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Law with Business
Key Information
Why study this course?

Keele is a leading UK law school offering interdisciplinary qualifying
law degrees.
Commercial awareness’ is a key attribute for any graduate aspiring to
work in the legal and related services sectors. This innovative pathway
partners law with a bespoke route in business through which students
will acquire a secure grounding in, and systematic understanding of,
the intellectual traditions and perspectives that underpin the study of
business as a distinctive discipline, alongside all the law modules needed
for an LLB.
You’ll learn the key principles and doctrines underlying English and
EU law, developing an understanding of its social, political, historical
and comparative contexts. Practical experience could be developed by
participating in mooting (practising oral arguments), interviewing clients,
and working as a Community Legal Companion, as part of our innovative
CLOCK programme. You’ll develop a well-informed approach to problem
solving which will be invaluable in a law or business.

Indicative modules

First year
• Legal Skills
• Public Law 1: Constitutional Law
• Torts 1: Foundations
• Management in Context
• Legal System
• Public Law 2: Administrative
Law
• Torts 2: Development
• Global Business Environment
Second year
• Land Law
• Contract
• Criminal Law
Third year
• EU Law
• Equity and Trusts

Course type
Single honours

Course duration
Three years

Indicative entry
requirements
ABB

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

What will this mean
for my future?

This programme is accredited
by the Solicitors Regulation
Authority and the Bar Standards
Board and can be a qualifying law
degree, offering the professional
exemptions you need to train
to practise as a solicitor or
barrister, but with an enhanced
understanding of commercial
and business needs. It will also
open up a wide range of other
possible careers, especially in
business and finance. After further
study and/or training you might
work as a licensed conveyancer,
chartered accountant or tax
advisor, for example.

For more course information please visit

keele.ac.uk/law

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