The Bachelor of Laws or LLB is a specialized degree in law offered in both degree and undergraduate level. It is by far the most basic law degree offered in most of the countries. When it first came into being, it was a liberal arts degree. Now, when a student completes his law education, he/she needs to assist a senior lawyer before actually starting his/her practices as a professional lawyer. The time period for this session can be nine months or one year or one and a half years, again varying with the country.
Most students enroll into LLB after completing their undergraduate degree, though it varies from one country to another. Some countries offer this program right after the completion of secondary school while some others offer it as a second-entry program on the completion of a degree program.
After successful completion of LLB, the graduates become eligible for the membership of the bar council which is also known as law society in some countries. They then have to apply for the membership and in some cases, will have to clear an entrance exam in order to qualify for the membership of the bar council.
Once a law graduate becomes a member of the bar, he/she needs to undergo a licensing session, where the skills, responsibility, and commitment towards profession are tested through assignments, licensing examination, barrister licensing examination and solicitor licensing examination. After the licensing term, the LLB graduate is required to sign in the appeal of the Court and the Superior Court of Justice; the student, now called a barrister or solicitor, also needs to swear an oath in a formal ceremony.
Lawyers, also known as barristers or solicitors, need to have in-depth knowledge of literature, philosophy, economics, political science, history and should possess good public speaking skills, research skills, legal-writing skills, analytical skills, and of course decision-making skills. All of these are incorporated into the LLB course.
Apart from regular universities and colleges, internet-based learning institutes are also offering LLB courses, mostly in the form of 1 Year Bachelor degree where lectures and discussions are held via online classrooms using webcam or VSAT classes. Study materials are provided in soft copies uploaded in the university website and delivered to students in CD-ROMs.
In the midst of heavy workloads and ever-increasing number of deadlines to meet, today's professionals get little for themselves. Let alone for studies. These online LLB courses have come as a boon to them, providing a 1 Year Bachelor degree tailored to suit their conveniences.
Roger Pointing is doing his
LLB course from a UK university. For information on
distance learning course please visit
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