If you study full time, it generally takes at least six years to qualify as a solicitor. This includes a three-year law degree, a one-year LPC and finally a two-year training contract with a law firm. read more
In the UK you have to take a qualifying law course or degree which would usually take 3 years. If you didn't do a LLB (Law degree) you have to do a 1 year GDL course. After doing a law degree or degree + GDL you'd have to do a BPTC which is 1 year if you do it full time and two years if it's part-time. read more
Law degree (LLB) – undergraduate. In order to become a solicitor in the UK; the first option is to study law at the undergraduate level, Bachelor of Law (LLB), on successful completion of the LLB; you need to study the Legal Practice Course (LPC). read more