Legal Practice Course (LPC) PG Dip

 

 

Course information

If you have completed the academic stage of legal training, the Legal Practice Course postgraduate diploma will provide you with the professional stage of training required to qualify as a solicitor. The course imitates the nature of the work you would encounter in legal practice and follows clients through various legal transactions and court hearings. It builds on the substantive law that you will have already learnt and includes the study of both law and procedure in the major areas of practice.

You’ll also learn the everyday skills of practical legal research, interviewing and advising, writing, drafting and advocacy. This will prepare you for your subsequent professional training and practice as a solicitor. The majority of London Met's LPC tutors are qualified lawyers with extensive practice experience.  The classes are highly interactive in their small groups of three-hour sessions and are supplemented with online tests, revision lectures and materials.

Find out more about this course here

Apply for the full-time course through LawCAB using the LPC application form.

Apply directly to London Metropolitan University for a part-time course.

Course length

One year, full-time

Two years, part-time

Eligibility requirements

Applicants must have a qualifying law degree awarded by a SRA approved provider with at least second-class honours that must include having adequately passed assessments in the seven Foundations of Legal Knowledge: Public Law, Obligations I (Contract), Obligations II (Tort), Criminal Law, Land Law, Equity and Trusts and Law of the European Union, or if you’re a non-law graduate, a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) or Common Professional Examination (CPE) having obtained overall average marks 50% or above.

All LPC applicants must fall within the SRA's transitional arrangements.

Graduate Visa eligibility

Yes

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Qualification Level

PG Dip / 120 credits

Find out here what the different qualification levels mean.

How to apply

Log in to LawCAB

Create a LPC application form from your dashboard.

Select London Metropolitan University from the list of institutions in the course choice section of your form and then select the course, location and start date you want to apply for.

Full details of the application process are available here.