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Giles, Cameron 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3019-9252 and Ang, Yue
(2025)
What qualifies a law degree: surveying elective module provision in undergraduate legal education across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2023–2024.
The Law Teacher, 59 (1).
ISSN 0306-9400
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Abstract
This paper explores the contemporary elective module provision in undergraduate English law degrees. The demise of the qualifying law degree as a requirement to pursue qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales means that providers of undergraduate English law degrees now have increasing flexibility over the structure and content of courses. This paper reviews elective modules offered at providers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the academic year 2023–2024 and finds that while there is increasing diversity among elective provision when compared to historic provision, there is also a degree of standardisation among degree providers. It discusses the significance of this standardisation in the post-qualifying law degree world and develops seven themes based on current elective provision to highlight the broader trends in elective provision. It then concludes by arguing that the legacy of the qualifying law degree is clearly influencing the new normal and suggests several questions which this raises for undergraduate legal education going forward.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | legal education,undergraduate law degrees,solicitors,qualifying examination (sqe),law school |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2026 10:29 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2026 10:29 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/104263 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03069400.2024.2433327 |
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