Entry Requirements Senior Status

Applicants to the Senior Status LLB must achieve a completed undergraduate degree, with a final result that is equivalent to the following:  

Country

Typical offer

Canada

Final degree result of B-

Cyprus

Final degree result of 6.5 out of 10

France

Final mention of 12 “assez bein

Germany

Final degree result of 6.5 out of 10

Greece

Final degree result of 6.5 out of 10

India

Final degree result of  GPA 60%

Netherlands

Final degree result of 7

UK

Final degree result of 58%

If your country is not listed and you are not sure whether you would be considered for the Senior Status LLB, please contact us at law@le.ac.uk. If possible please provide us with a scanned copy of your most recent transcript. Please ensure that you include a scan of the institution’s grading information – often found on the reverse of the transcript.

For individual Canadian Universities, a B- average generally equates to the following:

University

Result

Carleton University

Final degree result of 7 (B-)

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Final degree CGPA of 2.7 (B-)

McGill University

Final degree  GPA of 2.70 (B-)

Ryerson University

Final degree  GPA of 2.67 (B-)

Simon Fraser University

Final degree  GPA of 2.67 (B-)

University of Ottawa

Final degree CGPA of 6 (B)

University of Toronto

Final degree CGPA of 2.7 (B-)

Please note that conditions of the offer will state that the degree must be completed by the August before you begin your degree programme with us. Final transcripts / certificates must be submitted which clearly demonstrate that you are able to graduate.

Students that narrowly miss the entry criteria for the Senior Status degree programme may be made offers for the 3 year degree programme instead. If those students then achieve a result of over 60% in their first year, they may be eligible to transfer in to the final year of the senior status programme.

English language qualifications

Applicants whose first language is not English should normally include one of the following in their qualifications:

  • GCSE or IGCSE English language at grade C or above
  • IELTS score of 7
  • TOFEL score of 250 plus TWE at 4.0; or 90 out of 120 in the IBT
  • WASSCE (West African Senior School Certificate Examination) O Level English at grade C or above
  • The University also accepts a wide range of other English language qualifications. Please contact our Admissions Office for more information (admissions@le.ac.uk)

If you do not meet our English language requirements, then you can bring your English up to the level needed by taking one of our English language preparation programmes at the English Language Teaching Unit. They also offer weekly English language classes that are focused on legal reading and writing skills for Law students. 

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