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LPC
Legal Practice Course (LPC)
Join the largest community of LPC students*.
The Legal Practice Course (LPC) is the final vocational stage of training to become a qualified solicitor. You study the LPC after successful completion of a qualifying law degree, or other recognised qualifications. With our LPC law course you have the choice to study full-time, part-time or accelerated to best suit your personal needs. All routes are designed to offer you the best possible preparation to practise law. We focus on the skills that employers are most interested in so that you can enhance your academic knowledge while preparing for the realities of life in legal practice.
Our LPC course will prepare you for professional legal practice. You will experience working as a trainee solicitor by processing client files and performing tasks relating to case studies, giving you a strong foundation for a career in law.
*Central Applications Board (LawCAB) 2021
Key Facts
Entry requirements
Minimum second class honours Qualifying Law Degree
or GDL/CPE or MA Law
Full requirements
Locations
Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Hong Kong, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Online (Hong Kong), Reading, Sheffield and OnlineSTUDY ONLINE
If you’re looking for a more flexible approach to your studies, why not consider our online study option?
Course Details
LPC
Our LPC qualification offers you the best possible preparation to practise law. As one of the longest providers of the LPC in the UK, we have finely tuned the course to meet the expectations of those in the legal profession and currently work with over 90 of the top 100 law firms. Our aim is to prepare you fully for life as a trainee solicitor.
With a clear focus on your future employability, we’ve designed our LPC to help you improve your career prospects by learning the essential professional skills that legal employers are looking for. You’ll study in small group workshops, taught by qualified lawyers who have extensive practice experience, and through online learning resources that allow you to access your study materials anytime from anywhere.
Our career-focused course helps you to develop commercial awareness, critical thinking and the professional skills that legal employers are looking for. This is why we have a 95% employment rate for full-time LPC students*. And with a wide range of elective modules to choose from, you can truly tailor your course to your specialist areas of interest.
When you study the Legal Practice Course (LPC) with us you will receive:
- A career-focused approach to learning, developing commercial awareness, critical thinking and the professional skills that legal employers are looking for
- An MSc in Law, Business and Management or LLM in Professional Legal Practice at no extra cost and you could be eligible for a postgraduate student loan
- Tailored course options to suit your specialist areas of interest through a wide choice of elective subjects
- Flexible study – choose to study at one of our locations nationwide with the choice of full-time, part-time, day, evening and weekend courses, as well as online course options
- Access to award-winning careers support to help you with your training contract applications with over 3,000 pro bono opportunities as soon as you accept your place
- Our Employment Promise - get a job in nine months or your fees back, up to 50% as cashback and 50% as credit towards another course**.
There are two stages to studying the Legal Practice Course (LPC). The first involves completing four compulsory modules; the second allows you to make a selection of focused modules, depending on your interest areas and which version of the course you’re studying.
Important Information
Progression for full-time GDL and MA Law students
If you started the full-time Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) or Master of Arts in Law (MA Law) in September 2021, you should be eligible to commence the Bar Practice Course (BPC) or Legal Practice Course (LPC) in September 2022 on successful completion of your course.
Please note: If you require a visa to study in the UK and wish to progress on to one of our on-campus vocational courses, please refer to our UK visa requirements page for information about applying for a Student Route visa.
Programme Demands
This document explains the demands of the course in order to assess your ability for the course.
Accelerated LPC programme demands ➔
Full-time LPC programme demands ➔
Part-time LPC programme demands ➔
*95% of our full-time, UK, LPC students in employment were in Highly Skilled Occupations fifteen months after graduating (2018/19 Graduate Outcome data). Contains HESA Data © HESA 2021 (www.hesa.ac.uk)
**Terms and conditions apply. Visit our Employment Promise page for details.
The LPC route to qualify as a solicitor
Can I still study the LPC?
You can still continue with the LPC route to qualify as a solicitor if you completed, started, accepted an offer, or paid a non-refundable deposit for one of the following by 31 August 2021:
- a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) / the Common Professional Examination
- our MA Law
- the Legal Practice Course (LPC)
- a period of recognised training (also known as a training contract)
For a qualifying law degree (QLD) and exempting law degree (ELD), such as our LLB, you must have completed, started, accepted an offer or paid a non-refundable deposit by 21 September 2021.
In most cases, for the QLD, ELD and CPE, the relevant course must have started at the latest on or before 31 December 2021.
If you have already started a qualifying law degree, GDL or training contract there are transition arrangements in place until 31 December 2032 to qualify as a solicitor under the current routes, as long as courses still remain available.
Course structure - Stage 1
All LPC courses
- Introduction to Professional Practice (Professional conduct within this module carries 15 credits)
- Business Law and Practice Knowledge and Skills (30 credits)
- Dispute Resolution Knowledge and Skills, including Criminal Litigation (30 credits)
- Real Estate Knowledge and Skills (30 credits)
Course Structure - Stage 2
LPC
Choose three*:
- Advanced Criminal
- Advanced Real Estate
- Banking and Debt Finance
- Commercial Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Law
- Competition Law
- Employment Law
*Availability subject to demand, timetabling and location
- Family Law
- Immigration
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
- Private Client
- Public Companies
Accelerated LPC
January start
Choose three:
- Advanced Criminal Law and Practice
- Advanced Real Estate Law and Practice
- Banking and Debt Finance Law and Practice
- Commercial Dispute Resolution Law and Practice
- Commercial Law and Practice
- Competition Law and Practice
- Employment Law and Practice
- Family Law and Practice
- Immigration Law and Practice
- Insurance Law and Practice
- Intellectual Property Law and Practice
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Practice
- Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Law and Practice
- Private Client Law and Practice
- Public Companies Law and Practice
July start
Choose three:
- Advanced Real Estate Law and Practice
- Banking and Debt Finance Law and Practice
- Commercial Dispute Resolution Law and Practice
- Commercial Law and Practice
- Employment Law and Practice
- Intellectual Property Law and Practice
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Practice
- Public Companies Law and Practice
What about the SQE?
