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Law with Business LLB (Hons)

Business knowledge is important to law firms, and commercial law is the largest legal sector in the UK. Study a Law with Business degree to combine both disciplines.

University of Portsmouth Connected Degree - 3 year course with 4th year placement

Key information

UCAS code:

M1NC

Typical offer:

112-120 UCAS points from 3 A levels, or equivalent

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Overview

Develop the skills and knowledge of a law degree alongside a broad understanding of business. Explore how law relates to industry, and how industry operates within the law. 

This course is ideal if you're considering a career in corporate law, one of the most highly paid sectors of law (Prospects 2021), and will equip you with the leadership skills you need to succeed as a business professional. 

You’ll learn core aspects of the legal framework that impacts business and organisations, such as corporate commercial law and contract law, and use facilities including our replica courtroom to practise your skills in a realistic environment. 

You’ll apply your learning in practical settings throughout the course — as well as growing your advocacy skills in the courtroom you’ll build your experience through initiatives such as our Community Lawyer module, where you’ll have the opportunity to put your learning into practice with live client work. 

Our Law in Practice module offers you three months of qualifying work experience if you decide to take your Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) after you graduate, and you'll get support through our partnership with Barbri to ensure you are fully prepared for the exam.

If you choose to take an optional paid placement year before or after your third year, you’ll graduate with a year’s experience in industry too. Our Placement Club will support you  throughout the application and placement placement.

The thing that attracted to me to Portsmouth initially was the course’s balance between academic study and practical application. You wouldn't just learn all the technical things you needed from a book and be done with them, you’d also be taught how to apply them to real life cases that you might encounter down the road.

Tom Storey, Alumnus, LLB Law with Business

Course highlights

  • Complement your law studies with a strong foundation in key business areas such as managing people in organisations, leadership, ethics and governance and business strategy
  • Apply your learning in community settings, gaining real-world business and legal practice skills
  • Choose the Law in Practice module to gain 3 months of work experience that can count towards your qualifying work experience for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)
  • Be fully prepared for your SQE through our partnership with Barbri, the world’s largest legal exam preparation experts
  • Enrich your learning through our research expertise in areas such as data protection, international business law and legal education
  • Graduate with practical experience by completing a paid placement year before your after your final year of study, with the support of our dedicated Placement Team

New Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)

The route to qualifying as a solicitor has changed for new applicants.

If you accept an offer on this course after 21 September 2021 you'll need to take the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) after you graduate to qualify as a solicitor. The content and mode of assessment of many of our modules provide a good foundation for further specific SQE preparation.

If you completed or started this course, accepted an offer of a place, or paid a non-refundable deposit (international students only) before 21 September 2021 (inclusive) you can choose to take either the new SQE or the Legal Practice Course (LPC) after graduation.

90%

of graduates in work or further study 15 months after this course

(HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018/19)

No. 3

influential business school in the world

Financial Times Teaching Power Rankings 2021

Contact information

Admissions

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Facilities and clinics

Learn your craft in our courtroom

Replica Crown Court 

Watch this short video to discover our replica courtroom and see where you'll practise trials and take part in mooting competitions.

The benefits of having a replica Crown Court are that if one of our students wants to be a barrister in the future or a solicitor advocate, then it really gives them the opportunity to practise a trial and various court hearings in a courtroom setting.

Although this is a crown court, so it's a criminal court, we also use it for civil cases too. We're one of the only universities in the country that has a replica courtroom. This really gives students, when they go on from university, some really important skills that are valuable not only in a legal career, but also in a lot of other careers as well.

The student Law Society do a lot of activities in here, run mock trials, mooting competitions, and it gives our students really a chance to let their hair down and have a bit of fun in here.

We use the wigs, we use the gowns, we get a real judge in and we've got the cameras in here so you can go and film your performances.

You can -- it's a really good learning space. It's so lovely to see how our students grow in the years that they're with us. Our replica courtroom helps us to do that.

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Legal Advice Clinic

Volunteer in our General Legal Advice Clinic where you can help Portsmouth residents with their real legal problems, such as consumer or employment issues.

Learn more about the Legal Advice Clinic

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Community Lawyer module

Work with one of our partners to apply your learning by giving them legal advice. Partners have included the British Red Cross and Citizens Advice.

Learn more about the community lawyer module

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TEAL room

Our technology enhanced active learning space promotes social learning.

