Bachelor of Laws

An LLB, abbreviation used for ‘Bachelor of Laws’ is an academic qualification also known as a degree in law or an acronym used in writing that can address a person who has acquired the qualification. It is analogous to a BA or BSc, referring to bachelor’s degree, or a baccalaureate. The most common are Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc). A Bachelor of Laws degree is awarded by universities at undergraduate level, where a person who may wish to continue studying in the field may be later awarded an LLM, that is, a graduate (or sometimes referred to as a Master’s) degree, portraying a higher academic standard in most cases. Traditionally, in the UK, the standard method employed by universities is to award honours degrees, which would usually demonstrate a remarkably high level of academic excellence, with a hierarchical order for honour classifications, highlighting those degrees that achieved the highest distinction.