APS = 30English/Afrikaans 5 (60 - 69%)

Facu

lty of HumanitiesBA(Law)

APS = 32English/Afrikaans 5 (60 - 69%)

Faculty of Law

LLB

APS = 32English/Afrikaans 5 (60 - 69%)Full Mathematics 5 (60 - 69%)

Faculty of EMS

BCom(Law)

Admission requirements

If you would like more information – such as minimum requirements and career opportunities – do visit the various faculties’ websites:

Faculty of Law:www.up.ac.za/law

Faculty of EMS Sciences:www.up.ac.za/ems

Faculty of Humanities:www.up.ac.za/hum

Choices, choices, choices! So which law degree do you choose?

It all depends on your aptitude and personal circumstances.

What 's the difference?

3options

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Humanities

Facu

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of EMS

BA(Law)

BCom(Law)

LLB

3options

BCom (Law) / BA (Law) = 3yrs + LLB (2yrs) = 5yrs

for 2 degrees

The University of Pretoria offers three possible qualifications to join the legal field: BA(Law), BCom(Law) and the four-year LLB degree. A four-year LLB degree (and lately also admission as an attorney or advocate, irrespective of whether you wish to practice one day as an attorney or advocate) is the minimum requirement to secure professional employment and advance in the workplace. If you choose the BA(Law), LLBor BCom(Law) route, you can obtain two degrees in five years.

How to choose between a BA(Law), BCom(Law) and straightforward four-year LLB degree?Many prospective law students are unsure which degree option to pursue. Well, wonder no more! Here you’ll find a comprehensive explanation of the three degree routes, eventual admission as an attorney or advocate and the career opportunities in the legal profession with an LLB degree behind your name. (Remember that your career options will be limited if you don’t proceed with an LLB after completing your BA or BCom degree).

Have a look and see which one suits you best!

If you have a strong interest in languages and social sciences

or commercial and economic disciplines and you would like to eventually practice law in one of

these fields, it’s a good idea to enrol for the BA (Law) or

BCom (Law).

Obviously, combined programmes are more expensive and take longer to complete than

the LLB four-year degree programme.

Choose the degree that suits your needs!

An LLB degree is the minimum academic requirement to join the organised legal profession in SA.

4years

LLB

3years

BA(Law)

3years

BCom(Law)

Explanation of the 3degrees

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Career opportunities in the LEGAL profession(with at least an LLB Degree)

ADMINISTRATIVEOFFICERS

Registrars of theHigh Court

Clerks of theMagistrates Court

LEGAL ACADEMIC

Law lecturers at thevarious universities

or colleges are teachers and

researchers of the law:

LecturerSenior Lecturer

Associate ProfessorProfessor

Head of a Departmentor Law School

Dean of the Faculty

LEGAL AID AND ADVICE

Legal Aid BoardLegal Resource Centre/

Justice CentresLawyers for Human

RightsUniversity Law Clinics

andPara-legals operating in

CommunityAdvice Centres

Para-legalAdvice Offices

LAWCOMMISSION

+NGO’s

+LEGAL

ADVISERS

SOUTH AFRICANPOLICE SERVICE

+CORREC-TIONAL

SERVICES(Prisons)

+MILITARY

OTHER OFFICIALS IN THE

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

State AttorneyState Law Adviser

Master of the High Court(Administration of Estates)

Registrars of Deeds, Companies,

Patents and TrademarksSheriff of the Court

(serving of court documents/summons)

OFFICERSOF THE COURT

AttorneysAdvocates

Court OrderliesNational

Directorateof Prosecutions

A broad outline of the Attorneys’ profession versus the Advocates’ profession

Legal practice

Possible postgraduate specialisation (LLM & LLD)

BA Law BCom Law

Law Society of South Africa * General Council of the Bar of South Africa

Cape Law Society

Law Society of the Free State

Law Society of the Northern Provinces

Kwazulu-NatalLaw Society

Attorneys’ Profession

2 years of articles of clerkship (Section 15)and five-week course

1 year of articles of clerkship, subject to a six month/

correspondence law school (Section 2)

Admission Examination for Attorneys: Annually during ± February and August (Permitted to write after serving a period of six months of clerkship)

Admission in the High Court as an Attorney

*The Law Society of South Africa brings together its six constituent members – the Cape Law Society, the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society, the Law Society of the Free State, the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, the Black Lawyers Association and the National Association of Democratic Lawyers.

This document reflects current legislation and excludes Legal Practice Act (not in force yet) 15/11/2014

Advocates’ Profession

Selection Exam Interview

± one year pupillage

Bar Examination

Admission in the High Court as an Advocate (Member of the General Council of the Bar)

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