Latest Updates

Azerbaijan Update

Azerbaijan Grading Scales

• Updated Grading Scales
• Secondary and Postsecondary level

Spain Update

Títulos Propios

• Spanish law allows universities to award university-specific degrees (Títulos Propios) that are not part of the official register of degrees within the Spanish educational system.
• Additional Author Notes

New Zealand Update

Master's Degree (MA/MS)

Updated credential includes:

• Author notes regarding possible graduate-level credit
• Placement recommendations
• Credential description

Canada: Quebec Update

Diplôme d'Études Supérieures Spécialisées

• Placement recommendations
• Possible pathways
• Entry requirements
• Author notes

Bolivia Update

Licenciado(a) / Título en Provisión Nacional

• Clarification and consolitation of information
• Author notes
• Credential advice

Ireland Update

Chartered Accountants Ireland, Associate Member

• Author notes
• Placement recommendation
• Credential description

Brazil Update

Título de Cirurgião Dentista

• Author notes
• Credential description
• Placement advice

Nigeria Update

National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate

• Credential description
• Placement recommendation
• Author notes

Panama Update

Includes updates for multiple grading scales including: 

• Secondary
• Post-Secondary (Public & Private)
• University Honors (Public & Private)

India Update

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Final Exam and award of Associate Membership (Certificate of Membership)

• Credential description
• Credential advice
• Additional information for context in education system

Sri Lanka Update

New grading scales included for multiple examinations including: 

• General Certificate of Education - Ordinary Level (O-Level)
• General Certificate of Education - Advanced Level (A-Level)

Japan Update

Credential description, author notes, and placement recommendations for: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Law
• Juris Doctor (JD)

Germany Update

Erste Prüfung OR Erste Juristische Staatsprüfung

• Credential description
• Author notes
• Placement recommendation

France Update

Credential descriptions, author notes, and placement recommendations for: 

• Master 1 in law (first year of a 2-year Master in law, sometimes documented by a Maîtrise in LMD system)
• Diplôme de Maître es-Arts Juridique awarded by the Faculté Libre de Droit d'Economie et de Gestion Paris (FACO Paris)
• Diplôme de Sciences Po (Institut d'études politiques de Paris), mention 'carrières judiciaires et juridiques' OR mention 'et droit économique'
• Maîtrise in Law (pre-LMD)

Brazil Update

Bacharel em Direito OR Bacharel em Ciencias Juridicas e Sociais

• Credential description
• Author notes
• Placement recommendation

United Kingdom Update

Credential descriptions, author notes, and placement recommendations for:

• Bachelor's Degree in Law
• Common Professional Examination or Graduate Diploma in Law or Post Graduate Diploma in Law
• Bachelor's Degree in Law (based on 'graduate entry')

Mexico Update

Licenciado en Derecho OR Licenciado en Derecho en Ciencias Sociales OR Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas (Título de Licenciado, Título de Abogado)

• Credential description
• Author notes
• Placement recommendation

Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Update

Credential descriptions, author notes, and placement recommendations for: 

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Juris Doctor (JD)

Nigeria Update

Bachelor of Laws

• Credential description
• Placement recommendation
• Author notes

India Update

Credential descriptions, author notes, and placement recommendations for: 

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a five-year program integrating a BA, BSc, BCom, or BBA or other Indian undergraduate degree
  
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)