Discover our TEAL learning space

Entry requirements

LLB (Hons) Law with Business degree entry requirements

Typical offers

  • A levels - BBB-BBC
  • UCAS points - 112-120 points from 3 A levels, or equivalent (calculate your UCAS points)
  • T-levels - Merit
  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) - DDM-DMM
  • International Baccalaureate - 29

You may need to have studied specific subjects – find full entry requirements and other qualifications we accept.

English language requirements

  • English Language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.

See alternative English language qualifications.

We also accept other standard English tests and qualifications, as long as they meet the minimum requirements of your course.

If you don't meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

Ideal skills and qualities for this course

As well as meeting the entry requirements, we’re looking for excellent skills in academic reading and writing and the ability to think critically and express yourself clearly - verbally and in writing.

You do not have to be a confident presenter to get a place on this degree; we'll help you develop those skills throughout the course.

To prepare for this course, knowledge of current affairs and business and law in the news is useful. Reading a quality newspaper is a good starting point.

We look at more than just your grades

While we consider your grades when making an offer, we also carefully look at your circumstances and other factors to assess your potential. These include whether you live and work in the region and your personal and family circumstances which we assess using established data.

Explore more about how we make your offer

Tom Storey

Becoming a parent made me realise that I didn't just want a job that was comfortable. I wanted a career with stability and possibilities, where I could fulfil my potential and provide.

Tom Storey, Lawyer and LLB Law with Business graduate

Read Tom's story

Careers and opportunities

Law is an incredibly flexible degree. If you don't believe us, take a look at our blog about the 7 reasons to study law.

When you graduate you'll be ready to take your next step to train as a solicitor, a barrister or a Chartered Legal Executive. It's worth noting that Chartered Legal Executives can now become judges, coroners, advocates and partners in law firms.

Law degrees are in the top 10 degrees for employability. You'll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills that will make you very employable across a range of other sectors. Your knowledge of business will be particularly helpful when applying for roles within corporate law or business management.

Graduates of this course have gone on to work for companies such as:

  • ABN Amro Bank
  • Oracle
  • Barlow Robbins Solicitors
  • Moss & Coleman Solicitors
  • Direct Line Insurance
  • Phaidon International (recruitment)
  • Zurich Insurance
  • Andrew and Andrew Solicitors
  • Digital Advertising Consultants (DAC)
  • Wansbroughs Solicitors
  • GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
  • Travers Smith LLP

Graduates of this course have secured jobs as:

  • trainee solicitor

  • paralegal
  • recruitment consultant
  • business development manager
  • project management consultant
  • compliance officer
  • estate agent
  • teacher (post 16)
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Ongoing career support – up to 5 years after you graduate

Get experience while you study, with support to find part-time jobs, volunteering opportunities, and work experience.

Towards the end of your degree and for up to five years after graduation, you’ll receive one-to-one support from our Graduate Recruitment Consultancy to help you find your perfect role.

Other graduates have continued their studies at postgraduate level or set up successful businesses with help and support from the University.

Work placement year

You can boost your employability even more by taking an optional paid placement year after your second or third year of study.

Previous law students have had placements in organisations such as:

  • Verisona Law
  • Opus 2 International
  • GE Capital
  • Oracle
  • Rolls Royce Motor Cars
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My year at EY has added an unbelievable amount of value to my overall university experience. I have developed a range of transferable skills, gained an insight into the world of professional working and made connections which will inevitably support my future career plans. I now feel super prepared and motivated to graduate.

Paige Olivia Auxilly, LLB Law with Business

Whatever your career ambitions, our placements team will be there to help and guide you and you'll maintain contact with your tutors throughout the year.

The average salary for a 12-month paid placement is £19,800 for students in the Faculty of Business and Law. It could be more or less than this amount depending on your placement. You'll only pay a very small percentage of your tuition fee for this year.

You could also choose to set up your own business, or take a voluntary placement.

Ways to enrich your study

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Study abroad year

Between your second and third year, you can choose to study abroad at one of our partner universities in Europe, Asia, Australia or North America. All classes are delivered in English and you'll still be able to get both your tuition fee and maintenance loans. You may also qualify for a government travel grant.

 

"Students that go abroad are more likely to obtain first-class honours [and] more likely to be in graduate employment than their non-mobile peers."

 

Universities UK International: 'Gone International, Rising Aspirations', 2019

Modules

Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits.

In each year, you need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. For example, 4 modules worth 20 credits and 1 module worth 40 credits.

