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)