http://www.llm-guide.com/board/9648 en The external LLB in Canada - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:27:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/9648/last#9648 Hi Joshua, I have done a fair bit of research on this. I have completed one year toward the UoL LLB, and I am Canadian living in Quebec. To answer your questions as best I can: Academic rigour: Excellent. The exams are not easy. The workload is significant. Career advancement: Not sure. Although I have no research to substantiate this I would venture that a distance learning degree will tend to be viewed as a lesser dergree. My own experience is that on a social level people perk up when they hear you're studying law at University of London. There is a great deal of prestige associated with the school. Does it prepare you for further future, on campus, study? Not sure as I have not gone that route. I would think that it would be a good prep for further study. Now, if your question is: Is this a good way to get into Canadian Law school? I'm not sure I would endorse it. With a foreign earned LLB one would apply to Canadian law school as an advanced standing student, or as a National Council on Accreditation applicant (Note: if you're in Quebec, it's different). Advanced standing spots are difficult to land. Plus, the grades at UoL tend to be very low, only something like 4% of students achieve an upper second class standing. Less than 1% first class standing. A lower second does not look good on an application, since most schools will place a great deal of importance on marks achieved in previous legal studies. Please note that if you have a focused legal interest there are various DL LLM programs available that do not require a LLB for entry, one may be more suitable for your purposes. Hope this helps.