Career prospects

The professional image of the universally applicable (one-size-fits-all) lawyer with a focus on the judicial profession, on which traditional legal training is based, is no longer appropriate for the requirements of modern business life.

An extremely time-consuming and costly course of study compared to other European countries, a lack of efficiency in professional training and a lack of economic and practical relevance in legal training are just some of the points of criticism that can be raised against the current system of legal training. In view of the ever-increasing demands that companies have to place on lawyers in international and European competition, a connection to business and practice is indispensable. While traditional legal training lacks economics content, the pure study of economics lacks a legal focus. The University of Kassel therefore aims to make an important contribution to closing the gap between traditional legal training and purely business-related professional training with its Bachelor's degree course in Economic Law. This is the first time that the University of Kassel, with its profile geared towards innovation, interdisciplinarity and internationality, has received professional training at the interface of law and economics.

The basic idea of the Economic Law degree programme is to respond to the need of many companies for business lawyers by combining business knowledge with legal skills. The new degree programme aims to provide professional training for business lawyers who avoid legal conflicts, for lawyers who plan, design, negotiate and mediate and who have a solid basic knowledge of economics. In terms of its methodological approach, the degree programme thus emphasizes the interlinking of business and legal content, the restriction to business-related legal subjects while dispensing with the "knowledge ballast" of certain areas of law (such as inheritance law, family law, etc.), the use of practical methods and the teaching of certain additional qualifications (non-specialist key qualifications) that have not yet been taken into account in traditional legal training or in traditional business training. In this way, graduates acquire a cross-sectional competence that has so far been lacking in practice.

The Economic Law degree programme is tailored to the needs of business. It does not see itself as a sub-form, but rather as an attractive alternative to conventional law and economics studies.

The Bachelor's degree in Business Law provides you with a first professional qualification with a wide range of prospects. You will be excellently qualified for a successful career start in the following areas:

• Legal or HR departments of medium-sized and larger companies
• Law firms
• Management consultancy
• tax consultancy
• trade associations
• Public institutions with an interdisciplinary character (e.g. economic development or environmental departments).

In addition, a successful Bachelor's degree qualifies you to take up a Master's degree, for example in one of the diverse Master's programs in the Department of Economics.