Course summary

Law and Management at Kent offers you the opportunity to study the foundations of law alongside compulsory and optional modules in Management (taught by Kent Business School). You learn and think about the operation, scope and role of law within society – understanding the way the law shapes and is shaped by morality, public perception, politics and world events. You study the social impact of law, and develop your academic and professional skills in a supportive and intellectually rewarding environment. By studying Management you gain the skills and knowledge essential for managing key areas of organisations. You develop an understanding of the role and interrelationship between strategic management, human resource management and operations management. You have an appreciation of the global challenges facing managers from both an operational and a strategic perspective, and are sensitive to the need for mainstreaming of business ethics and corporate social responsibility into management policy and practice. Kent Law School is recognised as one of the leading law schools in the UK. It has an international reputation both for its world-leading research and for the high quality, innovative, critical and socio-legal education that it provides. Kent Law School has a multi-award winning Law Clinic which offers the opportunity to gain unparalleled experience of real legal practice. Our co-curricular modules, including our popular mooting programme, develop your advocacy and practical legal skills. Our Wigoder Law Building provides an outstanding space in which students work and learn, and is home to the Kent Law Clinic and a simulated courtroom in our dedicated Moot Court. Kent Law School promotes a culture of aspiration and attainment for all, where you are encouraged to develop, evidence and express your own opinions. We help you to acquire the professional legal skills and the skills of research and intellectual inquiry you need for a successful professional career, in law or elsewhere.

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