Law with Business

Law with business is a degree that combines the rigorous analytical training of legal study with the commercial and organisational knowledge that comes from a business education, producing graduates who can think clearly about legal questions in a business context and understand the commercial realities that shape how legal practice operates. Law is concerned with the rules and principles that govern how people and organisations relate to each other and to the state, and studying it develops a precise, disciplined way of reading, interpreting, and arguing about texts and cases. Business education adds an understanding of finance, strategy, marketing, and the structures of commercial organisations that makes the law feel less abstract and more connected to how the world actually works.

At Southampton Solent University, this programme includes a foundation year for students who need additional preparation, a sandwich year with a work placement, and an overall structure that gives you professional experience alongside your academic study. The law component covers the foundational areas of the English legal system, including contract law, tort, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, and equity and trusts, with additional elective content allowing some specialisation. The business strand adds strategic management, financial understanding, marketing, and organisational behaviour.

The work placement, embedded in the sandwich year, gives you direct professional experience in a legal or business environment, which is an important differentiator when you graduate.

Graduates from law with business programmes have a range of options. Those who want to enter the legal profession can proceed to the relevant professional qualification, whether the Solicitors Qualifying Examination for those aiming to become solicitors or the Bar Course for those pursuing the Bar. The business dimension of the degree makes graduates particularly attractive to commercial law firms, in-house legal departments, and roles at the intersection of law and business such as compliance, contract management, and legal operations.

Many graduates go directly into business roles in which legal awareness is an asset, including financial services, human resources, and management. Postgraduate study in law, business, or a specialist legal area is available for those who want to develop their expertise further.