How to be Bar At Law?

Law profession is a glorious profession in any country of the world including Bangladesh.
Many students in Bangladesh dream that they will be starting their legal profession as a
barrister. But most of them have lack of knowledge that how to become a barrister, where to
study bar-at-law course and what are the requirements for becoming a barrister. This article is
basically for them who are interested to become barrister and hope this article will meet
their all possible queries.
There are many people found to ask the differences between advocate and barrister, s he a
barrister who gets degree from Britain, etc. To answer these questions in one sentence that
barrister doesn!t mean advocate or a lawyer. "fter passing bar-at-law, he does not become a
lawyer. "ccording to the Bangladesh Legal #ractitioners and Bar $ouncil %rder, &'() , a
barrister needs to obtain the certificate of *advocate! or *lawyer! from Bangladesh bar
council.
Then he will be an advocate. That means advocate is one kind of profession and barrister is a
prestigious degree which is acquired from Britain. n British ndia, to remove the difference
between barrister and advocate the bar council act of &')+ was passed and according to this
act all barristers would be known as advocate. ,ven now barristers need to get enrolled as an
advocate in the bar council of Bangladesh including a further enrollment in list of a local bar
association list or of -upreme $ourt as well in order to practice in Bangladesh. There are
many well known lawyers who are not barrister in Bangladesh. To become a barrister a
student must complete the two stages of study namely academic stage and the vocational
stage.
The "cademic -tage is usually completed either by undertaking a recognised .ualifying Law
/egree 01.L/23 or a 4raduate /iploma in Law 014/L23 from any university of ,ngland and
5ales. 5e should keep it in our mind that LLB under a Bangladeshi 6niversity is not a
.L/, as such students having an LLB from Bangladesh must obtain further LLB or 4/L 0for
graduate in a discipline other than the law3 under any recognised 6niversity of ,ngland and
5ales in order to complete the academic stage and to be eligible for the B#T$ 0second
stage3. To know about the .L/ student may e7plore the general council of bar website. t
should be stated that there are few institutions in Bangladesh also providing the tuition of an
e7ternal LLB under British 6niversities. "nother easiest way to know about .L/ is by
seeing the course contents of a law degree. " .L/ must contain the following seven
mandatory courses along with other elective courses. These are8
i3 #ublic Law 0including $onstitutional Law, "dministrative Law3
ii3 Law of $ontract
iii3 Law of the ,uropean 6nion
iv3 $riminal Law
v3 Law of Tort
vi3 Land Law
vii3 ,quity and the Law of Trusts
Vocational stage
Bar #rofessional Training $ourse 0B#T$3 was previously known as Bar 9ocational $ourse
0B9$3. %n successful competition of QLD a student must take a BPTC 0usually one year
fulltime3 at one of the institutions authori:ed by the Bar $ouncil of ,ngland and 5ales to
offer the B#T$ and be a member of one of the four law societies (inns. %n successful
completion of the B#T$ student barristers are ;called; to the bar by their respective inns and
are elevated to the degree of ;Barrister;. <owever, before they can practice independently in
,ngland they must first undertake twelve months of pupilage, but this is not mandatory for
those who wish to practice their own countries like Bangladesh.
To get admitted into B#T$ one must meet the following requirements.
0&3 $ompletion of "cademic -tage. 6sually requires )8) in qualifying law degree 0.L/3 or
)8) equivalents in another degree plus $#,=/iploma in Law pass.
0)3 nn membership
0>3 "ll students must have achieved or be equivalent to ,LT- (.? in written and spoken
,nglish
" student wishing to practice in Bangladesh after getting the degree of barrister he may get
enrolled after a competitive e7amination conducted by the Bangladesh bar council. Then he
has to commence a pupilage ship for a period of one year. Then, on a successful competition
of pupilage under a senior lawyer having minimum ten years of e7perience as a lawyer of the
-upreme $ourt of Bangladesh, he has to sit for e7am to get permission to practice in the
-$B. f he passes the e7am duly, then he will be certified to practice in the -$B as well as
the subordinate court of which bar he belongs to.
