LLM Bar Practice

Careers
The LLM Bar Practice will provide you with an academically rigorous degree with excellent transferable skills applicable to the Bar and a number of alternative and non-legal careers. Embarking on any career requires you to consider your options carefully before you commit to a particular programme

The Careers Service at the University of Hertfordshire is committed to helping you progress in your legal career. There is a dedicated Director of Employability assigned to Hertfordshire Law School who has significant links with the legal profession. Whether it is forging links with Chambers, the Crown Prosecution Service or the legal departments of international organisations, our Director of Employability is dedicated to preparing you for the next stage in your professional legal career.

The Law Clinic has a number of pro bono opportunities which will provide you with skills that are key for Chambers and employers. There are opportunities to practise skills of Conference, Advocacy, Drafting and client communication.

You must have either a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD), usually with a minimum 2:2 classification, or have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in a subject other than law and have successfully completed the GDL qualification

You must have passed the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT).

You must be a member of one of the Inns of Court:

The course meets the requirements of the Bar Standards Board for the Vocational element of Bar Training and is the established pathway into a career as a barrister.

This programme is subject to BSB authorisation. No offer letters at all will be issued until authorisation is received.

Why choose this course?
We are one of the few providers of legal education in the country with a full-scale replica Crown Court room. This facility is fully equipped with the latest technology to enable you to perform your Advocacy skills and prepare you for practice
We offer a flexible format to enable you to work in a variety of ways. This programme will prepare you for a digital practice as courts and legal professionals move increasingly online and paperless
You want to be taught by qualified legal professionals who have experience in teaching and legal practice
Hertfordshire Law School has close links with the Law Clinic and Careers Service, providing you with the skills and support you need to make the most of your time on the programme and succeed in your chosen career
Our award-winning Law Clinic covers a number of practice areas and pro bono opportunities which will enable you to put the skills you learn on the programme into practice in the community. The LLM component involves a compulsory Legal Research project based in the Law Clinic which provides you with practical, real-world, client based experience.