What you'll study

Core modules

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate the ability to research primary sources and use those to construct legal argument

  • Demonstrate an understanding of key principles of contract law

  • Demonstrate the ability to identify the relevant law, apply it to problem situations and reach reasoned conclusions

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate understanding of criminal offences in terms of their definitional elements

  • Analyse factual situations and identify and apply relevant legal rules and principles to assess potential outcomes in terms of criminal liability

  • Demonstrate the ability to research primary sources and use them to construct legal argument, both written and oral.

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We recommend you spend at least 154 hours studying independently. This is around 6.5 hours a week over the duration of the module.

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Explain the nature and context of working and managing in organisations with diverse membership, including consideration of equality, diversity, cross-cultural and ethical issues in the management of people

  • Select and apply a range of appropriate theoretical and conceptual frameworks in the analysis and potential resolution of management issues within an organisational context

  • Identify and discuss how different approaches to leading and managing people contribute to the achievement of individual and organisational objectives

  • Review and discuss contemporary issues in managing people in organisations and identify the implications of these for managers and other employees

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Understand key features and the operation of the British Constitution
  • Understand constitutional principles and how they apply within the UK constitution
  • Recognise the legal and non-legal forms of redress available against public bodies and bodies performing public duties in England and how such avenues of redress can be used in practical situations

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Understand and discuss the operation of the English Legal System, including classifications of law, the court structure and sources of law

  • Access, reference and use legal materials and other appropriate primary and secondary sources of information

  • Develop and present legal and contextual arguments

  • Consider different ways of learning and the role of feedback in improving learning and performance

  • Effectively read, comprehend, interpret and evaluate legal sources, such as statute law, case law and credible secondary source

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of key principles of the law of tort
  • Demonstrate the ability to research primary sources and apply those to tortious issues
  • Analyse factual situations and identify and apply relevant legal rules and principles to assess potential outcomes in terms of tortious liability

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Core modules

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and rules of equity and the law of trusts
  • Use independent research to examine a particular aspect of the law of equity and trusts
  • Analyse problem situations and apply the appropriate legal principles to that situation in order to construct coherent and logical conclusions

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the nature and extent of the mechanisms for the protection of human rights in the UK legal system

  • Understand the role of the European Court of Human Rights in shaping UK human rights practice

  • Analyse the main methods and tools of human rights adjudication

  • Apply their knowledge and understanding of human rights legislation to problem scenarios in order to reach reasoned conclusions

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Show knowledge and understanding of the main principles and concepts of Land Law

  • Apply their knowledge and understanding of Land Law to communicate in writing a solution to a legal problem in a clear and concise manner

  • Compare and contrast the facts within a given scenario using statute and case law to recognise ambiguity and provide arguable conclusion

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social, environmental and economic challenges affecting modern business
  • Evaluate organisations against the theoretical frameworks of ethics, governance and sustainability
  • Analyse and identify the wider stakeholder implications of a range of alternative business models
  • Assess the role of leaders and the impact of leadership on organisations

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Develop the skills necessary to engage in critical analysis of the law
  • Identify and apply a range of appropriate legal research methods
  • Access and retrieve relevant sources and assess their quality and authoritative value
  • Develop a range of legal writing skills relevant to professional communication and academic research

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Examine and evaluate key propositions underlying strategic management theory and practice in national and global contexts

  • Appraise strategic issues at business and corporate levels using appropriate frameworks and evidence to identify, develop and recommend strategic options

  • Propose appropriate strategies for issue resolution and the strategic changes needed for their implementation

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Core modules

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Outline the sources and classifications of law
  • Recognise and apply case law and legislation to relevant factual problems
  • Explain and apply basic principles of contract law and the tort of negligence to everyday business scenarios
  • Identify an employer/employee situation
  • Identify the different business organisations and explain the formation and running of a private limited company

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Exhibit knowledge and understanding of key concepts pertaining to the law and governance of the European Union

  • Identify and critically analyse European Union law principles as developed in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice and scholarship

  • Demonstrate ability to apply the rules and principles of European Union law to realistic problem scenarios

  • Critically evaluate the underlying theoretical debates that inform and contextualize legal analysis and judicial reasoning in European Union law

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Optional modules

When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate the ability to prepare and deliver advocacy (oral and/or written) appropriate to a realistic criminal law trial/hearing, reflecting the theory of advocacy and professional ethics
  • Demonstrate the ability to prepare and deliver advocacy (oral and/or written) appropriate to a realistic civil law trial/hearing, reflecting the theory of advocacy and professional ethics
  • Evaluate own strengths and weaknesses, challenge received opinion and develop own criteria and judgment when reflecting on own performance and development in oral and/or written argument
  • Engage with the personal development of advocacy skills with reference to theoretical and professional writing on advocacy

