This innovative pathway enables you to study all the law modules needed for an LLB alongside a bespoke route in business, which will provide a secure grounding in the intellectual traditions and perspectives that underpin business as a distinctive discipline. You will learn the key principles and doctrines underlying English, European and International law and develop an understanding of its social, political, historical and comparative contexts. You will develop a well-informed approach to problem solving which will be invaluable to a career in law or business. You will have the opportunity to develop your practical experience by participating in mooting (practising oral arguments), client interviewing, negotiation and volunteering (subject to a selection process) as a Community Legal Companion as part of our innovative CLOCK programme, or in either our Divorce or Commercial Law Legal Advice Clinics. 

This programme is accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board and is a qualifying law degree, offering the current 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 an in-house lawyer, chartered accountant or tax advisor, for example.

We provide numerous opportunities embedded into modules and the co-curriculum for you to develop key graduate capabilities, helping to prepare you for life after university. Law modules are designed to develop the essential skills of analysis, reasoning and clear presentation of facts and legal arguments. Because the law is always changing, you will learn to develop a capacity for responding to new challenges, and this produces a flexibility and precision that will assist students when seeking employment. Keele School of Law is committed to providing a legal education that helps our graduates to stand out from the crowd.