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

Full requirements

Duration options

3 years

4 years

6 years

Next start date

September 2023

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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:

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

Business options:

Corporate Responsibility
Customer Behaviour
International Human Resource Management
Personal Finance

^{*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:

Civil Dispute Resolution
Criminal Litigation and Evidence
Employment Law
Family Law
Graduate and Employability Skills
Human Rights
International Commercial Law
Real Estate
Research Project (double module)
Wills and Succession

Business options:

Global Leadership
International Digital Marketing
Strategic Human Resource Management
Strategic Management

*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.

Want to boost your leadership skills?

In the summer after Year 2 of this course you have the opportunity to attend our International Leadership Summer School.

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Course Start Dates

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

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

If you want to find out what it’s like to study an online course with us, why not try our free online taster session?

Our taster sessions can be completed at your own pace and include short, structured exercises to help you experience what it will really be like to study online with us. All you need to do is visit our online learning platform (Blackboard ELITE) and, if you've already applied to study with us and received login details for ELITE, click 'sign in' on Blackboard ELITE. Alternatively, click 'sign up' and complete the short registration form.

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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 on to 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 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.

Study On Campus

You can also study this course at one of our campuses across the UK. If you’re looking for a more traditional university experience, why not consider studying on campus?

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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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This course is assessed by coursework, oral presentation and invigilated exams throughout your studies.

Please note that invigilated exams must be completed at our campuses*, or an approved overseas centre if you wish to sit your exam abroad. There will be an additional University administrative fee if you wish to sit your exam outside the UK.

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*Birmingham, Bristol, Guildford, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester and Nottingham only.