Legal Practice Course/LLM in Legal Practice (LPC/LLM)
Postgraduate
In Leicester
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Leicester
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Duration
1 Year
Approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, our LPC/LLM is based on work-related skills training to enable you to progress in your legal career. Throughout the course, you will strengthen your legal skills with the addition of negotiation and mediation sessions, all key skills for future lawyers.
If you would like to study for an LLM in Legal Practice, you will undertake an additio nal dissertation module during your third term. You will also need to apply using programme code M25099.
Successful completion of all elements of the LLM in Legal Practice will result in the award of a master’s degree – an internationally recognised qualification.
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About this course
Generally, you should have completed the academic stage of your training by obtaining either a qualifying law degree with a minimum pass of 2:2 or the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL/CPE).
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) requires you to prove to us that you have a qualifying law degree or have met the CPE/GDL requirements. You need to do that before you start the LPC by providing us with a copy of your degree transcript or proof that you have successfully completed the GDL.
Key features
This course will attract government postgraduate loan funding if you are eligible.
The full-time course is taught over two days, providing flexibility with your studies so you can meet other commitments.
Benefit from excellent pastoral care and support by staff, who can provide you with individual careers guidance and mentor you on your journey.
Gain practical experience by getting involved with our pro bono activities.
Leicester De Montfort Law School boasts an excellent reputation for teaching quality and you will learn from experienced solicitors and barristers.
You will be taught in our purpose-built Hugh Aston building, which is home to our mock courtroom, client-interviewing room and integrated law library.
Additional online learning support is provided via DMU’s Blackboard facility.
You will also benefit from a dedicated law environment complete with its own mock courtroom, client interviewing room and an integrated law library.
We are also expanding this building, meaning you will be able to benefit from new classrooms which are built to make studies more comfortable. As part of this you will be able to benefit from the new Student Advice Centre (SAC) with appointment/private meeting rooms, allowing you to discuss any queries you may have in a more confidential nature.
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Subjects
- IT Law
- IT
- Teaching
- Law
- School
- Part Time
- Skills and Training
Course programme
- Online Foundation Course: An intensive, short introduction to the Additional Areas.
- Core Areas: Business Law and Practice, Litigation (Criminal and Civil) and Property Law and Practice
- Additional Areas: Professional Conduct and Regulation, Taxation, Wills and Administration of Estates, Solicitors’ Accounts
- Course Skills: Advocacy, Interviewing, Writing, Drafting, Practical Legal Research
Work-based electives: You choose three subjects from a range of commercial and private client electives, which include:
- Child Law
- Commercial Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Property
- Employment Law
- Family Law and Practice
- Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
- Private Client
- Sport and Media Law
- Lectures are available to listen to online.
- All face-to-face teaching takes place in small groups of around 16–18 students, where you will work on realistic practical exercises.
- All small group sessions are timetabled over two days a week.
- The LPC/LLM will begin with an online foundation course.
- The Core Areas, Electives, Professional Conduct and Regulation, Solicitors’ Accounts and Wills and Administration of Estates are assessed by exam. All are open to book exams except Solicitors' Accounts.
- You are also assessed in the course skills.
Additional information
Legal Practice Course M25091
LLM in Legal Practice M25099
Legal Practice Course/LLM in Legal Practice (LPC/LLM)