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate solid understanding of relevant rules and procedures and their effect on practical problems

  • Critically analyse factual situations and identify and apply relevant legal rules

  • Critically analyse factual situations and identify and apply relevant procedures

  • Draft formal legal documentation accurately

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate detailed understanding of the law and practice in key areas of commercial law

  • Critically evaluate the law relating to businesses and commercial transactions

  • Critically analyse complex factual situations and identify and apply relevant legal concepts in order to reach reasoned conclusions and provide advice and recommendations

  • Synthesise knowledge and understand of the law and apply complex statutory and case law material

  • Demonstrate an awareness and good understanding of current legal issues and problems relating to businesses and commercial transactions

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate detailed and coherent knowledge of substantive law, procedure and practice in one or more areas relevant to the clinical placement setting

  • Display the ability to critically analyse legal problems and identify appropriate legal and practical resolution strategies

  • Demonstrate an ability to effectively and appropriately communicate legal principles and advice to clinical placement service users

  • Reflect upon and critically analyse learning from experiential practice in the clinical placement setting, identifying areas of strength, and those to improve upon

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Compare equality laws and policies across the globe, with a view to critically evaluating how legal questions around equality rights are addressed in different jurisdictions

  • Achieve an in-depth understanding of different theories of equality and appraise their impact on existing anti-discrimination laws and their interpretation by national and international courts

  • Critically engage with classic and recent judgments on equality and non-discrimination from national and international courts, as well as with cutting edge scholarship on topical questions of equality law, with a view to making evidenced-based assessments of interpretative and policy developments in equality law

  • Demonstrate the ability to construct well-informed legal arguments, as well as the ability to engage with independent analytical and critical research with a view to producing robust legal analysis

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate a wide-ranging ability to critically evaluate core concepts of data protection law by developing research, theoretical and practical understanding, so as to arrive at appropriate conclusions

  • Demonstrate an awareness of practice-related issues and challenges pertinent to data protection law and policy

  • Demonstrate a critical awareness and understanding of current/emerging legal and policy issues/challenges observable in the data protection field

  • Work independently, and be able to reach reasoned conclusions from complex theoretical or problem-based data protection law-related scenarios, and provide advice and recommendations

  • Demonstrate a comprehensive ability to form an argument through the research and synthesis of academic data protection law materials

  • Communicate effectively about data protection law related ideas and concepts in a way that is comprehensible to others with knowledge of the subject

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Understand and critically analyse the key principles and concepts of discrimination

  • Understand the key protected characteristics, and critically analyse how they manifest in disputes

  • Understand the key protected characteristics, and critically analyse how they may conflict with each other

  • Be able to question and critically analyse the key case law

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate an in-depth and systematic understanding of Family and Child law through independent research

  • Critically assess aspects of Family and Child Law

  • Evaluate Family and Child law in action

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the nature and extent of the mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property in the UK legal system

  • Critically examine the main intellectual property rights available in the UK

  • Develop logical and coherent arguments to support reasoned conclusions when answering problem or discussion based questions

  • Demonstrate the ability to research points of law by using a variety of online and offline sources

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the essential principles of the law governing the use of force and international humanitarian law
  • Undertake independent research in the field of international law
  • Critically examine rules of international law governing the resort to and conduct of an armed conflict
  • Demonstrate an ability to ground an understanding of the relevant law within contemporary, real - world contexts

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Demonstrate detailed and coherent knowledge of substantive law, procedure and practice in one or more areas relevant to the clinical setting

  • Display the ability to critically analyse legal problems and identify appropriate legal and practical resolution strategies

  • Demonstrate an ability to effectively and appropriately communicate legal principles and advice to clients, lawyers and non-lawyers

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Outline the law relating to intestacy and advise as to an intestate estate distribution
  • Explain key principles of the law of succession and evaluate the extent to which they apply to a particular scenario
  • Apply your knowledge and understanding of the law to problem scenarios, analysing these in order to provide coherent and logical conclusions

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Implement an effective research methodology which may, where appropriate, also include an empirical and/or interdisciplinary approach, to meet the research objectives of the dissertation
  • Display evidence of independent research through proper citation and discussion of relevant legal authorities and other appropriate primary and secondary sources
  • Provide a clear explanation of the areas of the law and other appropriate issues relevant to the dissertation
  • Demonstrate the ability to subject the law to effective doctrinal and critical analysis which, where appropriate, involves the synthesis of legal and contextual issues, and to formulate logical and reasoned conclusions and recommendations
  • Adopt a structure and writing style appropriate to a legal dissertation at undergraduate level

