FAQs: Is a postgraduate degree in law an acceptable qualification for a career in law?

Those wishing to enter the legal profession can do so in two ways. Firstly via completing a qualifying undergraduate law degree that consists of the seven core modules (contract, tort, criminal, equity and trusts, EU, property and public) together with a range of electives, or via a postgraduate conversion course called the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). This can be studied full time over a year, or part time over two years. The full-time course only offers students the opportunity to study the seven qualifying modules (as listed above). Following this, everyone wishing to enter the profession must complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC). Some institutions offer students the opportunity to gain an LLM if they undertake the GDL and LPC together with some voluntary, assessed modules.

For further information, see:

• conversion courses
• law sector