Bachelor of Laws
- noun
- /ˈbætʃələr əv lɔz/
- UK
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Licenciatura en Derecho
- After years of hard work, she proudly accepted her Bachelor of Laws degree at the graduation ceremony.
Examples
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He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Liverpool in July 2012.
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He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Liverpool in July 2012.
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He graduated from the University of Buea with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree and received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Human Rights Law and International Labour Rights.
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To practice law, one must first obtain a Bachelor of Laws from an accredited institution.
Synonyms
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A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college
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A university certificate that shows someone finished law studies
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A first degree given by a college or university after finishing studies
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A university degree in law usually studied for three years and often needed to become a lawyer
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is transparently compositional: 'bachelor' (an undergraduate degree) + 'of' (linking preposition) + 'law(s)' (the field) yields 'an undergraduate degree in law'. This naming pattern ('bachelor of X') is common cross-linguistically and follows standard academic noun-of-noun structure, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Bachelor of Laws comes from old university language. One popular story says the word bachelor used to mean a young or junior student, and laws simply named the subject they were studying, so Bachelor of Laws originally meant 'a junior student of law' and today it means 'a degree in law'.