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Hi guys,

I've completed my LLB and I am confused as to where to go from here. I hope to become a barrister and if not a solicitor so what is the correct route for me. I've seen many universities offer courses of LLM with SQE 1&2 and some offer LLM with LPC but isn't the LPC being replaced by the SQE, so will it still be effective?

It would be great if you guys could clearly establish what the next options for me are
Thanks

Reply 1

kamal12

Hi,
If you want to become a barrister you should look into the Bar Practice Course (BPC).

If you want to become a solicitor, you should look into SQEs - here it is up to you if you want to just complete the SQE, or you want to complete the SQE AND receive a master degree (LLM or MA).

I suggest you look at the Uni of Law website as they explain all the routes and different courses in detail (even if you are not interested in that uni in particular, I feel like their info is great!! 🙂)

I hope this makes sense.

Reply 2

Beastslayer_47

Original post by kamal12

Hi,
If you want to become a barrister you should look into the Bar Practice Course (BPC).
If you want to become a solicitor, you should look into SQEs - here it is up to you if you want to just complete the SQE, or you want to complete the SQE AND receive a master degree (LLM or MA).
I suggest you look at the Uni of Law website as they explain all the routes and different courses in detail (even if you are not interested in that uni in particular, I feel like their info is great!! 🙂)
I hope this makes sense.

Hi thanks for your reply. I was wondering why unis don't advertise or offer the BPC course as much as they do the SQE and LPC and LLM. Is this because most graduates go on to do the SQE rather than BPC?

Reply 3

kamal12

Original post by Beastslayer_47

Hi,
BPC is offered from unis which are more law specific (such as University of Law and BPP).

"Normal universities" (the undergraduate type if that makes sense lol) do not usually offer BPC and SQE as they are more specialisation courses.

I hope that answered your question. Let me know if you require any more help, I was in the same exact situation last year and I spent hours and hours doing research 🙂

Reply 4

Beastslayer_47

Original post by kamal12

Hi,
BPC is offered from unis which are more law specific (such as University of Law and BPP).
"Normal universities" (the undergraduate type if that makes sense lol) do not usually offer BPC and SQE as they are more specialisation courses.
I hope that answered your question. Let me know if you require any more help, I was in the same exact situation last year and I spent hours and hours doing research 🙂

Oh I see thank you for the information. If you don't mind answering, what did you end up doing?

Reply 5

kamal12

Original post by Beastslayer_47

Oh I see thank you for the information. If you don't mind answering, what did you end up doing?

Hi,
I am now doing an LLM in Law at Lancaster 🙂 I was not sure whether I still wanted to become a solicitor, but I knew for sure I wanted to complete a Masters. My plan is to complete the SQE in my own time, when I will be sure that is the road I want to take 🙂

Reply 6

UniofLaw Student

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Original post by Beastslayer_47

Hi guys,
I've completed my LLB and I am confused as to where to go from here. I hope to become a barrister and if not a solicitor so what is the correct route for me. I've seen many universities offer courses of LLM with SQE 1&2 and some offer LLM with LPC but isn't the LPC being replaced by the SQE, so will it still be effective?
It would be great if you guys could clearly establish what the next options for me are
Thanks

Hi,

If you want to become a Barrister you need to study the BPC not any of the other courses you suggested (these are all for solicitors). You can study just the BPC or the LLM BPC which counts as a Masters. In terms of employability, the LLM aspect adds very little from my experience but it does allow you to access student finance so may be helpful from that point of view. Also, depending on which LLM route you choose, then you can get some good experience from the Masters element even if the fact it is a Masters, in its own right, seems to be less relevant.

There are plenty of institutions that offer the BPC so I would research which you think fits your needs best in terms of costs, location etc. and go from there.

I hope this helps!