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Our LPC Legal Practice Course 98% of summer 2013 LPC graduates employed within 9 months*

Improve your career prospects as a . Tailor your study to your chosen area of law.

• Receive an LPC with the option to gain an MSc or LLM at no extra cost

• Develop client-focus and embedded business skills to enable you to deliver commercially focused advice

• Expand your commercial awareness, critical thinking, project management and networking skills

• Broaden your horizons with a wide selection of electives to cover your specialist areas of interest

• Innovative assessment to ensure you have the skills law firms require

• Expert teaching by qualified and in addition to lectures by visiting professors

* based on known destinations, 98% of our full-time LPC graduates who graduated in summer 2013 had secured employment within nine months. law.ac.uk/lpc We’re confident that our LPC is the best Research Report, not only will you pass your LPC, preparation for entering legal practice by offering you will also be awarded an LLM in Professional you the skills to succeed in the business world. Legal Practice. After all, we are the preferred legal training Tailor your study areas to suit your future career. provider to over 30 major law firms and we’ve Find out which option is right for you on our trained more than anyone else. When you website: law.ac.uk/lpc enrol on our LPC, you can choose from one of the following three options: Receive practice-focused training * LPC MSc in Law, Business and Management Our unique teaching and learning model ensures integration of key skills and competencies, * LPC LLM in Professional Legal Practice essential for employability, into the course content. * LPC – the core Legal Practice Course, enabling It’s based on what we know leading law firms look you to practise law as a fully qualified solicitor for and is designed to give you an edge from the moment you go for your first interview and when Get a Masters for free you start your . Enhance your LPC with the addition of a Masters at no extra cost. If you successfully complete Develop your skills your LPC course with an added Law and Business Our successful blend of learning methods module and a Business Case Study Report, encourages you to develop autonomy across not only will you pass the LPC, but you will a wide range of professional skills including also be awarded an MSc in Law, Business and research, drafting, critical thinking, analysis and Management. time and risk management. It’s something we incorporate throughout our innovative assessment Alternatively, if you complete the Law and policy and we will require you to apply these skills Business module or an additional professional in order to submit office quality work to a deadline. elective, as well as a Professional Practice What will the course cover? Flexible learning Stage 1: Core practice areas You can complete your LPC by studying full-time, part-time, or through our i-LLM LPC, which You’ll study seven compulsory modules: offers supported online learning with occasional 1. Introduction to professional practice University attendance. Our full-time and part- time courses take around 45 and 20 hours a week 2. Business law and practice knowledge respectively. 3. Business law and practice skills 4. Dispute resolution knowledge (including criminal Legal Practice Course litigation) Full-time LPC Accelerated 5. Dispute resolution skills 6 months full-time 6. Real estate knowledge 55+ hours per week 7. Real estate skills Start dates: July 2015 and January 2016 Each core practice area has a discrete knowledge and skills module which cover a range of skills including: Full-time LPC • Advocacy 9 months full-time 40 - 45 hours per week • Interviewing and advising Start date: September 2015 • Practical legal research • Critical thinking Part-time LPC • Writing and drafting 21 months • Project and risk management Days, evenings or weekends: 20 to 25 hours per week The focus of study across the core practice areas is on practical application, using tailored case studies Start date: September 2015 and simulated transactions. i- LLM LPC Stage 2: Professional elective modules 20 hours per week Tailor your LPC to compliment your future career Supported online learning with occasional by choosing from our range of professional elective attendance at Bloomsbury modules. Our website lists these modules: law.ac.uk/lpc Start dates: September 2015 and March 2016 For more information on our full-time and part-time Law and Business module LPC course and the i-LLM LPC course, visit our website: law.ac.uk/lpc MSc students (and LLM students if you choose not to take a fourth professional elective) will undertake a Law and Business module which will cover: • Classical and contemporary theories of business ‘The LPC has given me the stepping stone • Critically reading financial accounts required between the LL.B and • Analysing a company’s competitive advantage practising law. I have much better commercial awareness and can make a more informed • Understanding and developing business strategy decision of which area of law I want to enter into.’ • Analysing trends in global business Angharad Marshall • Understanding a company’s share price LPC student 2013/14 • Corporate marketing and management skills ‘The University of Law is the most prestigious university for completing your Legal Practice Course. It’s well known amongst legal firms and stands out on any application. The University of Law pursues a policy of continuous development of its courses and services. This document is for guidance only and Not only does a student manage to complete does not form part of any contract. It is subject to change without the LPC but they are provided with the notice. The information contained within it is correct at the date of opportunity to further their education and publication, June 2015. career by obtaining a Masters degree at the We reserve the right to withdraw or change for any reason and without notice, any of the programmes, locations and/or to alter end of it, at no extra cost.’ tuition fees, entry requirements and/or the facilities and/or services available from or provided by or on behalf of the University. Please Peter Bowen-Walker note that the choice of subjects may be limited by considerations LPC student 2013/14 of timetable, staffing and/or available places on a course.