Postgraduate Law

Can anyone tell me what the point is in post graduate law degrees, that are not CPE/GDL? I.e. not for those wanting to become barristers. Since you don't even need an undergraduate law degree to become a barrister, what is the point in postgraudate ones.

Thanks.

You might as well ask 'What's the point of work? ' or 'What's the point of love?' or 'What's the point of life?'

I was of the belief that once you do a GDL and achieve a certain score, you are automatically accepted onto a BVC course. I thought it was once you completed the BVC that the difficulty in being called to the Bar begins.

I feel you were wrong to dismiss JohnGardner's response. Some people just have an inveterate love of learning and a postgraduate degree is a way of fulfilling and satisfying this love. They want to add something to the world of Law. Without people philosophising on the law it is unlikely that it would ever develop. If that isn't a good enough reason for you then you will have to dismiss the work of many of history's greatest philosophers (Greek: 'philo' = love | 'sophia' = wisdom)who dedicated their whole lives to expanding their knowledge and ability to think.

Is there any point in doing a senior status qualifying law degree as opposed to the CPE?

If I ask what the point of something is as a thread starter, then I usually want a proper anwer.

Is there any point in doing a senior status qualifying law degree as opposed to the CPE?

But I gave you a proper answer: The main point of a postgraduate degree in law, like the main point of any university degree, is to learn new things, which is a rewarding way to spend part of your life.

And I really meant to give you practical advice: Live life to the full while you can, because life is short. Do as much as you can for its own sake rather than as an instrument for something else.

So I wasn't taking the mickey or flaming you.

What's more, I didn't read your post as inflammatory. I read it as depressing. I think there is a sad tendency to think that legal education is more vocational or instrumental than education in, say, history or music. Would you have asked 'What's the point of getting a PhD in history? Or 'What's the point of studying oboe to grade eight?' If not then it was unfair to ask the same question about a postgraduate degree in law.

"Is an LLM any more helpful in allowing a non-law graduate in becoming a barrister?".