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Leeds Beckett University: Legal Practice Course

Institution Leeds Beckett University
Department Leeds Law School
Web https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Email admissionsenquiries@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Telephone 0113 812 3113
Study type Taught

Summary

Completing this LPC will partly fulfil the vocational stage of your training to qualify as a solicitor. You’ll be able to proceed to the next stage via a training contract.

Training requirements to qualify as a solicitor

Completing this course will partly fulfil the vocational stage of your training to qualify as a solicitor. Recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, it meets the authority's training requirements and covers a range of legal subjects prescribed by the professional body.

As part of this course, you’ll:

  • Focus on realistic case studies and take part in workshops that explore the challenges of professional practice

  • Be taught by a team of academic staff who are qualified lawyers with wide-ranging professional experience that will feed into your learning

  • Be supported by staff through a variety of option modules as you start to explore areas of interest

  • Learning to suit you

  • Designed to be as flexible as possible, this course will give you the option to study on campus or via online distance learning. If you choose our online distance learning delivery, you’ll be able to access our live LPC workshops anywhere in the world using Microsoft Teams. You’ll also have the opportunity to attend some on-campus sessions during key times such as induction, revision and for employability events

Also at Leeds Law School…

Completing this course will provide you with master’s-level credit points. You could further enhance your employability by completing a dissertation to secure a master’s in law . Visit our LLM Legal Practice Course page for more details.

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Law Trove

You’ll be able to access a wide range of law textbooks online for free through Law Trove, a subscription-only service offered by Oxford University Press.

Learn from experts

Your course will be delivered by qualified lawyers with significant professional expertise and experience. You’ll engage in activities designed to optimise your employment prospects and enhance professionalism.

Mentoring

As a student on the LPC, you’ll have a professional mentor. Your mentor will be a legal practitioner in the local area who can provide practical support and advice during the period of study and provide work-based learning and career opportunities. Local law firms engage with us by teaching, leading career development sessions, acting as mentors and judging and providing prizes for legal competitions.

Why study Legal Practice at Leeds Beckett University... - Law Trove - an online service giving you free access to over 200 legal textbooks, meaning you spend less, if anything, on textbooks

  • Mentoring scheme - benefit from being paired with a professional mentor from Leeds’ legal or business community

  • Law in Practice lectures - previous speakers including human rights campaigner Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, and Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer

  • Flexible study – choose to study full-time or part-time, on campus or distance learning

Please visit our online course page for information on changes to legal education and training

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