics, Law with Criminology or Business School courses you may be able to choose modules from those programmes as well.

Semester 1

  • Equity and Trusts

Choose two*

  • Business Law 2
  • Civil Dispute Resolution
  • Graduate and Employability Skills
  • International Commercial Law
  • Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law
  • Research Project (double module)

Semester 2

Choose three*

Law options:

  • Family Law
  • Employment Law
  • Real Estate
  • Wills & Succession
  • Human Rights
  • Criminal Litigation and Evidence
  • Graduate and Employability Skills
  • International Commercial Law
  • Civil Dispute Resolution
  • Legal Technology
  • Legal Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Canadian Constitutional Law (London only)
  • Foundations of Canadian Law (London only)
  • A research project

Business options:

  • Global Leadership and Change Management
  • International Strategic Management
  • International Business and Global Trade
  • Digital Marketing Strategies

*All options are indicative and subject to availability. For Years 2 and 3 you need to complete a minimum of 1 Law and 4 Business modules (combined) to fulfil the requirements for a Qualifying Law Degree and the Business recognition. Please note that some modules are available in Years 2 and 3; please select only once. If you are studying at a campus offering Law with Government and Politics, Law with Criminology or Business School courses you may be able to choose modules from those programmes as well.

Course Start Dates

  • Law with Business (LLB)
    • Full-time: Birmingham, London Bloomsbury and Manchester
  • Law with Business with Foundation Year (LLB)
    • Full-time: Birmingham, London Bloomsbury and Manchester
SQE

What about the SQE?

The SQE is being phased in to become the new centralised way to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales

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After you’ve completed the LLB, you can go onto study one of our postgraduate law courses to become a solicitor or barrister.

If you want to become a barrister, you can study our Bar Practice Course.

If you want to become a solicitor, we suggest studying our LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2).

You can still study the Legal Practice Course (LPC) if you’ve completed, started, accepted an offer, or paid a non-refundable deposit to study the LLB by 21 September 2021.

If you want to specialise in a particular area of law, we also offer a range of academic Master of Law (LLM) courses, covering subjects from human rights to banking.

At The University Law, we want to help you reach your ambitions with our range of alumni discounts. Be rewarded for your hard work and loyalty when you stay on to study another course with us through our Alumni Loyalty Scheme.

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Course requirements

Learn more about how the course is taught and how learning time is distributed by taking a look at our LPC online infographic. You can also look at the course demands document which shows the requirements, prior knowledge and commitments the course will involve.

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Course Information

 

To get a full picture of how studying this course works during the year, take a look at our course date breakdowns.

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We use a variety of assessment methods designed to meet the practical nature of the course and individual module learning outcomes. Some of these will be exams, while others will require you to submit a project report, essay, portfolio or oral presentation. You will also have the opportunity to practice with a mock assessment.

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Our course has an innovatively flexible structure, with specific assessments that are conducive to effective learning.

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Applications for all our undergraduate courses are open.

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September 2024 fees:

UK students per year: £9,250

International (London) - £17,550 per year

International (non-London) - £16,700 per year

 

If you need to fund your studies with a student loan you can apply via Student Finance.

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We have students from over 120 different countries throughout our campuses, with a dedicated team to help international students.

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