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Bachelor of Laws

LLB Law with Business Online

The LLB (Hons) Law with Business Online is a degree that you can study over 3, 4 or 6 years. 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. This entirely online version of the course provides you with everything you need to progress to the next stage of legal training, while allowing you to pursue other business-related interests through elective modules. You can gain essential skills and knowledge of law and business with our online LLB Law with Business degree. 

 

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Key Factors

Entry requirements

A Level: BBB

GCSE: English Language Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent

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Entry requirements

Duration options

3 years

4 years

6 years

Next start date

September 2024

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92% of our full-time UK LLB students graduating in 2017 secured employment or further study within six months of successfully completing their course

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

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

Course Details

LLB (Hons) Law with Business Online

Our Law with Business Online degree offers you a wide understanding of key legal topics and related skills while allowing you to develop business skills and competencies in areas that interest you.

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 tutors 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 study 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.

There are three study options available: 3, 4 or 6 year programmes, allowing you to study full-time or part-time to suit your commitments and career plans.

Not only will you study the key legal topics and related skills required for the modern law student, but the study of Business will help make you employment-ready and open up a wider array of career options.

Three Year Degree

Semester 1

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

Semester 2

  • Law of Tort
  • Public Law
  • Criminal Law

Semester 1

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

Semester 2

Choose three*

Law options:

  • Family Law
  • Employment Law
  • Access to Justice and Legal Services
  • Real Estate
  • Human Rights
  • EU Law
  • Extended Essay

Business options:

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

*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.

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
  • Will & Succession
  • Human Rights
  • Criminal Litigation and Evidence
  • Graduate and Employability Skills
  • International Commercial Law
  • Civil Dispute Resolution
  • A research project

Business options:

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

Four Year Degree

Semester 1

  • Common Law Method & Ethics
  • Academic & Digital Skills

Semester 2

  • Public Law
  • Criminal Law

Semester 1

  • Contract Law
  • Law of Tort

Semester 2

  • Business Law 1
  • Critical Approaches in Current Legal Issues

Semester 1

  • Land Law
  • Equity and Trusts

Semester 2

Choose two*

  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Customer Behaviour
  • International Human Resource Management
  • Personal Finance

*All options are indicative and subject to availability. For Years 3 and 4 you need to complete a minimum of 4 Business modules (combined) to fulfil the requirements for the Business recognition.

  • Extended Essay

Semester 1

Choose two Law options*:

  • 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 two Business options*:

  • Global Leadership
  • International Digital Marketing
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Management

*All options are indicative and subject to availability. For Years 3 and 4 you need to complete a minimum of 4 Business modules (combined) to fulfil the requirements for the Business recognition. Please note that some modules are available in Years 3 and 4; please select only once.

  • Criminal Litigation and Evidence

Six Year Degree

Semester 1

  • Academic and Digital Skills

Semester 2

  • Public Law

Semesters 1 and 2

  • Common Law Method and Ethics

Semester 1

  • Law of Tort

Semester 2

  • Criminal Law

Semesters 1 and 2

  • Contract Law

Semester 1

  • Critical Approaches in Current Legal Issues

Semester 2

  • Level 5 Business Elective Module

Semesters 1 and 2

  • Business Law 1

Semester 1

  • Law Law

Semester 2

  • Level 5 Business Elective Module

Semesters 1 and 2

  • Level 5 Law Elective Module

Semester 1

  • Equity and Trusts

Semester 2

  • Level 6 Business Elective Module

Semesters 1 and 2

  • Business Law 2

Semester 1

  • Civil Dispute Resolution

Semester 2

  • Level 6 Business Elective Module

Semesters 1 and 2

  • Level 6 Law Elective Module

Level 5

Law

  • Access to Justice and Legal Services
  • Employment Law
  • European Union Law
  • Extended Essay
  • Family Law
  • Human Rights
  • Real Estate

Business

  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Customer Behaviour
  • International Human Resource Management
  • Personal Finance

All options are indicative and available subjects to numbers. Please note that some modules are available at Levels 5 and 6; please select only once.

Level 6

Law

  • Criminal Litigation and Evidence
  • Employment Law
  • Family Law
  • Graduate and Employability Skills
  • Human Rights
  • International Commercial Law
  • Real Estate
  • Wills and Succession

Business

  • Global Leadership
  • International Digital Marketing
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Management

All options are indicative and available subjects to numbers. Please note that some modules are available at Levels 5 and 6; please select only once.

Course Start Dates

  • Law with Business (LLB)
    • Full-time: Online
    • Part-time: Online
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.

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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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3 year £9,250 per year 
4 year £6,935 per year
6 year £4,625 per year
Fees include deposit of £250

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