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what does LLB mean in relation to a Law degree

pls help guys! im lookin at law at uni but dont know what LLB means

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LLB

what you need to do is read the literature and if you want to be a solicitor or barrister make sure the course you are doing is a qualifying law degree!!

ok still dont get it

LLB is Economics, as BA Law is Business Studies.

Reply 4

The_Shyster

LL.B Bachelor of Laws. Note the plural "Laws", which is an inheritance from the days when universities taught only the two learned laws, Civil and the Canon. The Latin form, baccalaureus utriusque juris, meaning "bachelor of both laws", is a reminder of university study of law. The double "L" of LL.B follows the Latin convention for abbreviating a plural word by repeating its initial letter, so the degree should never be rendered "L.L.B."
- "Studying Scots Law" by Hector L MacQueen

Reply 5

totallydeflated

addict

LLB is Economics, as BA Law is Business Studies.

?????

Reply 6

ashahmed

I AGREE WITH totallydeflated

WHAT IS ''ADDICT'' STATING..IT SIMPLY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE...

LLB IS ECONOMICS???

BA LAW IS BUSINESS STUDIES????

Reply 7

Ynox

simple.

LLB- economics. Well respected subject, worth doing.

BA Law- business studies- not so well respected, questionable whether its worth doing it really.

If you're going into law i'd choose the LLB. A BA in law wouldn't even cross my mind.

Reply 8

Zerforax

Oxford does the BA in Law :smile:

Reply 9

Ynox

yeah, oxford is the exception to the rule though- aren't all degrees from there awarded as BAs?

Reply 10

Onearmedbandit

BA = Bachelor of Arts.

LLB = Something to do with law which I forgot.

The actual material difference is pretty much irrelevant.

Reply 11

Miss.P

LLB - is basically bachelor of laws!

Reply 12

house badger

LLB and BA are merely degree titles and depend for the most part on how the individual university structures its degrees. Oxford (and Cambridge I think) have BAs for traditional reasons. Most Universities have LLBs. At Universities other than Oxbridge BA often (but not always) denotes a law degree which is combined with another subject (or modules from another subject) and so is awarded as a more general BA rather than the law specific LLB.

As an aside LLMs are Law Masters degrees but other wierd and wonderful variants exist, Bcl, MCrim etc.

The important thing is not the letters that follow your name but the actual degree itself. If you want to do a law degree and eventually become a lawyer chosing a "qualifiying" law degree (a law degree which meets the Bar Council's/Law Society's requirements) will save you a years study later on. This can be found in the Univeristy's prospectus along with all the other details which matter about your law degree (the letters not being one of these).

Reply 13

lawgrad

LL.B. basically stands for 'legum baccalaureus' (Bachelor of Laws). As mentioned above, the Latin convention repeats the initial letter for the plural form. The Latin singular for 'law' is 'lex' and the plural is 'legum'. Thus, we have 'LL.B.'.

Reply 14

KaiserSoze

Incidentally Cambridge's LLM used to be called the LLB, dating from a time when law was only studied at a postgrad level...

How wonderfully confusing :smile:

Reply 15

OldMan

lawgrad

The Latin singular for 'law' is 'lex' and the plural is 'legum'. Thus, we have 'LL.B.'.

Not quite!

The latin nominative singular for 'law' is 'lex' and the nominitive plural ('laws') is 'leges'

the genitve singular ('of law') is 'legis', and the genitive plural ('of laws') is 'legum'

Reply 16

lawgrad

OldMan

Not quite!

The latin nominative singular for 'law' is 'lex' and the nominitive plural ('laws') is 'leges'

the genitve singular ('of law') is 'legis', and the genitive plural ('of laws') is 'legum'