In the UK, you need to complete a Legal Practice Course (LPC) to become a solicitor or a Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to become a barrister.The LPC usually takes two  years to complete, plus another two-year training contract. The BPTC takes about a year, plus another year of pupillage (apprenticeship).

Oxford University

Oxford University, renowned as one of the finest universities globally, has been offering legal education for over eight centuries since its establishment in 1096. In the 1870s, it introduced an English law degree, Bachelor of Jurisprudence (BA Jurisprudence), and later upgraded the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) to a master's level degree in the 20th century. By the 1970s, the law school expanded to offer several graduate programs. Presently, Oxford Law School provides two main master's programs: BCL for students with a common law background and Magister Juris (MJur) for those with a civil law background. Notably, the BCL is widely acknowledged as the most esteemed taught master's level qualification in the common law domain.

Oxford Law offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), Master of Laws (LLM), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. There are also a number of specialized programs, such as the Bachelor of Civil Law with Law Studies in Europe (BCL/MJur) and the Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence and Modern Greek (BA Jurisprudence and Modern Greek).

Cambridge University

BA (Hons) course (referred to at other universities as an LLB degree) is primarily concerned with English law, there are opportunities to study other legal systems, including civil (Roman) law, EU law and international law. You can also study theoretical and sociological aspects of law such as jurisprudence or parts of criminology.

Graduate degrees include a Masters of Law (LLM), Masters in Corporate Law (MCL), and a Doctorate in Law (Ph.D.). They have Law Tripos program also in undergraduate programs. The overall flexibility of the Law Tripos allows students to explore a range of topics, and to tailor their studies as their interests develop. For example, you might choose to focus on interests in commercial law or property law, or in more philosophical, historical and sociological aspects of law, such as jurisprudence, legal history, labour law and criminology.

The Cambridge University Law Society is a student-run organization at Cambridge University dedicated to promoting the study of law and legal practice. It is one of the oldest and largest student societies at Cambridge, with a history dating back over 200 years. The Cambridge University Law Society also publishes a student-run law journal, the Cambridge Law Review, which features articles and commentary on a range of legal topics.

London School of Economics

The law department at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) was established in 1899, making it one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the UK. Initially, the department focused primarily on the study of commercial law, but over the years it has expanded to cover a wide range of legal subjects and specializations.

The LLB program at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a prestigious undergraduate degree program in law. The LLB program at LSE is a three-year, full-time program that covers a wide range of legal subjects, including constitutional law, contract law, criminal law, and property law. Then you take LPC (legal practice course) after your LLB. The LLM can also be pursued with a general focus or select a subject specialism.

University College London

For almost 200 years, we have led the world in the study and research of law. Our rich heritage reaches back to the very beginnings of UCL. A year after the university was founded in 1827, John Austin and Andrew Amos were appointed to UCL’s first Chairs in Jurisprudence and English Law, teaching such notable figures as the philosopher John Stuart Mill.

UCL Laws has always been a pioneer in legal academia. As the first faculty of common law in the country, we were also the first university to offer degrees in English, rather than civil law, and in 1888 Eliza Orme, the first woman to obtain a law degree in England, graduated from UCL Laws.

UCL Law offers undergraduate(LLB), postgraduate(LLM) and research degrees(JD) in law, as well as a range of continuing professional development courses for legal practitioners.

King’s College London

King's College London has a prestigious law school known as The Dickson Poon School of Law. It is named after its benefactor, Sir Dickson Poon, who donated £20 million to the school in 2012. The law school offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs in various areas of law, including international law, commercial law, criminal law, human rights law, and intellectual property law.

At the undergraduate level, King's law school offers a three-year LLB (Bachelor of Laws) degree program, which is a qualifying law degree in England and Wales.

There are other colleges which can be considered like-:

• University of Glasgow
• University of Nottingham
• Durham University
• University of Essex
• University of Leeds

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