Course summary
The Legal Practice Course (LPC) is a postgraduate legal qualification that is the final academic step for aspiring solicitors. Once successfully completed, you can go on to a training contract before fully qualifying as a solicitor. Our LPC Online offers you the best possible preparation to practise law with the skills to succeed in business. If you’re looking for an online route to your career as a solicitor, with the same qualification as our on campus alternative, our supported study programme is the perfect solution. Please note that the last online intake (part-time) for the LPC will be in September 2026. Before you start your LPC we will need confirmation from you that you have understood the need to successfully complete the LPC, ie to pass both Stages 1 and 2, by August 2030, and that if not you will need to undertake the SQE examinations to meet SRA requirements. Our LPC Online is a completely supported online study programme, offering you the best truly flexible route to your career as a solicitor. You can study where you want, receiving regular online support and feedback on your work from our professionally experienced lecturers. You’ll have access to world-class learning materials, adapting our on campus material into a variety of engaging online methods. The course structure has been designed to allow you to build a portfolio of work to support your job applications and help you to stand out from the crowd. The combination of online learning resources and supervision from your lecturer will provide you with relevant knowledge and practical skills needed as a trainee solicitor, while our award-winning careers support will help you with your training contract applications and give you access to over 3,000 pro bono opportunities as soon as you accept your place. If you are based outside England & Wales or are seeking to use the LPC towards professional qualification outside England & Wales, you must check with your local bar association/legal profession training regulator whether it recognises online courses and assessments as satisfying its requirements before enrolling with the University. When you study the LPC with us you will receive:
- A career-focused approach to learning, developing commercial awareness, critical thinking and the professional skills that legal employers are looking for
- Tailored course options to suit your specialist areas of interest through a wide choice of elective subjects
- Flexible study – studying with ULaw Online gives you the opportunity to work at your own pace and around your other commitments, within given deadlines, and at your preferred time of day, with the benefit of our expertise, experience and employability focus
- Our online programmes will save you the time and money on commuting to and from campus and allow you to study anywhere, across devices, however you can be reassured that the course won’t be compromised on quality or be less demanding than our on campus courses
- Access to award-winning careers support to help you with your training contract applications with over 3,000 pro bono opportunities as soon as you accept your place.
- Choose to study an LLM in Professional Legal Practice at no extra cost, and you could be eligible for a postgraduate student loan
- Our Employment Promise - get a job in nine months or your fees back, up to 50% as cashback and 50% as credit towards another course**.
Modules
Stage 1 modules: Introduction to Professional Practice Business Law and Practice Knowledge and Skills Dispute Resolution Knowledge and Skills Real Estate Knowledge and Skills Stage 2 modules: Students choose 3 electives for the LPC, and students on the LLM LPC may study a 4th elective. The University offers the following electives which cover corporate, commercial and private client practice areas. Electives available to students starting the LPC in or after January 2025 Corporate and Commercial Practice Electives Commercial Law & Practice Employment Law & Practice Intellectual Property Law & Practice Commercial and Private Client Practice Electives Commercial Law & Practice Employment Law & Practice Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advanced Criminal Law and Practice* Family Law & Practice Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Law & Practice Private Client Law & Practice Mergers and Acquisitions Law & Practice* Please note: *Students cannot study both Advanced Criminal Law and Practice and Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Practice as the exams take place at the same time. All elective choices on all modes are subject to demand and timetabling constraints, and we cannot guarantee that all subjects will be available at any campus. To enable us to run appropriate transactional style workshop activities the minimum number of students required for a class is usually 10. LLM in Professional Legal Practice (optional) To receive an LLM in Professional Legal Practice students will study an additional elective module of your choice. All LLM students will also undertake a self-study Professional Practice Research Report module. If you choose not to complete the LLM in Professional Legal Practice you will be issued with a Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) and will still have completed the vocational stage of training requirements.
Assessment method
Assessed through a range of assessments including oral assessments in Interviewing and Advocacy, and open book exams. If you choose to study your LPC with a Master’s you will also be assessed with a written report and an oral assessment.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
How to apply
International applicants
To find out more about how we support our international students, please visit our website.
Entry requirements
To be eligible to take up your place on our LPC, you must comply with the requirements for commencing a Legal Practice Course (LPC) set out by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Students must possess either a Qualifying Law Degree, usually at 2:2 or above, or a Common Professional Examination (CPE)/Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) or similar qualification, such as CILEX. Your law degree must meet certain academic standards in order to qualify. This must include having adequately passed assessments in the seven Foundations of Legal Knowledge; Public Law, Obligations I (Contract), Obligations II (Tort), Criminal Law, Land Law, Equity & Trusts and Law of the European Union. English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English An English Language level equivalent to IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component. Please see 'Alternative English language qualifications' section below for alternatives to IELTS.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
September 2026:
£17,100
All fees above include a deposit amount of £250
Sponsorship information
For more information on scholarships available exclusively to University of Law postgraduate students, please visit our postgraduate scholarships page: https://www.law.ac.uk/study/scholarships-bursaries/
Provider information
The University of Law
2 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8HQ