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Study Details: 1 year
Our Pg Dip Bar Training Course is a skills-based, intensive full-time 10-month course designed to prepare a prospective Barrister for the period of work-based learning, known as pupillage.
This programme enables you to acquire the skills, knowledge of procedure and evidence for you to meet the Bar Standards Board (BSB) criteria, as set out in their Professional Statement for Barristers.
Our programme aims to foster a professional and ethical approach to practice as a barrister, whilst giving you an informed view of a barrister’s working life and the opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing the legal profession in today’s world.
Our teaching is timetabled between Monday and Thursday (i.e. no more than four days), to provide time for personal study. Advocacy and conferencing will be taught intensively in two-hour sessions to no more than six students. You will also be able to undertake a specialist advocacy option.
To be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the required information and evidence, including a reference and transcript, is not provided.
With your online application you will need to provide:
A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in law, or an equivalent international degree. Or, a copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in any subject and have achieved a Common Professional Examination (CPE) or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.
Evidence you meet the English Language requirements outlined below. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
Evidence of your commitment to the legal profession, specifically practice at the Bar (e.g. via placements, mooting competitions, public speaking).
An academic reference which demonstrates your suitability for the programme and includes details of results received to date. References should be signed, dated and less than six months old at the time you submit your application.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more
After completion of the BTC, you will be able to be Called to the Bar and undertake pupillage. The BTC may also lead to legal work in some other capacity, e.g. paralegal, with the option of obtaining pupillage at a later date.
Core Modules:
Civil Litigation
Criminal Litigation, Evidence and Sentencing
Conference Skills
Opinion Writing
Drafting
Trial Advocacy 1
Trial Advocacy 2
Submission Advocacy
Professional Ethics
Legal Research
Optional Modules:
Criminal Advocacy
Civil Advocacy
Family Advocacy
Alternative Dispute Resolution
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