Law with Business

Law is a discipline that builds both expert knowledge and a set of intellectual skills, rigorous analysis, logical argument, and precise use of language, that are useful far beyond the legal profession. A degree with a business component adds an understanding of how organisations operate, how commercial decisions are made, and what legal considerations are most significant in business contexts. Together, the two produce a graduate who is both legally trained and commercially literate.

At the University of Exeter, this three-year full-time LLB gives you an excellent start to a legal career, providing the foundations of legal knowledge required for the academic stage of qualification as a solicitor or barrister. You will cover the core subjects of English law alongside the business elements that give commercial context to your legal education, developing an understanding of how law functions in the business world and what lawyers need to know about the organisations and transactions they advise on. The sandwich placement year is a central feature of the programme, giving you extended professional experience in a legal or commercial environment before you complete your degree.

Work placement experience is integrated throughout, ensuring your academic learning is connected to real professional practice and that you develop the practical confidence employers look for.

Exeter's law school is well regarded, and the combination of academic rigour and practical, professionally oriented teaching prepares graduates well for the next stages of qualification.

Graduates pursue further training to qualify as solicitors through the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, or as barristers through the Bar Training qualification. Others move into legal support roles, compliance, contract management, commercial management, and business advisory roles where legal knowledge and business understanding are both valued. Postgraduate study in law, business, or related fields is also a natural next step for many.