Corporate and Commercial Law

You will explore the issues and problems that corporate and commercial law has to deal with. then discuss and evaluate the law as it exists. finally, you will critique the law and suggest ways in which it might be improved. alongside courses in specific areas of corporate and commercial law, we run a series of workshops on legal skills.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

You will graduate ready to begin your professional training and continue the process of qualifying as a barrister or solicitor. alternatively, you can use your transferable skills in other careers such as business, banking, accountancy, the civil or diplomatic service, the charitable sector, management and human resources, teaching, journalism or academia. many of our graduates have gone on to build careers as solicitors in leading firms in london and internationally, such as clifford chance, linklaters, freshfields bruckhaus deringers, clyde & co, herbert smith freehills, baker mckenzie, and eversheds sutherlands, and at a wide variety of other firms of all sizes and types. others work as in-house counsel in companies, public authorities and the government legal service. we also have a significant number of alumni who are barristers, including several queen’s counsel. career destinations career destinations related to your degree include: legal practice (solicitor, barrister, paralegal) other law related careers (ngos, international organisations, in-house compliance, legal researchers, police) public sector (civil service fast stream, local government, politics, education) financial services (tax, banking, insurance, investment, accountancy) management and human resources (typically through graduate recruitment schemes)

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. The University of Sheffield has partnerships with the following companies: