LLB Law with Business with Foundation Year

Why study a law with business degree at Solent University
Gain the essential skills, knowledge, and networks needed for a dynamic career in law or business.

Course overview
Solent University’s LLB delivered through the Solent Law School, places a strong emphasis on professional practice, covering the foundation subjects essential for aspiring solicitors or barristers.

This is combined with the Solent Business School's real-world learning curriculum and business expertise, to equip students with versatile skills that can be applied across a wide range of business roles and industry sectors.

Studying LLB Law with Business opens up diverse avenues for legal practice, providing not only specialised legal knowledge but also transferrable skills tailored for the corporate and business landscape.

Real-world learning and professional networks at the heart of the course; The Solent Law School is a founding member of Southampton City Law Network and the Solent Business School holds the Small Business Charter with strong civic and business engagement collaborations across the city and UK.

These established connections allow us to offer a dynamic programme of events, workshops and guest lectures from a wide range of visiting professionals from various fields. Additionally, students benefit from work experience opportunities, that give you the chance to experience the legal and business professions and explore many exciting career paths.

You will have access to specialist facilities, too – from the University’s moot courtroom, which enables you to practice your legal skills in a realistic environment, to an extensive library of legal journals, case law and online materials.

Taught by experts within the Solent Law and Solent Business Schools, all who have strong links to the legal profession and business industry, the course gives you plenty of opportunities for practical experience and to develop your own professional network.

You'll will be encouraged to explore a wide-range of legal processes and the fast-changing business environment, in blend of theory and practice. This approach helps to develop habits of lifelong learning, to not only support your career aspirations but also, to nurture individuals into future leaders and global citizens.
Who is this course for?
This degree is ideally suited to students looking to pursue a career as a solicitor or barrister and also to those seeking a career in other legal and business professional environments, from commerce to the civil service.

It is also ideally suited if you want to develop strong business skills and prepare yourself for a successful career in a range of business industries – studying a curriculum that is not just about theory, but focused on real-world application.

What does this course lead to?
You may not be sure yet which area of law, business or a mix of the two will suit you, but many industries are suitable - from social enterprise, charity, government, big local, global business or a smaller entrepreneurial firm or start-up.

Many students focussing on law, go on to train as a solicitor or barrister, while others pursue careers as legal executives, company secretaries or licensed conveyancers, or in areas such as business, property management and marketing, taxation, legal and financial compliance, local and central government, the police service, or paralegal work.

FOUNDATION YEAR - CORE MODULES

Academic and Personal Development
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Marketing and Consumer Law
Introduction to Law
Understanding Finance
Business or Law Project

YEAR ONE - CORE MODULES
Civil and Criminal Litigation and Procedure
Constitutional, Administrative and EU Law
Contemporary Management Theory
Contract Law and Practice
Criminal Law and Practice
Tort and Dispute Resolution

YEAR TWO - CORE MODULES

Company and Commercial Law and Practice
Equity and Trusts: Law and Practice
Landlord and Tenant and Planning Law
Project Management in Business
Values Driven Leadership

Optional modules (Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.)

Employment Law
Intellectual Property Law

YEAR THREE - CORE MODULES

Global People and Inclusive Management
Land Law and Practice
Sustainable Strategic Management

OPTIONAL MODULES (Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year)

Business Start-up
Developing Independent Learning (third year final project)
International Marketing
Professional Practice 1