The
degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in the majority of
common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the
Juris Doctor degree.It is abbreviated LL.B. (or LLB): "LL." is an abbreviation of the genitive plural legum (of lex, law), thus "LL.B." stands for Legum Baccalaureus in
Latin. In the
United States it is sometimes erroneously called "Bachelor of Legal Letters" to account for the double "L".Historically, in Canada, Bachelor of Laws is the name of the first degree in common law, but is also the name of the
first degree in Quebec civil law awarded by a number of Quebec universities. The Canadian common law LL.B. is generally a
graduate-entry degree, meaning that the majority of those admitted to a Canadian LL.B. programme are already holders of one or more degrees.
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