Bachelor of Laws - Law with Business (Including Placement Year) (MN02)

Lawyers can best assist commercial clients if they’ve got a sound knowledge of business practice. Equally, businesses can benefit from a good understanding of the legal system. The LLB Business with Law allows students to gain a crucial awareness of the law within its social and business contexts, and enables them to develop the critical, reflective and analytical skills required to succeed within the complementary disciplines of law and business. Studying this combination of subjects will benefit anyone looking to enter the business world. The knowledge and skills which they develop throughout the course provide a thorough grounding in essential areas of the law and business, and will be greatly valued by employers. Students explore topics including:

• Contract law • Company law • Equity and trusts • Management and marketing • The international business environment

In the School of Law at Essex, they specialize in commercial law, public law, and human rights law. They are ranked in the top 100 Law Schools in the THE World University Rankings 2020 and they are top 20 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014, mainstream universities, THE 2014).

Professional accreditation

The qualifying law degree is recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for the purposes of satisfying the academic stage of training.

At present, to qualify as a solicitor or barrister students need to meet the requirements for the academic stage of training for the respective profession, before entering into the vocational training stage. The LLB degrees meet the requirements for the academic stages of training to become a solicitor or barrister:

Solicitor

Please note that the training requirements of this profession are currently under review, with the SRA planning reforms to the process for qualifying as a solicitor which are due to take effect from 2021. However, any student who commences a QLD before these changes take effect will be able to complete their solicitor training under the existing framework. Please contact us if you require any further information.

Barrister

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) regulates training to become a barrister. New qualification rules are currently being introduced (between 2019-21). The new framework for qualifying to become a barrister will continue to require an undergraduate law degree (or an undergraduate degree in a different subject area followed by a Graduate Diploma in Law). The requirements for the academic stage of training are set by the BSB. The LLB degrees meet these requirements and, therefore, meet the academic component of training to become a barrister.