Incidentally, in the US, the transformation during the early to mid 20th century of the basic law degree (originally typically LLB [Bachelor of Laws]) into a postgraduate JD (Juris Doctor) with a 4-year undergraduate degree prerequisite, and the standardization of the LLB/JD program at three years (from earlier instances that were one or two years) was done by the legal profession in a failed attempt to erect barriers to entry to members of immigrant/ethnic minority communities. When I was in law school I wrote a paper for an ethics class on this topic. (Ethics BTW came to be a required class in ABA-accredited law schools in the wake of Watergate.) Outside the US I believe the basic university law degree is typically an undergraduate, bachelor-level program.