Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)/Common Professional Examination (CPE) PGDip

Postgraduate

In Brighton

£ 8,500 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    10 Months

This is a highly rewarding, intensive, fast-track qualification. Our course meets the requirements of the Bar Standards Board and the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and can set you on the road to qualification as a barrister, solicitor or other legal professional.

You have the opportunity to take part in activities such as:

client interviewing
mock trials
mooting
negotiating.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

You’ll be able to hone your legal practice skills. You also have the chance to enter national and international competitions, to enhance your curriculum vitae and widen your professional network.

If you choose not to pursue one of these routes, graduate level law skills may be useful for a range of other opportunities, for example:

business and finance
patent work
trading standards
the police service
probation service
advice work and more.

Graduate destinations
94% of students from Sussex Law School were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent School of Law, Politics and Sociology graduates have gone on to jobs including:

paralegal, Turpin and Miller
general advisor, Citizens Advice Bureau
legal assistant, Martin Searle Solicitors.

You should have a lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above.

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Dissertation
  • Self-developmen
  • Legal Education
  • Criminal law
  • Legal System
  • Land Law
  • Public Law
  • Professional
  • Development

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Dissertation (GDL)
  • Self-development and Legal Education
  • Criminal Law (GDL)
  • Equity and Trusts (GDL)
  • Introduction to English Legal System (GDL)
  • Land Law (GDL)
  • Law and Policy of the European Union (GDL)
  • Public Law (GDL)
  • The Law of Contract (GDL)
  • The Law of Tort (GDL)

Additional information

International students: £16,750 per year

Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)/Common Professional Examination (CPE) PGDip

£ 8,500 VAT inc.