Course summary
Why study this course? London Met's Legal Practice Course (LPC) postgraduate diploma is designed to prepare you for employment as a trainee solicitor by providing a solid foundation in the skills and knowledge required in this career. Approved by the Solicitor Regulation Authority (SRA), this course can be studied full-time or part-time in the day or the evening. More about this course If you have completed the academic stage of legal training, the Legal Practice Course postgraduate diploma will provide you with the professional stage of training required to qualify as a solicitor. London Metropolitan University has a long-standing reputation for training solicitors and was one of the first universities to be validated to run the LPC. The course imitates the nature of the work you would encounter in legal practice and follows clients through various legal transactions and court hearings. It builds on the substantive law that you will have already learnt and includes the study of both law and procedure in the major areas of practice. You’ll also learn the everyday skills of practical legal research, interviewing and advising, writing, drafting and advocacy. This will prepare you for your subsequent professional training and practice as a solicitor. The majority of London Met's LPC tutors are qualified lawyers with extensive practice experience. You will find all of our tutors to be friendly and approachable. The classes are highly interactive in their small groups of three-hour sessions and are supplemented with online tests, revision lectures and materials. Although some lectures that cover more complex subjects will be available online, the emphasis is on face-to-face teaching and individual feedback. This is in accordance with overwhelming student feedback that prefers the benefits from live contact with tutors and fellow students. You learn by doing on this course. The course has dedicated facilities, including an LPC resource room (LC2-33) with a dedicated LPC room containing practitioner text and IT resources and teaching rooms with audio-visual recording facilities. Materials and case studies are provided within the course fee. The careers team will also be on hand to help you in your career development, whether you are seeking a training contract, applying for work placements or other pro bono opportunities to enhance your employment prospects. This is a competitively priced Legal Practice Course provided by a London university with flexible study options. Upon completion of the LPC, there is an option to apply for a top-up LLM in Legal Practice by completing Legal Research Methodology and Legal Practice Dissertation modules.
Modules
During Stage 1 of the Legal Practice Course you'll study the core practice areas of: Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Property Law and Practice, Business Law and Practice, Professional Conduct and Regulation, Taxation, Wills and Administration of Estates. In addition we will teach you to develop the following skills essential to practice as a solicitor: Practical legal research, interviewing and advising, advocacy, legal drafting, legal writing. During Stage 2 you choose three from the following list of vocational electives: Commercial Law and Practice, Corporate Law and Practice, Advanced Business Law and Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation Law and Practice, Employment Law and Practice, Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Child Law and Practice, Immigration Law and Practice, Family Law and Practice, and Housing Law and Practice.
Assessment method
Assessment methods are designed to reflect how solicitors work today, and include skills assessments and open book examinations.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
Entry requirements
You will be required to hold a qualifying law degree, with at least second class honours or (if a non-law graduate) the graduate diploma in law or common professional examination with an average of at least 50 per cent. Prior to joining the course, applicants will also need to provide evidence of completion of the academic stage of training in the form of a letter or email from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) or a letter from the awarding university to state that your undergraduate degree is a qualifying law degree (to be issued on completion of your award) or that you have completed and passed all seven core GDL/CPE subjects within the maximum number of attempts allowed (not more than three). All applicants must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Republic of Ireland | £5750 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £5750 | Year 1 |
| EU | £5750 | Year 1 |
| International | £5750 | Year 1 |
| England | £5750 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £5750 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £5750 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £5750 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.
Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.
If you require a Tier 4 visa you will not be able to study on a part-time basis.
Provider information
London Metropolitan University
Admissions Office
166-220 Holloway Road
City of London
N7 8DB