Commercial Law (with foundation year)

The foundation year of this Coventry University degree will be delivered from our CU Coventry campus. Course delivery from year 1 of the degree onwards will be from our Coventry University campus.

This course aims to provide you with a solid grounding in developing a potential career in commercial law.

The foundation year aims to provide a thorough understanding of legal principles and best practice. With a focus on European, national and local contexts, this programme explores the development of legislation with core academic skills. Students who successfully complete their foundation year will then progress onto the Commercial Law LLB degree within Coventry University’s Law School.

The degree part of the course provides a comprehensive legal framework to support businesses and enable economic growth. It examines this framework and how the law protects commercial interests while regulating corporate bodies. The degree also examines the legal mechanisms developed to ensure free-flowing trade and the protection of commercial interests and examines how commercial law has evolved to keep pace with changing business practice, whilst also reinforcing ethically and socially responsible commercial behaviours. The degree aims to help you:

• Acquire knowledge and understanding of legal doctrines, concepts, principles, rules and values in the foundations of legal knowledge subjects and in the specialist area of commercial law

• Develop an appreciation of the context in which law operates, and an understanding of the dynamic nature of law, its uncertainty, the need for reform and proposals for such reform including how commercial law responds to meet changes in business priorities

• Develop the ability to apply the legal knowledge and skills acquired to both the theory and practice of law, particularly in a commercial setting

Key benefits of the degree

• Volunteer in a law clinic such as the Business Law and Enterprise Clinic, Employment Law Clinic or Advocacy Clinic which are operated by students under the guidance of qualified legal practitioners, offering legal advice to businesses and the public

• Collaborate with other students and legal academics from around the world by participating in our annual International Commercial Law conference

• Explore commercial law in practice by immersing yourself in our exciting commercial dispute resolution module

• Engage with students at other international universities and industry experts and develop your intercultural competencies and digital skills through our

• Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects

• Build your legal networks by applying to participate in the Grow Mentoring scheme, a charity with diversity, inclusion and social mobility at its core

See our website for further details.