I thought some of you that expressed an interest in receiving an LL.B from a UK insitution might find this link interesting. www.ilex.org.uk The link refers to the Institute of Legal Executive which provides varied options of qualifying for a British Law Degree.
This link refers to something termed "legal executives". This appears to be similiar to what is called a "paralegal" in the US rather than an attorney.
Re: Re: LL.B - British Institution One of my friends is a barrister with a LL.B. degree. My nephew is a radiologist with a M.B. degree (he had to pass professional exams to become a specialist). Both these people earned their degrees as a first degree.
I don't know exactly WHAT the U.S. equivalent to a "legal executive" is. It replaced the "barrister's clerk", as I understand it, and accepts (solicits?) work for the barrister and takes ten per cent of his earnings. Such an arrangement would be illegal here in the U.S.
ILEX I'm not at all sure about the Legal Executive route but when I reviewed the site I understood it to be another alternative to the LL.B route. I am from The British Educational System and I have been an articled Law Student. I do not take it to mean something illegal here in the United States. You have to study, sit your exams and pass it the same way you do any other exams. The only difference is if you have a degree already you take a shorter time to complete. If you notice there is the solicitor route too. Florida Coastal in Florida accepts Solicitors from and with another year, I guess you can call it conversion, or something, you are eligable to petition the bar to sit their exam.
Sorry. I didn't mean that this approach would be illegal; I meant that fee splitting arrangements between a lawyer and a non lawyer are illegal here.