A stakeholder analysis of the purpose, content and currency of LLB degrees in England and Wales in relation to transferable skills for employment

Rasiah, Samantha (2022) A stakeholder analysis of the purpose, content and currency of LLB degrees in England and Wales in relation to transferable skills for employment. Doctoral thesis, Northumbria University.

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Abstract

Legal education in England and Wales has faced some significant challenges in recent years, among them being Brexit, regulatory changes introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Bar Standards Board (BSB) in terms of qualification as a legal practitioner, and most significantly the COVID-19 pandemic (‘the pandemic’). These events have all challenged the purpose, content and currency of LLBs today. Considering these circumstances, this doctoral research analysed legal education stakeholders’ views about LLB provisions, and it examined LLB provisions across England and Wales.

The primary research tool was an online survey that collected data from legal educators, legal practitioners and those involved in one or both of the aforementioned to identify necessary skills for employment within and outside the legal sector today. The skills identified were not law specific. A content analysis of 107 LLB provider websites (‘LLB curricula review’) and a narrative review of literature were used as supporting research tools to identify how LLB providers have adapted their LLB offerings in light of the pandemic in 2021-2022, and to identify approaches currently used to develop these transferable skills. This research proposes pathways to scaffold and develop the necessary transferable skills to better equip law graduates for employment within and outside the legal sector in the post-pandemic working environment.

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