Law with Business Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)

Do you want to study a Law degree but are also interested in how businesses promote and sell their products and services? The LLB (Hons) Law with Business degree could be for you. 

The distinctive aspect of this programme is that it combines the study of Law with knowledge and understanding of key concepts in the field of Business. Where students wish to proceed to qualification in the legal professions in England and Wales, the course allows them to proceed with confidence to the next stages of training. It is recognised however that the majority of graduates from LLB courses do not proceed to qualification and/or practice in the legal professions.  Graduates from this course are therefore equipped with the knowledge and transferable skills required to enter graduate employment in a range of fields related to Law, Business and beyond.   

The programme draws on the programme structure of the standard LLB degree offered by the University of Staffordshire and utilises existing modules taught in Law and Business. The traditional ‘foundations of legal knowledge’ modules have been retained at the core stages despite the deregulation of Law degrees. The relevant subjects are: Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Tort Law (all taught at Level 4); Administrative Law, Property Law, EU Law, Law of Equity and Trusts, and Criminal Law (all taught at Level 5).  By retaining these modules, the courses provide a solid basis for each student’s personalised choices at level 6 and also permit students to proceed confidently to the SQE, Bar Practice Course, or higher stages of the CILEX professional framework if they choose.  

At both level 4 and level 5, you will study 90 credits in core Law modules and one 30-credit module in business. The business modules have been carefully chosen to ensure that they are accessible to Law students and do not require study of any other business modules as prerequisites. They focus on multiple dimensions of business success, including not only the financial bottom line but also ethical and social aspects, and provide a wider perspective beyond the purely legal requirements for business.   

Level 6 offers you increased opportunities to consider wider social and ethical contexts for the study of Law, including in a range of global contexts. The programme combines 60 credits of options in Law - across a wide range of subjects tailored to your professional and academic interests – with 60 credits of core modules in your chosen subsidiary subject. You can opt to study modules which complement skills and knowledge acquired in both disciplines; for example, you might consider studying Company Law or Employment Law combined with Organisational Behaviour and Data Driven Operations.   

You will acquire the key skills for study in both subject disciplines because you will be learning OSCOLA referencing in your English Legal System and Legal Skills module, whilst additional support will be offered for Harvard referencing and academic practice in the field of Management