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llb vs ba?
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Original post by polpo
llb vs ba?


LLB is a qualifying law degree. BA isn't. If you want to work in law after your degree, LLB is the one you need.
Original post by polpo
llb vs ba?


An LLB means you only do a 1 year LPC (for solicitors) or BPTC/BVC (for the bar) enabling you to start your training 1 year after uni.

Whilst a BA would require an additional year (however most top law firms do an accelerated one now) for your GDL, postponing work for 2 years (or 16-18 months for the new GDL) after you graduate.

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Original post by polpo
llb vs ba?


Original post by Carnationlilyrose
LLB is a qualifying law degree. BA isn't. If you want to work in law after your degree, LLB is the one you need.


Up to a point Lord Copper.

Other than Oxford and Cambridge I am not sure anywhere offers a BA in law as its primary single honours law degree although others did in the past.

Where a university offers both a BA and an LLB there is something different about the BA. It may be because it has lower admissions requirements (effectively it is a B stream); because it includes subjects other than law or because it is aimed at overseas students who are not interested in whether it amounts to a qualifying law degree,

However, although what Carnationlilyrose says is a good rule of thumb, it isn't strictly accurate.

There are some universities where both the LLB and the BA are qualifying law degrees

https://courses.aber.ac.uk/undergraduate/ba-law-degree-m103/
http://courses.aber.ac.uk/undergraduate/llb-law-degree-m100/

There are some universities where a BA can be a qualifying law degree if you pick the right options

http://www.northampton.ac.uk/study/courses/courses-by-subject/social-sciences/law-joint-honours-babsc-hons

and there are other universities where you can get an LLB that is not a qualifying law degree if you pick the wrong options

http://www.open.ac.uk/law/main/ways-study/llb-england-wales
Original post by Carnationlilyrose
LLB is a qualifying law degree. BA isn't. If you want to work in law after your degree, LLB is the one you need.

That's not (always) true; Cambridge's BA in Law is also a QLD.
Original post by Illiberal Liberal
That's not (always) true; Cambridge's BA in Law is also a QLD.


Something told me OP wasn't asking about Cambridge, but yes.
Original post by nulli tertius
Up to a point Lord Copper.

Other than Oxford and Cambridge I am not sure anywhere offers a BA in law as its primary single honours law degree although others did in the past.

Where a university offers both a BA and an LLB there is something different about the BA. It may be because it has lower admissions requirements (effectively it is a B stream); because it includes subjects other than law or because it is aimed at overseas students who are not interested in whether it amounts to a qualifying law degree,

However, although what Carnationlilyrose says is a good rule of thumb, it isn't strictly accurate.

There are some universities where both the LLB and the BA are qualifying law degrees

https://courses.aber.ac.uk/undergraduate/ba-law-degree-m103/
http://courses.aber.ac.uk/undergraduate/llb-law-degree-m100/

There are some universities where a BA can be a qualifying law degree if you pick the right options

http://www.northampton.ac.uk/study/courses/courses-by-subject/social-sciences/law-joint-honours-babsc-hons

and there are other universities where you can get an LLB that is not a qualifying law degree if you pick the wrong options

http://www.open.ac.uk/law/main/ways-study/llb-england-wales

I will make a note. TBH, this was my first post since coming back from holiday and clearing up a load of threads posted in the wrong place, and I just went for the same simple approach as the OP's question.

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