Law with International Business

Law with international business is a degree that responds to a straightforward professional reality: a very large proportion of legal work involves commercial and cross-border dimensions, and lawyers who understand how international businesses function are better equipped to serve them. The qualifying law content gives you the rigorous analytical foundation that legal practice requires, while the international business strand develops your understanding of global markets, corporate strategy, international trade law and the commercial contexts in which legal advice is sought.

At Reading, this three-year programme covers the core subjects of the qualifying law degree, including contract, tort, criminal law, public law, land law, equity and trusts, alongside international business modules covering global business strategy, international trade, financial management and commercial law in cross-border contexts. Reading has a well-regarded law school with active research connections to the business and commercial law fields, and its location in the Thames Valley, close to London and to a concentration of international businesses, gives the programme a strong professional context. The typical entry tariff is 120 UCAS points.

Graduates pursue careers in commercial law firms, where knowledge of international business is directly valuable, as well as in in-house legal teams, compliance, international trade, management consultancy, finance and the civil service. Those wishing to qualify as solicitors proceed to the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. The combination of legal analytical rigour and commercial international understanding is particularly valued by law firms with significant cross-border practices and by businesses seeking legally informed commercial management.

Many graduates also continue to postgraduate study in international commercial law, business law or international relations.