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SOAS LLB - A Qualifying Law Degree?

I couldn't find the answer to this anywhere so I thought I'd just make a thread here.

Do any of you guys know if the SOAS LLB is a Qualifying law degree? Since some of the Qualifying law modules are listed as electives at the SOAS website instead of core modules.

In addition I would like your help in determining the modules which are necessary for me to take as electives; for it to be a Qualifying law degree since what's the use of an LLB if I cannot be a lawyer after doing a 3 year degree.

Electives offered:

Advanced Administrative Law - 155200061 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Commercial Law - 155200062 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Company law - 155200053 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Environmental Law - 155200063 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Equity and Offshore - 155200057 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Family law - 155200006 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Intellectual Property Law - 155200059 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Labour Law - 155200056 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2015/2016

Law and development - 155200030 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Law, Multiculturalism and Rights - 155200064 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Law of Islamic Finance - 155200060 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Public international law - 155200025 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Independent study project on a selected legal topic - 155200041 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Chinese law - 155200055 (1 Unit) - Full Year

European human rights law/EU law - 155200051 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Islamic law - 155200037 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Law and society in South Asia - 155200032 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Law and society in Africa - 155200033 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Law of property - 155200019 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Reply 1
Yes the SOAS LLB is a qualifying Law degree but is unique in giving students both an English QLD and a global perspective by requiring you to also study legal systems of Asia and Africa. It's the reason why so many magic circle law firms are now recruiting from SOAS with 10% of our graduates in 2013 gaining training contracts at Clifford Chance alone.
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