A contemporary and forward-thinking Master's degree aimed at developing creative professionals and entrepreneurs.

  • Study a fusion of law and business-related subject matter at a postgraduate level.
  • Choose from flexible learning options that support your career ambitions and aspirations.
  • Enhance your future employability for a wide range of law, business and management-related roles.

This Master of Laws degree is a career-enhancing qualification that will equip you for a range of roles related to law, business and management. It offers a flexible learning experience across a range of law and business-related subject matter, providing a contemporary, practical, and innovative perspective that looks to the future and to the development of creative professionals and entrepreneurs. This course sits alongside a wider framework of legal and business education within the Bath Business School.

What you'll learn

Overview

You'll study four core modules, four optional modules and select one law project option. This learning structure will enhance your academic and organisational skills, develop practical subject specific skills and knowledge and cover a good range of options across the disciplines of law, business and management. The course offers you the opportunity to work with external partners to support clients with legal problems, or to undertake a supervised research project on a legal area of your choice.

There is a natural focus on business organisations and legal transactions and the course seeks to develop professionality, effective collaboration, and precise communication. It also seeks to prepare you to initiate, lead and respond to change in various organisational contexts.

Course modules

This course includes or offers the following modules. Please check the programme document  for more information on which modules are core, required or optional.

Trimester one

You'll study two core modules:

  • Legal Systems, Research and Skills
  • Commercial Law

and choose two optional modules from:

  • Obligations and Dispute Resolution
  • Employment Law
  • Strategic Management
  • Governance and Risk Management
  • Strategic Brand Management
  • Digital Marketing
  • Advanced Academic and Business Skills

Trimester two

You'll study two core modules:

  • Business Law and Practice
  • Leading Change and Innovation

and choose two optional modules from:

  • The Professional Lawyer
  • Cyberlaw
  • Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Law
  • Managing People
  • Sustainability
  • Corporate Financial Management

Trimester three

You'll choose to take either the Legal Clinic or Legal Research Project module.

How will I be assessed?

You'll be assessed using a range of methods including exams, tests, practical exercises, presentations, case studies, reports, essays and portfolio and dissertation writing.

How will I be taught?

You'll be taught using a mix of in-person seminars and practical skills workshops, supervision, clinical education and digital learning.

To find out more about how we teach and how you'll learn, please read our Learning and Teaching Delivery Statement.

Opportunities

Work experience and industry links

You'll get the chance to engage with a range of guest speakers and legal practice stakeholders, and you'll have the opportunity to visit the Bath Law Clinic at the beginning of the programme.

The Legal Clinic module option offers experience, learning and support that will enhance your legal practice knowledge and future employability.

Careers

You'll develop a good range of transferable and subject-specific skills, enhancing your employability for a wide variety of law, business and management-related roles. The flexible range of module options enables you to tailor your study to support your specific career aspirations.

Competitions and awards

You'll have the opportunity to enter open competitions relating to debating and mooting.

Adobe Creative Campus

Develop a wealth of indispensable digital skills that you can take into your future career. One of only three Adobe Creative Campuses in the UK, we provide all Bath Spa students with access to the full Adobe Creative Suite, giving you the tools to communicate creatively, whatever your course or chosen professional field.   

Facilities and resources

Where the subject is taught

The course is taught at our Newton Park campus, with an option to visit Bath Law Clinic.

Resources

Our library offers a wide range of business materials including electronic sources. This online material can be accessed on and off campus enabling you to work at times that suit you.

Fees

2025 entry
Student Annual tuition fee
UK full time £8,985
UK part time £4,493
International full time £16,625

Additional course costs

You may need to pay additional course costs over and above your tuition fees, for example, for specialist equipment or trips and visits. Please check the course Programme Document (linked under the main image on this page) for details of any additional costs. You can also read our Additional Course Costs Policy for further information.

Interested in applying?

What we look for in potential students

We are looking for applicants with inquiring minds, an interest in legal study and a desire for a practical and contemporary focus on law in a business context.

Typical offers

You'll have, at minimum, a lower second-class honours UK or ROI degree (or equivalent overseas NARIC qualification), or equivalent professional experience through APL or APEL (including at least two years' work experience). See our Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) web page to learn more.

For international students: IELTS min 6.5 (min. 5.5 in each category). There may be visa and regulatory limitations relating to the Legal Clinic module option.

How do I apply?

Ready to apply? Click the 'apply now' button in the centre of this page.

Need more guidance? Head to our how to apply pages.

Get ahead

You should familiarise yourself with the English legal system. A good starting point is Steve Wilson, Helen Rutherford, Tony Storey, Natalie Wortley, Birju Kotecha, English Legal System (4th edition, Oxford University Press (OUP) 2020).

Course leader: Emmanuel Nartey
Email: e.nartey@bathspa.ac.uk