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Study Details: LLM/PGDip 1 year full-time
The Legal Practice Course (or ‘LPC’) is the first stage of a solicitor’s professional training. It is an intensive, practical course designed to equip you with the law, procedure and legal skills you will need in order to work as a solicitor or trainee solicitor.
At UWL we are now offering the LPC as part of a Masters’ degree – the LLM Legal Practice Course. This incorporates both stages 1 and 2 of the LPC – the professional qualification you will need to become a solicitor. You can, however, choose only to do stages 1 and 2, without the additional LLM elements. You will then exit with the traditional Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
Why choose this course?
We are validated and monitored by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (‘SRA’) and receive excellent feedback from our students, so you can feel confident in the quality and standards of our course.
You will receive the training and support you need in order to become an effective trainee solicitor. In addition you will be able to access legal work experience opportunities as well as guidance and expertise from previous LPC graduates who are now working as trainees or qualified solicitors.
The LLM Legal Practice course offers LPC students an optional Masters module on top of the modules required for the traditional professional Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice. Students will be given the opportunity to study Research Methodology and to research and write a 15,000 word dissertation on an area related to legal practice. This is not a requirement for training as a solicitor and students can choose whether to do this additional module or whether to exit with the standard Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
All applications for the full-time course must be made through the Central Applications Board online at www.lawcabs.ac.uk.
Applicants should have one of the following:
– A qualifying law degree, usually 2:2 or above
– A Common Professional Examination/Graduate Diploma in Law pass, usually with an average of at least 50%.
Character and Suitability Requirements
The route to qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales also requires successfully meeting the requirements expressed in the SRA’s Suitability Test.
This test is to ensure that any individual admitted as a solicitor has the honesty, integrity and professionalism expected of a solicitor and does not pose a risk to the public or the profession. You are assessed before you can start a period of recognised training and when you apply for admission as a solicitor.
If you believe that you have a character and suitability issue, for example a finding of plagiarism made against you while at university, or a criminal conviction, you are advised to disclose this and to be assessed before you embark on a Legal Practice Course as it could affect your chances of qualifying later on. Every case is considered on its merits. The SRA will ask for written confirmation of the relevant issues, and you may be asked to appear before a Solicitors Regulation Authority adjudicator to explain your situation.
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We know how important it is for your future career to get good quality legal work experience on your CV and therefore we provide opportunities for you to participate in legal work experience with firms, qualified alumni and with charities from the legal sector such as the Personal Support Unit, which provides help to people representing themselves in the Civil and Family courts.
In addition you will have the opportunity to become involved with the Law School’s Community Advice Programme – a free legal advice clinic run in conjunction with Ealing Equality Council. Other legal work experience opportunities are advertised by employers directly with our Careers and Employment Service and these are posted electronically for you on our LPC Community site.
Modules
Stage one modules are compulsory:
For stage two, you will study three options (vocational electives), usually from the following:
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