PG Cert Professional Legal Practice Skills

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Course information

This Postgraduate Certificate engages students in pursuing and acquiring a dynamic and practical understanding of the application of legal skills and practice-based research. A key aim of this course is to support aspiring solicitors to prepare for working in legal practice, or for those already working in legal practice to further develop and consolidate their legal and research skills, and to undertake the externally set SQE2 (Solicitors Qualifying Examination), for which there is a separate fee payable to the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority).

Those wishing to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales must pass SQE1 before being eligible to sit SQE2, and also complete a period of qualifying work experience (QWE). The SRA regulates the qualification of solicitors and full details can be found on the SRA website.  For the avoidance of doubt, Leeds Beckett does not award the SQE1 or SQE2 as part of this, or any other, programme – the SQE comprises externally set assessments overseen by the SRA.  

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

Applications for the part-time course should be made directly to Leeds Law School.

Course length

6 months, full-time

Eligibility requirements

Applicants should have either passed the SQE 1 exam or the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, or equivalent (e.g. a SQE 1 prep course).

All applicants should satisfy our University English language requirements.

Graduate Visa eligibility

(check with Leeds)

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Qualification Level

(check with Leeds)

Find out here what the different qualification levels mean.

How to apply

Log in to LawCAB

Create a SQE application form from your dashboard.

Select Leeds Law School 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.