Law with Business with Foundation Year

Our LLB (Hons) Law with Business with Foundation Year is a four year full-time degree, where you will develop an understanding of key legal topics and business skills. This degree will prepare you in part for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) or Bar Practice Course (to qualify as a barrister). You’ll also study a range of business modules that will make you employment-ready if you want to move into a career outside the legal sector.

With our LLB Law with Business degree, you’ll gain valuable real-world skills and experience through your study. 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 within the finance, banking and legal sectors.

The degree programme is designed so that the Foundation Year provides an underpinning year, incorporating both academic and legal/professional related learning, for applicants needing to improve their knowledge and understanding of law along with the necessary skills needed to participate in the undergraduate law programmes at levels 4, 5 and 6. Students will develop the critical study and legal skills required to progress onto the next stage of the degree and ultimately that will equip them for further study or employment.

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

There are two semesters per academic year. Each semester is 15 weeks long; 12 weeks face-to-face tuition, one week consolidation/revision and two weeks to complete the assessments. Students study three modules per semester. All modules are worth 20 credits. The course starts with a one week freshers/induction week. During the Foundation Year, students also complete the 'Shaping Skills for Success' programme which involves one 2 hour session per week during both terms.

Foundation Year:
All modules are 20 credits. In semester 1 students study:
• Communication Skills
• Digital and Research Skills
• Sustainability and Society

In Semester 2 students will study:
• Foundations Year Project
• Core Concepts of Law

And one option* from the following:
• Core Concepts of Business
• Core Concepts of Computer Science
• Core Concepts of Criminology
• Core Concepts of Psychology

Year 1:
All modules are at Level 4 and are worth 20 credits. All modules are compulsory. The modules are:

• Academic and Career Success
• Legal Method and Skills
• Public and EU Law
• AI Literacy for the Future Professional
• Contract Law
• Criminal Law

Year 2:
All modules are at Level 5 and worth 20 credits. Compulsory modules are in Semester 1 and include:
• Critical Approaches in Current Legal Issues
• Land Law
• Tort

Students study three options* in Semester 2. They must study one Law option*, chosen from the Business pathway or Common Modules pathway, which include:

• Business Law 1
• Real Estate
• Extended Essay
• Law in a Global Context
• Practising Law in the Digital World
• Student Law Clinic

And two Business options* which currently include:

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

Students also have the opportunity to spend Term 2 studying abroad.

Year 3:
All modules are worth 20 credits and at Level 6. Compulsory module (Semester 1) is;
• Equity & Trusts

And then students must select two optional* modules to study in Semester 1. In Semester 2, students study three optional modules*.

Students must choose two or three Law options* from the Business pathway or Common Modules pathway, which include:

• Business Law 2
• Civil Dispute Resolution
• Employment Law
• Intellectual Property
• International Commercial Law
• Graduate and Employability Skills
• Law in a Global Context
• Legal Advice Clinic**
• Legal Technology
• Research project (worth 40 credits)

Students at London Bloomsbury who have an interest in Canadian law will be able to additionally select as optional modules:
• Canadian Constitutional Law
• Foundations of Canadian Law

In addition, students must choose two or three Business options*, these include:
• Global Leadership and Change Management
• International Strategic Management
• International Business and Global Trade
• Digital Marketing Strategies

Of the eight optional modules over Years 2 and 3, three MUST be Law options. At least four MUST be Business modules (to warrant the Business element of the degree).

*All options are indicative and are available subject to numbers.
**The Legal Advice Clinic is a clinical legal education module where students will be supervised to advice real clients by University of Law LLP. Eligibility conditions will apply to this module.

A range of assessment methods will be used to enable students to demonstrate a broad range of skills:

• written examinations

• multiple choice question examinations

• written courseworks

• pre-recorded audio and/or video presentations

• portfolio of work

• poster presentation

• live oral presentation

• project report.

Business modules also include assessment by way of group presentation and group projects.

This range of assessment methods reflects the practical nature of the programme and aligns the assessment with the learning outcomes of the programme.

A mock assessment is included in each module to provide students with an opportunity to practice and receive individual feedback. Students also receive individual feedback on all final assessments to support their progression throughout the programme and their skills development.

All assessments (with the exception of group presentations) are delivered online.