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Anyone who has already passed QLTT and wants to sell books and notes etc related to the subject 'QLTT - Head III - Professional Conduct and Accounts', please contact me as I intend appearing for QLTT soon.

Thanks

did you hear the news by SRA for foreign lawyers? They talk about exemption of QLTT in certain cases and also 1 year of English law practise.....please check the article by Nina Goswami in the www.thelawyer.com website.

How do u get qualified at the English bar if you are not a lawyer in your own country. I think there is another test that one can take... as QLTT is aimed at people who are admitted to the bar in their home countries.

Has anyone any info on this?

Thanks !

To qualify in England and Wales you need to pass the core professional subjects which are found in most undergraduate LLB programmes; two year post grad LLB and one year GDL (you need an undergraduate degree for the latter 2). I think it is possible for some exemptions to be granted if you have a undergraduate law degree but which isn't a 'qualifying law degree' for these purposes. The difference is time and money; the GDL just gives you the core courses; the 2 year LLB may allow you some time to think and a couple of options; three year you'll get a greater degree of choice beyond the required core. After the academic stage, you have to do the vocational course, which is the BVC if you want to qualify as a barrister and the LPC for a solicitor. For the bar you need then to complete a pupillage and to become a solicitor you have to complete a two year training contract (and I think- still - a couple of texts). Check out the Law Society web site or Bar Council as appropriate for more details; note Scotland has a separate legal system - see appropriate Scottish bodies for details.

To qualify in England and Wales you need to pass the core professional subjects which are found in most undergraduate LLB programmes; two year post grad LLB and one year GDL (you need an undergraduate degree for the latter 2). I think it is possible for some exemptions to be granted if you have a undergraduate law degree but which isn't a 'qualifying law degree' for these purposes. The difference is time and money; the GDL just gives you the core courses; the 2 year LLB may allow you some time to think and a couple of options; three year you'll get a greater degree of choice beyond the required core. After the academic stage, you have to do the vocational course, which is the BVC if you want to qualify as a barrister and the LPC for a solicitor. For the bar you need then to complete a pupillage and to become a solicitor you have to complete a two year training contract (and I think- still - a couple of texts). Check out the Law Society web site or Bar Council as appropriate for more details; note Scotland has a separate legal system - see appropriate Scottish bodies for details.

The LLM will probably not help you towards qualification unless you do core subjects and most LLMs tend to focus on international law. I don't know what exemptions you'd be allowed (if any) from the Law Society for the elements of you belgian degree (I am assuming you want to become a solicitor and not a barrister). YOu might try emailing the Law Society to ask. Otherwise it seems to me you have 2 choices - qualify in Belgium and then transfer (but you'd need 2 years work experience to do that, I think) or look at getting a qualifying ualification here - the quickest route being a GDL + LPC. You would then be able to apply 2 years ahead (as most British students do) for a training contract.

The LLM will probably not help you towards qualification unless you do core subjects and most LLMs tend to focus on international law. I don't know what exemptions you'd be allowed (if any) from the Law Society for the elements of you belgian degree (I am assuming you want to become a solicitor and not a barrister). YOu might try emailing the Law Society to ask. Otherwise it seems to me you have 2 choices - qualify in Belgium and then transfer (but you'd need 2 years work experience to do that, I think) or look at getting a qualifying ualification here - the quickest route being a GDL + LPC. You would then be able to apply 2 years ahead (as most British students do) for a training contract.

I am gooing to be qualified lawyer in my country in July...!
I have applied for LLm programme.

But do you recommend i should for the LPC so that I am eligible to appear for the SRA exams and qualifiy as a solicitor in England and Wales