Law with options in Economics

Law with options in economics is a combination that takes the technical rigour of a qualifying law degree and adds the analytical frameworks needed to understand how economic activity is organised, regulated, and shaped by legal and political choices. Law and economics are deeply interconnected: contract law governs commercial transactions, competition law regulates markets, financial regulation shapes banking and investment, and trade law structures the flows of goods and capital across borders. Understanding economics makes you a more perceptive and commercially informed lawyer; understanding law gives the economic analyst a grounding in the institutional and regulatory context in which markets operate.

At Aberdeen this four-year full-time degree gives you the full academic legal training of a Scots law degree, covering the core subjects that a qualifying law degree requires, alongside options to take economics modules that deepen your understanding of how markets and economies function at national and global scales. You will develop the analytical rigour, precision of argument, and understanding of legal doctrine and principle that legal practice demands, while the economics strand broadens your intellectual range and commercial awareness.

A year abroad is embedded in the programme, giving you the opportunity to study law and economics in a different jurisdiction and academic tradition.

Graduates are strongly placed for careers in legal practice across commercial, corporate, competition, and financial law, as well as in economic regulation, government, international organisations, finance, and policy research. The combination is particularly well suited to roles where legal and economic understanding are both directly relevant. Many graduates also go on to postgraduate study in law or economics, or to professional legal training in Scotland or England.