Legal Practice Course at Leeds Beckett University - UCAS

Leeds Beckett University

Degree level: Postgraduate
Awarded by: Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University)

Legal Practice Course (Taught)

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Course summary

Completing this LPC will partly fulfil the vocational stage of your training to qualify as a solicitor. You’ll be able to proceed to the next stage via a training contract. Training requirements to qualify as a solicitor Completing this course will partly fulfil the vocational stage of your training to qualify as a solicitor. Recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, it meets the authority's training requirements and covers a range of legal subjects prescribed by the professional body. As part of this course, you’ll:

  • Focus on realistic case studies and take part in workshops that explore the challenges of professional practice
  • Be taught by a team of academic staff who are qualified lawyers with wide-ranging professional experience that will feed into your learning
  • Be supported by staff through a variety of option modules as you start to explore areas of interest
  • Learning to suit you
  • Designed to be as flexible as possible, this course will give you the option to study on campus or via online distance learning. If you choose our online distance learning delivery, you’ll be able to access our live LPC workshops anywhere in the world using Microsoft Teams. You’ll also have the opportunity to attend some on-campus sessions during key times such as induction, revision and for employability events
Also at Leeds Law School… Completing this course will provide you with master’s-level credit points. You could further enhance your employability by completing a dissertation to secure a master’s in law . Visit our LLM Legal Practice Course page for more details. Find out more Law Trove You’ll be able to access a wide range of law textbooks online for free through Law Trove, a subscription-only service offered by Oxford University Press. Learn from experts Your course will be delivered by qualified lawyers with significant professional expertise and experience. You’ll engage in activities designed to optimise your employment prospects and enhance professionalism. Mentoring As a student on the LPC, you’ll have a professional mentor. Your mentor will be a legal practitioner in the local area who can provide practical support and advice during the period of study and provide work-based learning and career opportunities. Local law firms engage with us by teaching, leading career development sessions, acting as mentors and judging and providing prizes for legal competitions. Why study Legal Practice at Leeds Beckett University...
  • Law Trove - an online service giving you free access to over 200 legal textbooks, meaning you spend less, if anything, on textbooks
  • Mentoring scheme - benefit from being paired with a professional mentor from Leeds’ legal or business community
  • Law in Practice lectures - previous speakers including human rights campaigner Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, and Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer
  • Flexible study – choose to study full-time or part-time, on campus or distance learning
Please visit our online course page for information on changes to legal education and training

Modules

Core Modules:

  • Wills & Administration of Estates
  • Drafting
  • Writing
  • Professional Conduct & Regulation
  • Solicitors Accounts
  • Taxation
  • Practical Legal Research
  • Advocacy
  • Litigation: Civil & Criminal
  • Property Law & Practice
  • Business Law & Practice
  • Interviewing & Advising
In addition, choose from a list of option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Solicitors Regulation Authority

Entry requirements

Applicants should either have at least a 2nd Class Honours qualifying law degree or a postgraduate diploma in law (GDL/CPE). Applicants are required to provide a letter from their awarding institution to confirm they hold a qualifying law degree. All applications should be supported by a reference, either academic or professional. Applicants whose 1st language is not English require IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Additional fee information

Please see www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk for fee information.
Legal Practice Course at Leeds Beckett University - UCAS