Law with Business LLB(Hons)

Course in brief

Our qualifying law degree Law with Business LLB(Hons) provides a detailed understanding of the legal framework that businesses operate within, preparing you for careers in the legal profession and many business environments.

Taken over three years, or four years with an optional salaried placement, core learning provides practical skills in presentation, negotiation, oration, mooting and advocacy and develops an understanding of the English legal system.

As you progress, option modules provide opportunities to tailor your learning. Learning is delivered through a stimulating mix of seminars, guest lectures, skills sessions and workshops. Extracurricular activities, such as industry-sponsored mooting and client interviewing competitions and pro bono work, allow you to further develop practical skills in problem-solving, critical analysis and communication.

In year 3 you can also take a year’s salaried placement in industry, giving you the chance to gain industry contacts and put your skills into practice whilst earning up to £22,000 working with some of the biggest names in commerce and industry.

This degree is recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board. It is a qualifying law degree, which means that Law with Business LLB(Hons) graduates will have completed the academic stage of training for entry into the legal profession.

The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) have announced that they are introducing a new qualifying exam – the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE) – which will take the place of the existing Legal Practice Course. For more information please read the Solicitors Qualification Exam section below.

This course is one of three LLB pathways offered by Brighton Business School, alongside Law LLB(Hons) and Law with Criminology LLB(Hons).

Key facts

Location Brighton: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code M1NC

Full-time 4 years (with placement year)

Recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board

Clearing 2017

Places are available on this course for UK, other EU and international students.

Read our Clearing guide

Applying for 2018: read our guide

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBC–BCC (112–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DMM–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

We will generally make you an offer if your predicted grades are at the top of this range. If your predicted grades are towards the lower end of this range we may still make you an offer if you have a good GCSE (or equivalent) profile or relevant non-academic achievements.

International Baccalaureate
28 points, including 16 at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. Units in law, business or humanities required. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at merit or above.

GCSE (minimum grade C or grade 4)
At least English language and maths.

Foundation degree/HND
May enable you to start the course in year 2. Relevant subjects required. HNC may also count towards direct entry.

For non-native speakers of English
IELTS 6.0, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.

International equivalencies

International equivalencies by country

Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Visit our language institute

For English language preparation courses.

Visit our International College

For academic preparation courses.

Course in detail

Course structure

We use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, workshops, group work, podcasts, problem-based learning, case studies and independent research.

Coursework can take the form of essays, presentations, group work or simulated court sessions.

Law modules will make up at least two thirds of your degree and you will study at least five business modules.

You will have the opportunity to undertake a paid work placement during your third year. Placements add to your CV and many students return to university for their final year with firm job offers.

In your final year, you will be able to specialise in the areas you are most interested in.

Year 1

Modules in your first year will introduce you to the different aspects of law and business. For example, the Law in Action module teaches you important legal research skills and introduces you to courtroom procedures.

As a first year student, you will be allocated a personal tutor to help you settle in and answer any questions you may have.

Modules

Law of Torts
Public Law
Legal Structures and Legal Ethics
Law in Practice
Business Planning
Business Economics

Year 2

In your second year, you will expand your practical capabilities for business and legal environments. The mooting module, for example, will help develop your advocacy skills in a mock courtroom.

You will also have the opportunity to take part in national mooting competitions and take advantage of work shadowing opportunities, which could include shadowing judges and law firm partners.

Modules

Business Development
Law in Practice: Moot
Contract Law
European Union Law
Criminal Law

Placement year

Your employability will be supported through a work placement year.

The placement year is optional, but could significantly add to your CV. Many students return to university for their final year with firm job offers.

Our students have completed placements at the Home Office, House of Lords, Acumen Business Law, Alfred James & Co Solicitors, Devonshires Solicitors and Gaby Hardwicke Solicitors.

There is also an option to do an assessed placement project that can count towards your final mark.

Careers and employability

Combining law and business gives you a wide choice of career opportunities – either in law, by continuing your training to qualify as a solicitor or barrister, or in a business area where a detailed knowledge of the law is helpful, such as in finance, administration, legal publishing, the civil service, human resources or running a legal practice.

The Brighton Business School has strong links with the local legal profession. You are encouraged to complete vacation placements with solicitors' firms, mini pupillages with barristers' chambers and internships with other institutions.

You will be able to progress directly to the Legal Practice Course if you wish to become a solicitor or the Bar Professional Training Course if you wish to become a barrister.

