BA (Hons) Law, Business and Management

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Liverpool John Moores University

Program Overview

The BA (Hons) Law, Business and Management is designed to give you a powerful combination of legal know-how and business smarts — perfect if you’re interested in careers that sit at the crossroads of law, commerce, and management. Over the course of study, you’ll explore how legal systems work and how business operates, so you graduate with a rounded set of skills to navigate both boardrooms and courtrooms confidently.

Curriculum Structure

Year 1
You’ll begin by building a solid foundation in both law and business basics. Expect modules that introduce you to core legal ideas — like how contracts, obligations, and rights work — alongside business fundamentals such as management principles, business environments, and organisational behaviour. In these early months, you’ll learn how legal rules influence business decisions and how management thinking shapes commercial success.

Year 2
In your second year, the course deepens: you’ll study more advanced law topics — perhaps exploring company law, commercial law, or legal aspects of business — while also diving into business-side topics like finance, marketing, or operations management. This blend helps you understand how businesses are run from both a legal and managerial perspective — preparing you for real-world complexity where law and business meet.

Year 3
In the final year, you tie everything together. You’ll work on higher-level law and business modules, possibly including corporate governance, business law, strategic management, or international business law. This part of the degree sharpens your analytical thinking, strategic insight, and ability to handle legal-business challenges — giving you a strong toolkit for your career ahead.

Focus areas

Law + business integration, legal fundamentals, business management & strategy, corporate governance, commercial law, organisational & managerial skills

Learning outcomes

You’ll emerge able to understand both legal and business frameworks, think critically about real-world legal-business problems, manage business operations with awareness of legal constraints, and communicate confidently across legal and corporate contexts

Professional alignment (accreditation)

The degree gives you a solid grounding in law and business — well-suited for roles in corporate law, business management, consultancy, or sectors where legal and commercial issues overlap.

Reputation & Employability

This program stands out because it equips you with a unique hybrid skillset — appealing to employers in law firms, business consultancies, corporate houses and more. Graduates from combined law-business programmes like this are often seen as versatile hires, ready for a range of roles bridging legal knowledge and business acumen.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

At LJMU, studying Law, Business and Management isn’t just about reading textbooks — you’ll have real chances to practise what you learn and build skills that employers value. Throughout your degree, the university offers facilities, practical opportunities, and real-world style projects so you can test your knowledge in business and legal contexts, and build confidence in professional settings.

Here’s how you’ll gain practical, hands-on experience:

Business & legal simulation projects: As part of your degree, you’ll have group assignments and case-studies that combine legal understanding with business decision-making — similar to real corporate or commercial scenarios. This helps you build teamwork, negotiation, and strategic planning skills.
Access to the School of Law & Justice (and its facilities): Through the law component of your degree, you’ll benefit from the same facilities used by LJMU’s law students — including mock-courtrooms, and spaces designed for legal advocacy exercises. This gives you a chance to practise legal reasoning, discussions, and courtroom-style exercises while still studying business too.
Opportunities for work-related learning and placements: The business side of the course may involve projects or collaborations that reflect real workplace requirements, preparing you for internships or entry-level roles in corporate, consultancy, or business-law settings.
Mix of business and law environments: Because the course bridges business and legal studies, you’ll be engaging with both business-management tools and legal frameworks — helping you understand how companies operate, stay compliant, and make strategic decisions under legal constraints.
Collaborative group work and problem-solving tasks: Many modules involve group assignments, negotiation-style tasks, and team-based analysis — giving you experience working with diverse peers and building soft skills like communication, leadership, and collaboration.

Progression & Future Opportunities

Graduating with BA (Hons) Law, Business and Management opens up a lot of different pathways. Many students go into careers such as business analyst, corporate compliance officer, operations manager or management consultant. This degree gives you a versatile mix of legal knowledge and business understanding, helping you enter both the corporate and legal-business world with confidence:

Support from the Careers & Employability Service: LJMU’s careers team offers CV workshops, interview prep, industry networking events and tailored guidance — helping you identify internships or job placements that suit your ambitions in business or law-business roles.
Strong graduate outcomes & earning potential: With the hybrid skills you gain — understanding law plus business operations — many graduates find roles in consultancies, corporate firms or corporate-law departments; entry-level salaries in these sectors are often competitive, and your versatility can boost career growth.
Industry connections and practical work opportunities: Through collaborations with businesses, legal-compliance departments, and corporate partners, the course gives you opportunities for real-world placements, internships or consultancy-style projects — helping you build real experience before you finish.
Long-term value of the degree mix: Combining law with business and management gives you a unique edge: whether you end up in corporate governance, business management, compliance, consulting or advisory roles — you’ll have both the commercial and legal insight many employers value.
Diverse graduation outcomes: Graduates from this programme have gone on to work in corporate firms, international business consultancies, compliance and governance teams, business development roles, or even started their own ventures — using both law and business skills in versatile roles.

Further Academic Progression:
After finishing this BA, you could choose to deepen your studies — for example pursuing a master’s degree in business management, corporate law, international business law, or even MBA-style programmes. This can sharpen your specialisation, open doors to leadership roles, or even lead to post-graduate legal or business qualifications depending on your career goals.