Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. 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 — with initiatives such as our Community Lawyer module where you’ll have the opportunity to put your learning into practice with live client work. 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. Course highlights
- Complement your law studies with a strong foundation in key business areas such as managing people in organisations, 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
- Complete a paid placement year before your after your final year of study
- ABN Amro Bank
- Oracle
- Barlow Robbins Solicitors
- Moss & Coleman Solicitors
- Phaidon International (recruitment)
- Zurich Insurance
- Digital Advertising Consultants (DAC)
- Wansbroughs Solicitors
- GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Travers Smith LLP
- trainee solicitor
- paralegal
- recruitment consultant
- business development manager
- project management consultant
- compliance officer
- estate agent
- teacher (post 16)
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Contract Law
- Criminal Law
- Law Level 4 Personal Tutoring
- Managing People in Organisations (Law)
- Public Law
- The English Legal System
- Tort
- Land Law
- Law Level 5 Personal Tutoring
- Leadership, Ethics, Governance and Sustainability
- Legal Writing and Research
- Strategy For Lawyers
- Equity and Trusts
- Human Rights Law
- Training For Students on Clinical Legal Education Projects
- European Union Law
- Business Law
- Advocacy - Practice and Theory (Level 6)
- Cilex Client Care Skills
- Comparative Equality Law (Berkley)
- Data Protection Law and Policy L6
- Intellectual Property Law
- Law of Succession L6
- Public International Law
- Advocacy - Practice and Theory (Level 6)
- Cilex Level 6 Practice
- Commercial Law
- Equality Law
- International Law and Armed Conflict
- Community Lawyer
- Law in Practice
- Legal Dissertation
- Legal Project
Assessment method
How you're assessed You’ll be assessed through:
- examinations
- coursework essays
- presentations
- participation in mock trials
- written moot arguments
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
- Year 4
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 - 120 points
A level - BBB - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 29 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0. |
PTE Academic | 61 | An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 91 | 91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
Trinity ISE | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9250 | Year 1 |
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
International | £17200 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP