noun
Bachelor of Laws; LL.B.
An undergraduate academic degree in law, typically awarded by Japanese universities. The term is somewhat formal and may be used in official contexts.
彼は今年、法学士の学位を取得した。
He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree this year.
法学士の資格を持っていると、司法試験の受験資格
Having an LL.B. qualifies you to take the bar examination.
学士 is a general term for a bachelor's degree; 法学士 specifies the field of law.
Compound of 法学 (law, jurisprudence) and 士 (person with a certain qualification, here used in the sense of a degree holder). The term follows the pattern of other academic degree names such as 文学士 (Bachelor of Arts).