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Law with Business, LLB (Hons), University of Portsmouth

the United Kingdom

University of Portsmouth

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About Law with Business, LLB (Hons) - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

Develop the skills and knowledge of a law degree alongside a broad understanding of business. Explore how law relates to industry, and how industry operates within the law. 

This course is ideal if you're considering a career in corporate law, one of the most highly paid sectors of law (Prospects 2021), and will equip you with the leadership skills you need to succeed as a business professional. 

You’ll learn core aspects of the legal framework that impacts business and organisations, such as corporate commercial law and contract law, and use facilities including our replica courtroom to practise your skills in a realistic environment. 

You’ll apply your learning in practical settings throughout the course — as well as growing your advocacy skills in the courtroom you’ll build your experience through initiatives such as our Community Lawyer module, where you’ll have the opportunity to put your learning into practice with live client work. 

Our Law in Practice module offers you three months of qualifying work experience if you decide to take your Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) after you graduate.

If you choose to take an optional paid placement year before or after your third year, you’ll graduate with a year’s experience in industry too. Our Placement Club will support you  throughout the application and placement placement.

Course highlights

  • Complement your law studies with a strong foundation in key business areas such as managing people in organisations, leadership, ethics and governance and business strategy
  • Apply your learning in community settings, gaining real-world business and legal practice skills
  • Choose the Law in Practice module to gain 3 months of work experience that can count towards your qualifying work experience for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)
  • Enrich your learning through our research expertise in areas such as data protection, international business law and legal education
  • Graduate with practical experience by completing a paid placement year before your after your final year of study, with the support of our dedicated Placement Team

Careers and opportunities

Law is an incredibly flexible degree. If you don't believe us, take a look at our blog about the 7 reasons to study law.

When you graduate you'll be ready to take your next step to train as a solicitor, a barrister or a Chartered Legal Executive. It's worth noting that Chartered Legal Executives can now become judges, coroners, advocates and partners in law firms.

Law degrees are in the top 10 degrees for employability. You'll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills that will make you very employable across a range of other sectors. Your knowledge of business will be particularly helpful when applying for roles within corporate law or business management.

Graduates of this course have gone on to work for companies such as:

  • ABN Amro Bank
  • Oracle
  • Barlow Robbins Solicitors
  • Moss & Coleman Solicitors
  • Direct Line Insurance
  • Phaidon International (recruitment)
  • Zurich Insurance
  • Andrew and Andrew Solicitors
  • Digital Advertising Consultants (DAC)
  • Wansbroughs Solicitors
  • GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
  • Travers Smith LLP

Graduates of this course have secured jobs as:

  • trainee solicitor

  • paralegal
  • recruitment consultant
  • business development manager
  • project management consultant
  • compliance officer
  • estate agent
  • teacher (post 16)

Other graduates have continued their studies at postgraduate level or set up successful businesses with help and support from the University.

Work placement year

You can boost your employability even more by taking an optional paid placement year after your second or third year of study.

Previous law students have had placements in organisations such as:

  • Verisona Law
  • Opus 2 International
  • GE Capital
  • Oracle
  • Rolls Royce Motor Cars

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-fees-and-student-finance

Entry requirements

112-120 points from 3 A levels, or equivalent.

English Language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

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