Law with Business and Management

Law with business and management is a combination designed for students who want to understand the legal frameworks within which business operates alongside the management and commercial principles that drive business decisions. Law provides the analytical discipline of legal reasoning: interpreting statutes and case law, understanding contract, tort, employment law and commercial regulation, and thinking with precision about rights, obligations and liability. Business and management contributes knowledge of strategy, marketing, finance, organisational behaviour and the practical dimensions of how organisations are led and developed.

Together they prepare you for the broad range of roles where legal knowledge and commercial understanding both matter.

At the University of Bradford you will study law with business and management over a programme that includes a foundation year, creating a four-year route that builds academic and professional foundations before the degree content begins. The programme offers the opportunity to take a placement year in legal professions or other businesses, providing real-world professional experience within the programme structure. You will study the core legal subjects that form the basis of a qualifying law degree alongside business and management content that develops your understanding of how organisations function in their commercial and regulatory environments.

The typical tariff of 120 reflects a programme that is accessible to motivated students from varied educational backgrounds.

Graduates are well placed for careers in law, business, compliance, human resources, management consultancy, financial services, the civil service and a wide range of commercial roles where both legal awareness and management skills are valued. Those who wish to qualify as solicitors can use the degree as the basis for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, subject to meeting the relevant requirements. Others go directly into business and management graduate roles or pursue postgraduate study in law, business or management.

The combination of legal knowledge and commercial understanding is particularly sought in organisations that need graduates who can bridge the gap between legal and operational dimensions of business life.