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additional ,nglish language support. Eou will be e7pected to have undertaken research
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$ommercial law A)++BB&(C
$ompany law A)++BB)&C
$riminology A)++BB)?C
,6 law A)++BB)DC
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<istory of ,nglish law A)++BB&)C
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,lements of the law of contract A)+?BBDBC
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Law of trusts A)++BBB)C
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"dministrative law A)++BBBIC
$ivil and criminal procedure A)++BBBDC
$ommercial law A)++BB&(C
$ompany law A)++BB)&C
$onflict of laws A)+(BB&DC
$riminology A)++BB)?C
,6 law A)++BB)DC
,vidence A)++BBB(C
Jamily law A)++BB&'C
<istory of ,nglish law A)++BB&)C
ntellectual property A)+(BB)+C
nternational protection of human rights A)++BB)'C
ntroduction to slamic law A)++BB)IC
Hurisprudence and legal theory A)+(BBB?C
Labour law A)++BB&IC
Laws /issertation@ A)++B)BBC
#ublic international law A)++BB&>C
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The career development department of the British -chool of Law will assist the students with
all the formalities that are required to transfer credits to different 6niversities and colleges in
6K. -tudents who do not intend to go to 6K can transfer into various institutions in different
countries including 6-", Malaysia, -ingapore, 4ermany, $yprus etc. Jor details please log
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This programme provides students with a .ualifying Law degree that gives e7emption from
the academic stage of legal education to become a solicitor or barrister. 6pon completion of
the degree you may apply for the Legal #ractice $ourse 0L#$3, the vocational stage of legal
education to become a solicitor, or the Bar #rofessional Training $ourse 0B#T$3, the
vocational stage of legal education to become a barrister. Eou will also find that obtaining a
law degree opens up a wide range of career opportunities.
The open learning programme is a fle7ible D-+ year degree that is ideal for students who are
unable to attend university on a full time basis. Learning is developed through study materials
delivered over the internet. ,ach module has an e7tensive set of materials, a study schedule
and answer guidance is supported by the 6niversityPs e-Learning #ortal.
The course is designed to give students an understanding of the operation of the ,nglish legal
system, the diverse areas of law contained within that system and the methods employed by
lawyers in using legal source materials. Throughout the route emphasis is placed on student-
centred learning to foster research skills and initiative.
The course consists of the following subGect areas8
,nglish Legal -ystem
$ontract
$riminal Law
,uropean 6nion Law
Tort
#ublic Law
#roperty Law and
,ither a proGect or Gurisprudence
"dditionally, three options to be chosen from8
Medical Law
$ompany Law
,mployment Law
,vidence.
%nce enrolled on the programme you will have access to all the universityPs facilities,
including the libraries, student services and career advice. Eou will also be given full access
to legal databases available via the nternet.
"fter the fourth year, the fle7ible nature of this open learning course allows you to defer
study of any modules into the fifth and final years.
$%6O-,5%OK "F/ "--,--M,FT
-ubGects are assessed by coursework and e7amination.
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The Law School is aware of a number of colleges in the UK (mainly London) offering
support programmes for students studying for our LL.B Open Learning and LL. !istance
Learning degrees. These programmes of study ha"e been designed as distance and open
learning programmes with no attendance re#uirements therefore allowing students the
opportunity to study for these awards from anywhere in the world. $ncreasingly% we are
recei"ing en#uiries in relation to &lin's( with these )olleges. The Law School at
*orthumbria Uni"ersity does not operate any form of accreditation or "alidation scheme and
has no collaboration% franchising% affiliation or similar type of agreement with any of these
)olleges. *orthumbria Uni"ersity is not the awarding body for any of these )olleges. $f you
re#uire any clarification about this please contact the administration team on +,-, ../ 00-0
or email la.llbopenlearning@northumbria.ac.uk