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TRENTU.CA / Future Students / Undergraduate / Programs / Law & Arts / Law & Business: Trent/Swansea Dual Degree (LL.B. & B.A./B.B.A.)

Law & Arts / Law & Business: Trent/Swansea Dual Degree (LL.B. & B.A./B.B.A.)

Graduate with two degrees in just six years, while taking your education across the Atlantic to Wales as you live, learn, travel, explore, and live abroad.
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Dreaming of a career in law? The Trent/Swansea Dual Degree program will get you there. In this one-of-a-kind program, you will undertake either a Bachelor of Arts Honours or a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Trent, Ontario’s #1 undergrad university, while also obtaining a law degree from Swansea University’s renowned Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law in the UK – no need to write the LSATs.

Your Law Career Starts Here

The first two years of your degree take place at Trent, where you’ll pursue your choice of 16 degree options. In third year, you’ll transfer to the coastal city of Swansea in Wales to complete three years of law studies, earning your Bachelor of Laws degree. Once your LL.B. is complete, you’ll return to Trent to complete your Honours degree credentials. By simultaneously taking several Canadian Law courses in your final year at Trent, you’ll be well prepared for the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) exams, enabling you to take the required steps to practice law in Canada.

Degree Program Options

  • Business Administration*
  • Canadian Studies
  • Communications (Durham Campus)
  • Criminology*
  • Cultural Studies
  • Economics
  • English Literature*
  • Environmental & Resource Studies
  • Geography
  • Gender & Social Justice; History*
  • Indigenous Studies
  • International Development Studies
  • Media Studies*
  • Philosophy*
  • Political Studies; Sociology*

*degree option offered at both Peterborough and Trent Durham GTA campuses

Degrees Offered:

  • B.A. (Honours)
  • B.B.A.
  • LL.B.

Locations:

  • Durham GTA
  • Peterborough
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Resume Boosters:

  • Combining your law degree with your choice of B.A. or B.B.A. degree means that you will graduate with a unique set of skills and perspectives
  • Meet and learn from top law professionals through our Visiting Lawyers in Residence program – where Trent Chancellor and entertainment lawyer Dr. Stephen Stohn has been known to stop in
  • Take a step on your Traill to a career in law at Traill College – a space based on and steeped in tradition and scholarship, complete with a new immersive Law Lab for mock courtroom experiences, and a Law Library
  • Join the Trent Law Society and benefit from field trips, workshops, and events, all with a focus on law and the legal system
  • Put your courtroom skills to the test as you compete in local and national mooting competitions
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Lawyers and Quebec notaries advise clients on legal matters, represent clients before administration boards and draw up legal documents such as contracts and wills. Lawyers also plead cases, represent clients before tribunals and conduct prosecutions in courts of law. Lawyers are employed in law firms and prosecutor's offices. Quebec notaries are employed in notary offices. Both lawyers and Quebec notaries are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments and various business establishments or they may be self-employed. Articling students are included in this group.

$20.52-$161.73/hr
Salary Range
99,800
Jobs in Canada
42,800
10YR Job Outlook
Source: Government of Canada

Career Opportunities

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  • History of Incarceration
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  • Justice and Rights
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  • Law, Rights, and Development
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  • Criminal Code
  • Local Dynamics of Change
  • Global Migration
  • Government and Politics in the Middle East
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Admission Requirements

Ontario Secondary School Requirements:

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
  • A minimum of six Grade 12 4U or 4M courses, including program specific prerequisites

Program Requirements:

  • A minimum of 80% overall final average. Students required to complete an internal application indicating the intent to continue onto studies at Swansea University. This application will be due in January of the students’ second year of study at Trent.
  • ENG 4U with a minimum of 60%, a 4U Math
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