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Formulate a plan suitable for development into an extended essay

  • Display evidence of effective research through proper citation and discussion of relevant legal authorities and other primary and secondary sources

  • Provide a clear and accurate explanation of the areas of the law relevant to the project

  • Demonstrate higher level of intellectual skills drawn from a range of skills, including the ability to subject the law to effective doctrinal and critical analysis which, where appropriate, involves the synthesis of legal and contextual issues, and to formulate appropriate conclusions and recommendations

  • Adopt a structure and writing style appropriate to a piece of independent legal research at undergraduate level

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When you complete this module successfully, you'll be able to:

  • Develop a knowledge of both fundamental principles and specific regimes of international law

  • Undertake independent research in the field of international law and use this to inform written work

  • Explore and reflect upon key debates situated within the field of international law

  • Critically engage with contemporary developments in the field

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Changes to course content

We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

Alternative courses

If you're interested in exploring a theoretical analysis of crime and punishment, alongside your fully accredited law degree that covers the foundations of legal knowledge, then this LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology could be the right choice for you. This is a good option if you're interested in a career in the police or criminal justice system.

This fully accredited single honours LLB (Hons) Law degree is our most traditional, pure law course. We recommend this option if you're interested in going on to be a barrister, if you're an international student, or if you think you may want an academic career in the law.

This new and practically focussed LLB (Hons) Law with Legal Practice is specifically tailored to today's legal career pathways, preparing you for your next step as a solicitor or a chartered legal executive. Like our other law courses it includes all the foundations of legal knowledge, but gives you more practical experience of applying your knowledge. This course is ideal if you want to be a solicitor, a chartered legal executive, or a paralegal.

Teaching

Around 20% of your timetabled teaching will be online.

The majority of your timetabled teaching will be face-to-face and will include:

  • seminars
  • tutorials
  • workshops
  • practical sessions

We pride ourselves on the academic support we offer our students. You'll have a personal tutor, student engagement officers and study support staff to help you throughout your studies.

Assessment

The way you qualify as a solicitor has changed and we want to make sure that we prepare you as much as possible for the new SQE exams. The SQE exams are multiple choice, so we're adapting our assessment methods so that you're confident with this method of assessment.

Your assessment will depend on which modules you take, but it's likely to include:

  • exams
  • problem scenarios
  • written reports and essays
  • presentations
  • practical projects

Teaching staff profiles

These are some of the expert staff who'll teach you on this course. To learn more about our teaching staff's active engagement in research and in addressing current legal challenges, explore our law blog.

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Dr Fang Ma

Senior Lecturer

fang.ma@port.ac.uk

Portsmouth Law School

Faculty of Business and Law

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Mr Joe Sekhon

Associate Head (Research and Innovation)

Joe.Sekhon@port.ac.uk

Portsmouth Law School

Faculty of Business and Law

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Mr Shane McKinder

Shane.McKinder@port.ac.uk

School of Law

Faculty of Business and Law

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How you'll spend your time

One of the main differences between school or college and university is how much control you have over your learning.

We use a blended learning approach to teaching, which means you’ll take part in both face-to-face and online activities during your studies.  As well as attending your timetabled classes you'll study independently in your free time, supported by staff and our virtual learning environment, Moodle.

A typical week

We recommend you spend at least 35 hours a week studying for this degree.

Your total study time will depend on the modules that you take, but in your first year this is what your week may look like:

  • timetabled teaching activities (seminars, tutorials, classes and workshops) = about 13 hours a week
  • independent study (research, reading, coursework and project work, alone or in a group) = about 22 hours a week

You'll probably do more independent study and have less scheduled teaching in years 2 and 3, but this depends on which modules you choose.

Term dates

The academic year runs from September to June. There are breaks at Christmas and Easter.

See term dates

Supporting you

The amount of timetabled teaching you'll get on your degree might be less than what you're used to at school or college, but you'll also get support via video, phone and face-to-face from teaching and support staff to enhance your learning experience and help you succeed. You can build your personalised network of support from the following people and services:

Types of support

Your personal tutor helps you make the transition to independent study and gives you academic and personal support throughout your time at university.

As well as regular scheduled meetings with your personal tutor, they're also available at set times during the week if you want to chat with them about anything that can't wait until your next meeting.

