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Barrister Training Course with Professional Legal Studies (Master's) at BPP University - UCAS

BPP University

Degree level: Postgraduate

Barrister Training Course with Professional Legal Studies (Master's) (Taught)

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2024 - 2025
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Course summary

Learning that feels like practice Our BTC is taught through an integration of knowledge and barrister skills which replicates real-life practice, while receiving support and regular feedback from our expert tutors.

  • Learn from experienced barristers in the context of realistic case studies and gain the knowledge and skills you need to pass your assessments and prepare for pupillage.
  • Hone your skills and receive detailed feedback with small group advocacy classes of up to six.
  • Practice in a courtroom environment. Our centres are complete with mock courtrooms, building your confidence in a setting that mirrors your future workplace.
  • Hard copies of the White Book and Blackstone’s Criminal Practice (worth over £1,200) are included in your fee.
  • Written skills are taught in both common law and commercial practice contexts, ensuring you experience a wide variety of practice areas.
  • Centralised BSB assessments are split out over the course of the programme so you can focus on one set of assessments at a time.
Innovative learning methods with proven results Our technology driven approach to developing knowledge and skills maximises your success with law training that’s tailored to you.
  • Virtual Practice Environment: Experience realistic briefs and case handling in a way that mirrors a legal practice intranet in a Barristers’ chambers.
  • Adapt: Our unique platform embeds your course learning in AI that tracks your progress, measures your strengths, and develops your target areas for improvement.
Bridge to the Bar Once you accept you place, you will get access to our Bridge to the Bar programme. Designed to help you transition from your degree towards the next step in legal training with us to 40 hours of additional study. The programme is made up of Preparing for the BTC, Legal Technology, and Virtual Mini Pupillage modules. Your career, guaranteed Our Career Guarantee offers peace of mind for your plans to become a barrister. If you don’t secure pupillage within six months of passing the BTC, our Career Guarantee means you’ll be able to study our SQE1 Preparation course or Career Boost package, free of charge.

Modules

Our Barrister Training Course with Professional Legal Studies includes a foundation term which covers:

  • The principles of civil dispute resolution (15 credits)
  • The principles of criminal law and practice (15 credits)
  • The foundations of legal skills for barristers (non-credit bearing)
The knowledge, understanding and skills you will acquire during this term will be built upon in Preparing for Pupillage 1 and 2, and will help get you ready for the assessments set under the BSB Curriculum and Assessment Strategy. Preparing for Pupillage 1
  • Civil Litigation & Evidence (30 credits)
  • Submission Advocacy (15 credits)
  • Drafting (15 credits)
Preparing for Pupillage 2
  • Oral Skills (20 credits)
  • Criminal Litigation, Evidence & Sentencing (30 credits)
  • Opinion Writing & Legal Research (20 credits)
  • Professional Ethics (non-credit bearing)
Master's award You will undertake a Practice Based Project offering the opportunity to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of an area of law, namely: civil litigation, criminal litigation, criminal, tort, or contract law.
  • Professional Project (60 credits)

Assessment method

You will be assessed through a variety of methods across our BTC courses, including: • Bar Standards Board (BSB) centralised assessments • Coursework (to test written and oral skills) • Examinations (including multiple choice and problem-based questions) The programmes feature a variety of assessments including coursework and examinations. Coursework is in the form of written opinions. Examinations will be in the form of oral assessments and written elements or multiple-choice questions and may be unseen or part-seen, where assessment material is released in advance.

Professional bodies

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

  • Bar Standards Board

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

Entry requirements

Barrister Training Course with Professional Legal Studies (Master’s) entry requirements are as follows: - Qualifying law degree or non-law degree plus our Law Conversion Course, or a CPE/GDL/PGDL (minimum 2:2) - Fluency in English - Membership of an Inn of Court - Receipt of a satisfactory reference

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £17600 Whole course
England £17600 Whole course
Northern Ireland £17600 Whole course
Scotland £17600 Whole course
Wales £17600 Whole course
Channel Islands £17600 Whole course
Republic of Ireland £17600 Whole course
International £20400 Whole 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

Course fees include BSB registration fee.

Sponsorship information

This course is eligible for postgraduate funding of up to £12,167. To widen access to the legal profession, we offer an extensive range of funding options and scholarships to ensure finance isn’t a barrier to a promising legal career.

Barrister Training Course with Professional Legal Studies (Master's) at BPP University - UCAS