Business Law in Practice

The LLB Business Law in Practice at Swansea University is a specialised four-year programme that prepares you for careers at the intersection of law and business, while also providing you with valuable workplace exposure.

Grounded in a commitment to academic excellence, and informed by research, the programme combines both theory and practice, enabling you to gain a detailed understanding of how legal frameworks operate within broader business, economic and global contexts. You will be required to critically engage with legal principles and their impact on commercial activity, developing analytical thinking, ethical reasoning, and a global perspective.

You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the foundations of legal knowledge, including Contract, Tort, Criminal Law, Public Law, Land Law, Equity and Trusts and EU Law. These core subjects satisfy the academic stage of training required by the Bar Standards Board, and provide a strong basis for those wishing to take the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.

In the third year of your LLB, you will undertake a paid internship with an employer in a legal setting. This will allow you to experience legal practice firsthand, where you can pick up key skills that will be infinitely useful in your future career.

As your studies progress, you can develop specialist expertise through compulsory business-focused modules such as Company Law, World Trade Law, and Commercial Sales, alongside a wide range of optional modules. This flexibility allows you to pursue your interests while building a strong business law profile.

Our Business Law in Practice programme places a strong emphasis on equipping you with the skills necessary for professional life. The curriculum is carefully designed to reflect the evolving landscape of legal education, including the changes introduced by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), while maintaining the value of a traditional law degree.

You will be supported throughout the programme in developing a broad range of skills, such as legal writing, oral presentation and problem-solving. The inclusion of multiple-choice question (MCQ) assessments, which are a key feature of the SQE, further ensure that you are prepared for contemporary professional requirements.

As well as in your Year in Practice, opportunities to gain real-world experience are embedded throughout the degree, including participation in the Law Clinic, where you can provide advice to clients under supervision, and there are opportunities to take part in mooting, negotiation, and client interviewing competitions.

Years 1 and 2 consist of the core areas of a law degree, with the option to select some of your own modules in both years. Across Years 1 and 2, you may study modules such as:

• Criminal Law
• Equity and Trusts
• Law of Contract
• Law of Tort
• Legal System
• Property Law
• Public Law
• Skills for the Study of Law

Year 3 (Level S) will be spent at a paid internship in a legal setting. You will take the internship module (LA-S000) and be assessed throughout the year and receive an overall module mark with feeback for each element. If the mark attained for your placement year (Level S) is not to your advantage (i.e. does not improve your overall weighted average) then it will not be counted towards your overall degree classification.

Year 4 consists largely of optional modules allowing you to shape your own learning.

We have a wide range of optional modules, with previous examples being:

• Commercial Sales
• Foundations in LegalTech
• Employment Law
• Media Law
• World Trade Law

We offer a variety of assessment methods within our programmes.

In addition to traditional examinations and essays, examples of alternative assessment can include:

• Writing a letter of advice to a client
• Blog and poster writing
• Group-based tasks
• Reflective Exercises
• Presentations