Course summary
The Legal Practice Course (LPC) leads to the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC). It is the programme of study and assessment approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which you must complete if you want to qualify as a solicitor. The LPC is a skills-based ‘learning by doing’ course that gives you the foundation to start a training contract in a law office. You will develop the skills of advocacy, interviewing, legal writing, drafting and research. You will largely work in an interactive, small group setting that replicates the environment of the law office, the courtroom and the solicitor/client relationship. Some discretionary local authority funding and professional development loans may be available, and some law firms may offer sponsorship for this LPC course.
Modules
Full time Business Law and Practice and Taxation Property Law and Practice Litigation and Advocacy Skills for Legal Practice (incorporating Interviewing and Advising, Practical Legal Research, Writing, Drafting, Wills and Administration of Estates, Professional Conduct and Regulation and Solicitors’ Accounts) Three elective modules* Part time – Year One Business Law and Practice and Taxation Property Law and Practice Skills for Legal Practice (incorporating Drafting, Wills and Administration of Estates and Solicitors’ Accounts) Elective modules* (part time students must study a total of three electives over the two years of study) Part time - Year Two Litigation and Advocacy Skills for Legal Practice (incorporating Interviewing and Advising, Practical Legal Research, Writing and Professional Conduct and Regulation) Elective modules* (part time students must study a total of three electives over the two years of study)
Assessment method
You will be assessed by written examinations and practical skills assessments, which will include recorded role play in our moot courtroom and client interviewing room.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- The Law Society
Entry requirements
LLB (Hons) degree usually of class 2:2 or above, or all subjects of the Common Professional Examination, or a combined studies degree including the core law subjects prescribed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Students who have reached the appropriate level of qualification with the Institute of Legal Executives are also eligible for consideration for admission to the course.
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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of South Wales
Llantwit Road
Treforest
Pontypridd
CF37 1DL