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POSTGRADUATE DEGREES In Oxford, the BCL is a taught postgraduate degree in English Law - equivalent to the Master Of Laws ( LLM ) offered by other British universities. It is the highest taught course in law at Oxford, and is widely considered to be one of the most academically rigorous legal degrees in the Commonwealth. At Oxford, the undergraduate law degree is a BA degree in Jurisprudence, equivalent to the Bachelor of Laws ( LLB ) offered by other British universities. After obtaining the BCL degree, it is possible (though rare) to proceed to the degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) in recognition of published work or court judgments. It is also possible separately to carry out legal research work as part of the Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) programme. The Faculty of Civil Law in Oxford is so named to distinguish it from the faculty of Canon Law which was abolished in both universities by King Henry VIII in 1535 . The syllabus consisted entirely of Roman civil law until the establishment of the Vinerian Professorship in English Law in 1758 . Undergraduate examinations in law were not established until 1850 , with the separate BA undergraduate Honour School of Jurisprudence being established in 1872 . The Faculty of Civil Law in Cambridge was renamed the Faculty of Laws after the teaching of English common law was introduced in the 19th Century . The postgraduate degree in this faculty, retitled LLB, is now titled LLM. The BCL degree in the University Of Durham is now also titled LLM. UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN CIVIL LAW Canada At s ( LL.B. ). McGill's undergraduate programme requires that both be completed concurrently in three, three-and-a-half, or four years. The University Of Ottawa , although located in Ontario , also offers a baccalaureate degree in Quebec civil law, which is called the LL.L. (Licentiate of Laws), to distinguish it from the bachelor's degree in common law (LL.B.) offered by that same university. The remaining Quebec universities that offer the baccalaureate degree in Quebec civil law ( Université De Montréal , Université Du Québec à Montréal , Université Laval and Université De Sherbrooke ) call it an LL.B. (baccalauréat en droit), though in the past the degree at Université de Montréal and Université Laval was an LL.L. Ireland The B.C.L. degree is also a standard law degree in the Republic Of Ireland . It is awarded by constituent universities of the National University Of Ireland , such as the University College Cork , University College Dublin and the National University Of Ireland, Galway . Some other Irish universities award the LL.B. designation instead. Louisiana Louisiana State University in the U.S. bestows on the graduates of its baccalaureate law program a combined J.D. ( Juris Doctor ) / B.C.L. (Bachelor of Civil Law) in view of the Louisiana civil law components in the program and the additional (i.e., 7th) semester of study. SEE ALSO |
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