The University of South Wales’ LLB (Hons) Legal Practice (Exempting) degree has been officially validated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and is the only one of its kind in England and Wales. We designed this course in consultation with practising solicitors and the professional body, the SRA, to give you the skills to become a highly employable lawyer. If you want to be a solicitor, this is a great way to combine the academic and professional parts of your training. This unique law course combines an undergraduate law degree (LLB) with the requirements of the Legal Practice Course (LPC) over three years instead of the usual four. When you graduate, you’ll be ready to enter a law firm as a trainee solicitor without undertaking a separate LPC. You’ll study alongside students on the LLB (Hons) Law course in the first year. The professional element is spread over years two and three. During this time, you can work at our Legal Advice Clinic. We designed this law course in consultation with practising solicitors and the professional body, the SRA, to give you the skills to become a highly employable lawyer. A law degree is the most adaptable of academic qualifications. Law graduates have an excellent record of employability because they are educated to think logically, articulate arguments clearly and in a concise way, and how to use evidence and rules. LLB (Hons) Law graduates can use their degree as a first step towards becoming a solicitor or barrister. By graduation, students with the LLB (Hons) Legal Practice (Exempting) degree will also have completed their academic and vocational stages of legal training, so they are able to enter into a training contract with a firm of solicitors as soon as they graduate. Many law graduates go on to become solicitors or barristers, but many others use the qualification as a route into a wide variety of careers. These include financial services, management, education, public and emergency services, the media, the civil service, local government, journalism, or postgraduate study. The LLB (Hons) Legal Practice (Exempting) degree means that if you want to be a solicitor, you can enter the profession in just three years instead of the traditional four years.