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LPC vs LLB...a little help please?

hey guys, i'm an international student currently doing a master's in public policy at UCL. i know that i can join a law firm here in the UK without having an LLB/JD/legal background, but that i'd do a conversion course called the LPC. right so far? does having an LPC instead of an LLB hold you back in any way? let's say i want to move countries after a few years of working in the UK...does the LPC allow for the same flexibility as the LLB would? in case area of practice matters (which i'm guessing it does..) i'm looking at the big law firms that focus on intl corporate law and related fields.

also, if anyone has any good online resources regarding UK law firms, UK law schools, etc, please pass them on, I'd appreciate it

thanks!
The conversion course is called the GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law) not the LPC! The LPC (Legal Practice Course) is taken by law graduates after their degree and non-law graduates after their GDL. I don't know that much about the LLB, but what I have gathered (from talking to both law firms and other students) is that the GDL, as opposed to LLB, is no disadvantage at all.
aaah ok this starting to make a little more sense...

what's the general process, what's the next step for someone like me? go through the application process to the law firms and once i'm hired by someone i get a GDL and LPC as part of training? or do i have to do both these courses before i even apply to law firms?
Ok...I'm in the middle of filling out an app so I can't write long answers to this right now, but I think it should all be covered in these links:

http://www.lawcareers.net/Solicitors/CareerPath.aspx
http://www.lawcareers.net/Solicitors/CPEGDL.aspx
http://www.lawcareers.net/Solicitors/LPC.aspx
http://www.lawcareers.net/Solicitors/TrainingContract.aspx

Enjoy!

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