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#What is a qualifying law degree? University of Leicester

A qualifying law degree is an approved qualification which contains training in the seven foundations of legal knowledge (specified by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board). The degree is one of requirements needed to practise law.

The most popular path route to becoming a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales can be broken down in to three stages:

• The academic stage: the qualifying law degree;
• The vocational stage: the Legal Practice Course (LPC) / Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC);
• The professional stage: a training contract at a firm of solicitors, or pupillage at a barrister’s chambers.

All our degree programmes are designed to be qualifying law degrees, as the seven foundation subjects are covered in the following modules:

• Constitutional and Administrative Law
• The Law of Contract
• Criminal Law
• Equity and Trusts
• EU Law
• Land Law (Property Law)
• Law of Torts

LLB Law M100: Equity and Trusts is an optional module for those that commenced this degree programme prior to September 2013 and students must ensure that they choose this module as one of their choices (advice is given at the point when students make their module choices).

Graduate entry Law (LLB Senior Status) M101: due to the constraints of the qualifying law degree requirements, it is not possible to study any modules, other than the ones specified for the programme.