Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) - part-time

Requirements:


To be eligible to take up your place, you must comply with the requirements for commencing a Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) set out by the Bar Standards Board (BSB).

• You will be required to pass the Bar Standards Board aptitude test by 30 September 2017 (known as the Bar Course Aptitude Test - BCAT). Further details on this test can be found on the Bar Standards Board website

• You will need either a qualifying law degree (QLD) 2:1 minimum or an undergraduate degree in any other subject (2:1 minimum*) and a Graduate Diploma in Law/CPE

• For qualifying law degrees, all offers based on predicted grades will be conditional upon achieving a 2:1 or above 

• All applicants who meet the basic eligibility criteria will be required to attend a Selection Interview at one of our centres at Birmingham, Leeds or London Bloomsbury


English language requirement

You must be fluent in English and you will need to be able to demonstrate your oral and written English is equivalent to:

- IELTS (academic): Score of 7.5 in all four areas

- ISE IV (Trinity College London): Pass in all four components- Pearsons (academic): Score of 73 in all four areas- Cambridge English: First Certificate, Advanced and Proficiency (test taken before January 2016): Overall 191 with no one component below 191

- Cambridge English: First Certificate (test taken before January 2016): Pass at Grade A and Exceptional in all four components

- Cambridge English: Advanced (test taken before January 2016): Pass at Grade B or C and Borderline in all four components.