Graduate careers

Recent Law graduates have joined companies in roles such as:

Alpha Shindara Legal, Legal Secretary
Aston Bond, Solicitor
Bennett Griffin, Trainee Solicitor
Bernard Chill & Axtell Solicitors, Trainee Solicitor
Blake Morgan LLP, Litigation Paralegal
BlueBay Asset Management, Compliance Intern
Carmelite Chambers, Barrister
Financial Ombudsman Service, Adjudicator
Fox William, Trainee Solicitor
G2 Legal, Junior Consultant
HowlettClarke, Legal Assistant
Mayo Wynne Baxter, Paralegal
Nationwide, Fraud Analyst
Turpin Miller, Solicitor

Bar Standards Board

Solicitors Regulation Authority

Advice and support

Careers advice and support
Careers Service provides help and advice from the very start of your studies, on subjects including careers counselling sessions, CV checking, mock interviews and advice on setting up your own business. Find out more on our careers service website.

Careers counsellor
The Business School's career development advisor, Christina Keiller is available to help you to write your CV, prepare for interviews and plan your career. She also works closely with tutors to ensure that our courses teach vocational skills as well as academic ones.

Entrepreneurship network
Beepurple is the university’s entrepreneurship support network. They offer free support for any student or graduate with their business ideas, freelance plan or social enterprise project. Beepurple run events throughout the academic year, designed to equip you with skills that will improve your employability and help you grow a successful business. By taking part in beepurple activities, you will meet like-minded people, hear how other recent graduates have set up their own businesses and gain key enterprise skills that will help you stand out from the crowd.

For more information visit beepurple

Mentoring scheme
Momentum is our award-winning mentoring scheme. It pairs students with professionals who wish to share their experience. Students and their mentors meet regularly to exchange ideas. The scheme helps students to develop new skills and enhance their career prospects.

Solicitors Qualifying Examination

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced it will be introducing the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The earliest date for introduction is September 2020.

The SRA will be providing information and guidance about how to qualify in the new system so keep checking the SRA website.

At the moment, to become a solicitor you need to complete a qualifying law degree (or another degree followed by a Law Common Professional Examination/Postgraduate Diploma in Law) moving on to do the Legal Practice Course (LPC), and then a two-year period of recognised training, usually called a training contract.

The new proposal is that the SQE will consist of two parts; part one assessing legal knowledge, research and writing and the second part testing practical skills gained after completing a recognised period of training.

The SRA have confirmed that the SQE will not be in place until 2020 and have proposed that students who begin a qualifying law degree before 2020 will be able to use the old route to qualification.

We’re reviewing the curriculum of our qualifying law courses and will make changes as necessary to provide an integrated approach to preparing students for the SQE.

Fees and funding

Your fees

UK/EU (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 12,660 GBP

If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. Our fee for the professional placement year is £1,000 for home students and £2,000 for international students. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2017–18. Tuition fees are payable for each year that you study with us.

Where UK/EU students are subject to regulated fees, the annual fee increase cannot exceed the UK government’s maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant year. For all other students, ie those not subject to regulated fees, tuition fees are subject to a maximum annual increase of the higher of 5% or RPI.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

What's included in the fee?

When costs such as health or DBS checks, or use of specialist materials are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course they are included in your tuition fee.

You may incur additional costs depending on the optional modules or activities you choose. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. Before you apply check with the school that provides your course using the contact details in the Find out more tab (at the end of this page) for advice about what is included and what optional costs you could face so you can budget accordingly.

See our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Location and living here

Location

About Brighton

Forward-thinking and welcoming, the city of Brighton & Hove is a community of creative and diverse people who share values like sustainability and inclusivity – just like its university.

Miles of pebble beaches, hundreds of bars, restaurants and clubs, a packed calendar of culture, music and sport and great independent and high street shopping attract visitors from all over the world. By the end of your course you’ll still be finding new things to enjoy about the city.

The Brighton Festival, England’s largest arts festival, takes place every May – as does the Great Escape Europe’s leading industry showcase for new music, 300 bands perform over three days at venues across the city. Major events celebrate Pride, digital culture, cinema, photography, food and the winter solstice. Our own Brighton Graduate show is a highlight, turning the university into the largest exhibition space in the south east as we celebrate the outstanding creativity of our students.

As a student here you’ll have a unique opportunity to experience what the city has to offer. Volunteering and placement opportunities enable you to play your part in the events, organisations and communities that make Brighton such a compelling place to be.

Campus where this course is taught

Moulsecoomb campus

Just two miles north of Brighton city centre and the seafront, Moulsecoomb is the largest of our five campuses with more than 8,000 students. A wide variety of subjects are taught here, from engineering and product design to business and law.

