Commercial Law, LLB (Hons)

Commercial law offers a robust legal framework to support business operations and foster economic growth. This LLB (Hons) course explores the mechanisms that facilitate trade, protect commercial interests, and adapt to evolving business practices while promoting ethical and socially responsible behaviours. Students gain in-depth knowledge of legal doctrines, principles, and values in commercial law, alongside an understanding of its dynamic context, including the need for reform and responses to changing business priorities. The program develops practical skills for applying legal concepts in commercial settings.Key benefits include opportunities to volunteer in law clinics, participate in international conferences, and engage in collaborative projects to build intercultural and digital competencies. The curriculum spans core modules across three years, such as Contract Law, Commercial Law, and Trade Law, with options for a placement year. Assessment methods vary, including exams, essays, presentations, and group work, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of student progress.

Year One During your first year, you will work alongside students doing similar courses to you, to widen your knowledge of the law and develop the fundamental legal skills necessary to undertake the remainder of your course. You will also be exposed to a range of contemporary issues in the law that relate to each of the LLB courses on offer. If you discover that you have an interest in a particular area of law that you have studied, upon successful completion of your first year, you could swap degree courses to one of the other LLB courses listed below (subject to meeting progression requirements). As you move through your second and final year, you will study further core legal modules whilst also exploring more specialist commercial law subjects and enhancing your practical legal skills. The common first year enables you to work alongside students doing similar courses to you, to widen your knowledge and exposure to other subject areas and professions. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other students, so you can share your insights and experience which will help you to develop and learn. If you discover an interest in a specific subject you have studied, upon successful completion of your first year, you could swap degrees with another course in your common first year (subject to meeting progression requirements). Common first year courses Criminal Law and Justice LLB (Hons) International Law LLB (Hons) Law LLB (Hons) Modules English Legal System Public Law Contract Law Criminal Law Applied Law Study Contemporary Issues in the Law Year Two In your second year, you will continue to build your understanding of core legal subjects, whilst exploring commercial law in detail. You will also begin to develop your practical legal skills to provide you with an insight into life in legal practice. Modules Commercial Law Practical Legal Skills European Union Law Tort Law Land Law Equity and Trusts Placement Year There’s no better way to find out what you love doing than trying it out for yourself, which is why a work placement* can often be beneficial. Work placements usually occur between your second and final year of study. They’re a great way to help you explore your potential career path and gain valuable work experience, whilst developing transferable skills for the future. If you choose to do a work placement year, you will pay a reduced tuition fee* of £1,250. For more information, please go to the fees and funding section. During this time you will receive guidance from your employer or partner institution, along with your assigned academic mentor who will ensure you have the support you need to complete your placement. Whilst we would like to give you all the information about our placement/study abroad offering here, it is often tailored for each course every year and depends on the length of placement or study abroad opportunities that are secured. Therefore, the placement and study abroad arrangements vary per course and per student. Final Year Year three aims to bring you to the level to enter the world of work by further developing your professional legal skills in commercial law. Modules Project Commercial Dispute Resolution Trade Law Two option modules We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content. For full module details please check the course page on the Coventry University website. *For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website