​This Qualification is aimed at promoting access to higher education and equipping learners with appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes attuned to the demands of business and industry. Learners will gain a critical understanding of the interplay between the disciplines of modern business management, strategic financial planning and the governing rules of our law. The qualification design reflects the logical progression of learning by introducing learners to the foundational and fundamental aspects of their learning areas in the first year and then progressing to the higher-order skills of analysing, interpreting and applying the principles and theories of focus areas in the second and third years of study. This Bachelor of Commerce in Law is designed to develop the learner's ability to think and act strategically and professionally and to contribute meaningfully to the organisations they will be serving. Consequently, it facilitates the development of a well-rounded strategic business knowledge base in conjunction with substantial legal skills, knowledge and insight to allow for professional practice entry into a broad range of business enterprises as well as further studies in law or commerce.

NOTE: As from the 2022 intake completing this BCom in Law degree will allow for enough credits onto the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) that you could potentially complete this second degree in two years.

Available at IIE Varsity College and IIE MSA

The five underlying themes of this qualification viz. (i) a sound pedagogical foundation for the Teaching of ethics in law, (ii) integrative law (where alternative modes of addressing conflict in society are explored through, for example, the principles of restorative justice and therapeutic jurisprudence), (iii) legal-professional practice, (iv) social responsibility, and (v) the promotion of our national constitutional democracy, will combine to produce a graduate who is socially and ethically aware, compassionate and responsible. 

This qualification will prepare graduates for access into the traditional careers of legal practice within the minimum allowed periods. The qualification will also facilitate entry into a wide range of alternative career-paths and vocations requiring the application of law and practical legal skills.  In addition, this degree will prepare students for postgraduate studies and for ongoing lifelong professional development.   

The purpose of this programme is therefore fourfold.  It is to –

i. present students with access to higher education;

ii. qualify students for legal and/or advisory careers in a variety of economic sectors, both public and private;

iii. provide a platform for further legal studies; and 

iv. prepare students for a career in professional legal practice. 

Graduates will be able to apply for admission as a legal practitioner in accordance with the applicable legislation.  Careers include, but are not limited to:

Advocate;

Attorney; and

Prosecutor.

In keeping with the purpose of professional Bachelors’ degrees, this programme will enable graduates (who may also have obtained admission as an attorney or advocate) to apply a well-rounded theoretical and practical knowledge base and professional entry practice across a broad range of alternative specialisations, careers, enterprise types and industries in both the public and private sectors.  Career opportunities for graduates of this degree exist in, amongst others:

Advisor at one of the institutions supporting constitutional democracy;

Alternative dispute resolution;

Community law advising / Advice office advisor;

Corporate governance;

Corporate legal advising;

Divorce and family-law mediation;

General commercial mediation; 

Legal advisor in the public sector;  

Legal education / academia;

Legal researcher; 

Legal writer or editor; and

Non-governmental organisation legal advising. 

This qualification will also prepare graduates to continue their law studies at HEQF level 9

This is a Four Year, 480 credit Professional Degree.

Available at IIE Varsity College and IIE MSA