Students benefit from many professional-standard facilities, including a flight simulator, design and digital media suites, and specialist research laboratories. The campus library, Aldrich, offers long opening hours and a diverse collection of books and journals for students from all subject areas.

Sports enthusiasts will enjoy our basketball and badminton courts, fitness suite and climbing wall. The campus is also a few minutes walk from the South Downs National Park, providing a great place to relax during the summer months.

Accommodation

Brighton

Our Brighton halls of residence are located across the city in Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb, Varley Park and Falmer.

Grand Parade is in central Brighton and has one hall of residence, Phoenix Brewery, within walking distance.
Moulsecoomb is two miles from the city centre and also has one hall of residence, Moulsecoomb Place, on campus.
Varley Park offers the biggest choice of student accommodation with ten halls of residence.
Falmer campus has two halls of residence: Great Wilkins and Paddock Field.
Varley Park and Falmer are around four miles from Brighton centre; there are good public transport services nearby.

Aside from halls, you have the option of Unihomes, which we let out to our students on behalf of private landlords.

You can also choose to join the many students who live away from campus in private rented accommodation. We have a list of high-quality, university-endorsed private sector accommodation and can help you find housemates to move in with.

Find out more on our Brighton accommodation webpages and if you have any questions, our accommodation team will be happy to help. You can contact them by email at accommodation@brighton.ac.uk or by telephone on 01273 644100.

Paddock Field

Moulsecoomb Place

Maps

Accommodation

University building

Moulsecoomb campus map

Unistats

Unistats and key information sets

Unistats is an organisation that collects specific data about university courses in the UK which enables you to compare information that is important in your decision-making when choosing a university. All universities publish Unistats data on their online course pages.

Wherever we can we have provided extra information here to help put the data into context so that it is as useful as possible when you are making decisions.

Contact hours on this course are a minimum of 12 hours your first year and 10 hours in your second year. The number of contact hours in your third year is dependent on your module choices but you will not have less than eight.

In addition to the Unistats contact time statistic, you will benefit from time with guest speakers, personal tutors and subject tutors.

Programme specification

The programme specification is the official university document for each course. They are updated each year, and give a very detailed breakdown of what your course might look like.

Programme specification

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Student views

Rachel Braithwaite

I spent a year in Preston Park in Brighton working for a private practice law firm as a legal assistant... It seems to work out that people who do work placements get higher results in the final year.

Rachel Braithwaite, Law with Business LLB(Hons)

Students at graduation

I've met a lot of people from all nations around the world and I love the city as well, so it was a good experience.

Michelle Waligora, Law with Business LLB(Hons)

Lidia Danyl

"I thoroughly enjoyed the Law with Business LLB at the University of Brighton.

"My course lasted four years, with the third year being spent on an industrial placement with IBM, which was a nice mix of both law and business-related topics.

"I saw this as a good opportunity to add to my CV and distinguish myself, as most law courses don’t offer the opportunity of a placement year. The university’s placements office was a great help in finding and applying for my placement.

"My most profound memory from university – one that will stay with me forever – is how the staff helped me when I was going through personal problems, which threatened to affect my studies. I was in my final year, and my tutor (and indeed the university’s counsellors) could not have been more helpful. They did everything in their power to help me work through my issues and ensure my studies didn’t suffer as a result.

"With the university’s help, I not only finished all of my subjects, but got a first in every single one – a successful end to what had been a difficult year."

George Lyons

"I graduated from Brighton with a first class honours degree (LLB) in Law with Business in 2008.

"Following my degree, I took the LPC at the College of Law and an LLM in Financial Law and the Regulation of Financial Markets at the London School of Economics (LSE). I joined Clifford Chance as a trainee solicitor in February 2012.

"I enjoyed studying a wide range of legal subjects while at Brighton. The law department has experienced academic lectures (many of whom are qualified solicitors or barristers, accomplished academics or both) who deliver comprehensive and challenging courses. The course was assessed in a variety of ways, from traditional coursework and examination to assessed mooting (mock legal arguments in court) and presentations. I felt well prepared for further academic study at the LSE.

"The requirement to produce written coursework on a regular basis greatly improved my ability to analyse legal problems and produce clear, logical and well-researched essays. The detailed feedback provided by the academic staff enabled me to further develop my writing skills which are vitally important in my role as a trainee solicitor.

"In an increasingly competitive graduate job market, having a first class degree from Brighton opened the door to interviews at a number of the UK’s top 20 law firms and offers of further study from leading universities around the world.

"More generally, Brighton is a fantastic city with a wide range of social and sporting events. I would certainly recommend it as a place to study!"