Graduate Entry Law LLB - LLB (Hons)

City St George's, University of London

Achieve a qualifying law degree as a non-law graduate in just two years rather than the regular three with our fast-track Graduate Entry LLB programme and take your first step towards a legal career. You can choose from a range of specialist legal electives and take work placements during the summer. This programme covers the foundational principles of law, introducing you to core legal subjects such as contract law, tort law, criminal law, public law, and more. The curriculum is condensed but comprehensive. Alongside fundamental legal knowledge, you will develop essential legal skills such as legal research, analysis, problem-solving and advocacy. After successfully completing the GE LLB (Hons), you can progress to the next stage of legal training, which typically will be the Solicitors’ Practice Programme (SPP) for aspiring solicitors or the Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) for aspiring barristers. Law conversion courses are an excellent option if you have an interest in law and wish to transition into the legal profession.Who is this course for?If you have a proven academic track record and an undergraduate degree in another discipline or from another country and want a highly respected qualification in law, this programme is ideal.You may have studied anywhere in the world. Our Graduate Entry LLB programme is especially attractive to Canadians, who will be advanced in satisfying Canadian NCA requirements upon completion of this degree.If you intend to practise law in the UK, this programme includes the foundations of legal practice which make up the required academic stage of training as a barrister in England and Wales.The course will also be useful to anyone without a UK law degree wanting to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales.Career:After graduating from this programme, you can advance towards qualification as a practising lawyer.In the UK that means either taking the Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) programme to become a barrister, or, if you wish to become a solicitor, undertaking the Solicitors Qualifying Examinations, in which case you may wish to take a preparation programme such as our Solicitors’ Practice Programme (SPP).If you intend to practise in Canada, you have to take examinations set by the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA).You may alternatively choose to progress to an LLM programme at City or another UK university if you wish to develop expertise in a particular area of law or plan on an academic career, or at any university that can satisfy the country requirements where you wish to practise.Our graduates have also pursued careers in finance, banking and the civil service.You will have the opportunity to participate in skills enhancing extra-curricular activity such as mooting or pro bono work via our LawIRL (in real life) programme.

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