In addition to the support you get from your personal tutor, you'll also have access to our student engagement officers. They can give you confidential, impartial advice on anything to do with your studies and personal wellbeing, and refer you to specialist support services if you need extra help or support.

You'll have help from a team of study support tutors. Based within the Faculty of Business and Law, these tutors are familiar with the specific requirements your assignments and work closely with faculty academics. This means they can give you focused support with the specific study skills you need to be successful on your course. They're available face-to-face, by phone, email, and by video call.

They can help with:

  • Academic writing (for example, essays, reports, dissertations, projects and literature reviews)
  • Reflective writing skills
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Delivering presentations (including observing and filming presentations)
  • Understanding and using assignment feedback
  • Managing your time and workload
  • Revision and exam techniques

If you're a mature student, specialist support to help you return to learning is available.

As well as support from faculty staff and your personal tutor, you can use the University's Academic Skills Unit (ASK).

ASK provides one-to-one support in areas such as:

  • academic writing
  • note taking
  • time management
  • critical thinking
  • presentation skills
  • referencing
  • working in groups
  • revision, memory and exam techniques

Library staff are available in person or by email, phone, or online chat to help you make the most of the University's library resources. You can also request one-to-one appointments and get support from librarians who specialise in business and law.

The library is open 24 hours a day, every day, in term time.

Our online Learning Well mini-course will help you plan for managing the challenges of learning and student life, so you can fulfil your potential and have a great student experience.

You can get personal, emotional and mental health support from our Student Wellbeing Service, in person and online. This includes 1–2–1 support as well as courses and workshops that help you better manage stress, anxiety or depression.

If you require extra support because of a disability or additional learning need our specialist team can help you.

They'll help you to

  • discuss and agree on reasonable adjustments
  • liaise with other University services and facilities, such as the library
  • access specialist study skills and strategies tutors, and assistive technology tutors, on a 1-to-1 basis or in groups
  • liaise with external services

If English isn't your first language, you can do one of our English language courses to improve your written and spoken English language skills before starting your degree. Once you're here, you can take part in our free In-Sessional English (ISE) programme to improve your English further.

Course costs and funding

Tuition fees

  • UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £9,250 a year (may be subject to annual increase)
  • EU students – £9,250 a year, including our Transition Scholarship (may be subject to annual increase)
  • International students – £17,200 a year (subject to annual increase)

You won't pay any extra tuition fees to another university for taking part in a study/work abroad activity if you choose to do it for the whole academic year. During a year abroad you'll only have to pay a reduced fee to the University of Portsmouth.

Funding your studies

Find out how to fund your studies, including the scholarships and bursaries you could get. You can also find more about tuition fees and living costs, including what your tuition fees cover.

Applying from outside the UK? Find out about funding options for international students.

Additional course costs

These course-related costs aren’t included in the tuition fees. So you’ll need to budget for them when you plan your spending.

Additional costs

Our accommodation section shows your accommodation options and highlights how much it costs to live in Portsmouth.

You may have to read several recommended books or textbooks for each module that you study.

You won't need to buy the core textbooks as you can borrow most books from our extensive library. 

If you choose to buy the course books they may cost up to £30 each.

We recommend that you budget £75 a year for photocopying, memory sticks, printing charges, binding and specialist printing.

If your final year includes a major project, there could be cost for transport or accommodation related to your research activities. The amount will depend on the project you choose.

If you take a placement year or study abroad year, tuition fees for that year are as follows:

  • UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £1,385 a year (may be subject to annual increase)
  • EU students – £1,385 a year, including Transition Scholarship (may be subject to annual increase)
  • International students – £2,875  a year (subject to annual increase)

Apply

How to apply

To start this course in 2024, apply through UCAS. You'll need:

  • the UCAS course code – M1NC
  • our institution code – P80

Apply now through UCAS

 

If you'd prefer to apply directly, use our online application form.

You can also sign up to an Open Day to:

  • Tour our campus, facilities and halls of residence
  • Speak with lecturers and chat with our students 
  • Get information about where to live, how to fund your studies and which clubs and societies to join

If you're new to the application process, read our guide on applying for an undergraduate course.

Applying from outside the UK

As an international student you'll apply using the same process as UK students, but you’ll need to consider a few extra things. 

You can get an agent to help with your application. Check your country page for details of agents in your region.

Find out what additional information you need in our international students section

If you don't meet the English language requirements for this course yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

Admissions terms and conditions

When you accept an offer to study at the University of Portsmouth, you also agree to abide by our Student Contract (which includes the University's relevant policies, rules and regulations). You should read and consider these before you apply.