The SQE is being phased in to become the new centralised way to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales
Find out moreCourse Start Dates
July 2022
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Legal Practice Course (LPC) Accelerated
- Full-time: London Moorgate
September 2022
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Legal Practice Course (LPC)
- Full-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Hong Kong, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Online (Hong Kong), Reading and Sheffield
- Part-time: Hong Kong and Online (Hong Kong)
- Part-time Day: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading and Sheffield
- Part-time Evening: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Nottingham and Reading
- Part-time Weekend: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham and Sheffield
January 2023
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Legal Practice Course (LPC)
- Full-time: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading and Sheffield
- Part-time Day: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Reading and Sheffield
- Part-time Evening: London Bloomsbury and Manchester
- Part-time Weekend: Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham and Sheffield
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Legal Practice Course (LPC) Accelerated
- Full-time: London Bloomsbury and London Moorgate
Online
Study LPC Online starting September 2022 or January 2023
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More law students have chosen The University of Law than any other UK university in 2021*.
*HESA 2020/21.
LPC MSc in Law, Business and Management
If you want to work for a law firm or an employer with a corporate/commercial focus or if you are interested in understanding business from both the commercial as well as the legal perspective, our LPC MSc will equip you with the key legal knowledge and skills required to work successfully in legal practice and will provide a pronounced business focus which will enable you to better understand your clients' business practices.
The two additional MSc modules are:
1. Law and Business
A taught module encompassing the following topics:
- The economy, business environment and globalisation
- The functioning of the City
- Management
- Financial analysis
- Corporate finance
- Business Development
- Strategy
Please note that Law and Business involves a lot of calculations and therefore a basic level of maths is required.
2. Case Study Project
A business based Case Study project, which is a self-study research module based on some of the themes and topics covered in Law and Business.
LPC LLM in Professional Legal Practice
Alternatively, if you would like the opportunity to gain a deeper interest in a specialist area of the law and to keep your options open, our LLM will suit your needs. Successfully complete your LPC with either an extra elective of your choice or a Law and Business module and a Professional Practice Research Report and you will receive an LPC LLM in Professional Legal Practice.
If you want to study only the LPC
If you choose not to undertake either the MSc or LLM you can still enrol on the LPC without a Masters award. You will be issued with a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice and will still have completed the vocational stage of training requirements.
Study Online
You can also study this course online. The online version covers the same content as the on campus version, while still offering you the same high level of professional tutor support.
If you’re looking for a more flexible approach to your studies, why not consider our online study option?
EU Law Standalone Module
If your underlying law degree did not include the EU Law module you will need to study an extra module before the LPC.
This standalone online module provides the additional training that you’ll need to qualify to complete the LPC and gives you the necessary skills and knowledge that you’ll need to study the LPC.
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Differences Between LPC & SQE (Hong Kong Campus)
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May 25th
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Course Information
With so many options for studying this course, you can be sure to find a start date and study option to suit your needs.
Assessed through a range of assessments. Including oral assessments in Interviewing and Advocacy, open book and closed book exams.
If you choose to study your LPC with a Master’s you will also be assessed with a written report and an oral style assessment.
Each of our LPC study options has its own structure, with different assessments to suit.
Employability We Set You Up For Success
We care about your career, which is why we offer support with job applications and other work experience opportunities as soon as you accept your place.
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Fees and Applying
Applications for this course are now open.
If you’d like to study full-time or accelerated you can apply through the Central Applications Board (CAB). For part-time study you can apply directly with us.
2021/22 Course Fees
LPC (accelerated)
- London Bloomsbury (Jan only) and London Moorgate - £17,500
LPC and LPC LLM or LPC MSc (Full-time and Part-time)
- Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield - £12,900
- Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Guildford, Reading, Norwich - £13,800
- London (Bloomsbury and Moorgate) - £17,500
2022/23 Course Fees
LPC (accelerated)
- London Bloomsbury (Jan only) and London Moorgate - £17,950
LPC and LPC LLM or LPC MSc (Full-time and Part-time)
- Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield - £13,200
- Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Guildford, Norwich, Reading - £14,150
- London (Bloomsbury and Moorgate) - £17,950
Total fees (including £15 SRA registration fee*)
With a range of scholarships and bursaries available, studying with us is more affordable than ever. Plus, if you study your LPC with the LLM in Professional Legal Practice or MSc in Law, Business and Management you could be eligible for a Postgraduate Master's Loan.
*This change is set by the SRA and is subject to an increase.
We have students from over 120 different countries throughout our campuses, with a dedicated team to help international students.
If you are an international student and are coming to the UK to study, then you must apply to the Home Office for a visa. In most cases you will need to obtain a Student Route visa. In order to apply for this visa you must be sponsored by an education provider which is licensed by the UK Home Office.
The Home Office has also introduced a Graduate Work visa which allows Graduates to work flexibly, switch jobs and develop their career in the UK for 2 years post completion of a UK degree. The Graduate route is an unsponsored visa, meaning students will not need a job offer to apply for this visa.
Please note that the University does not currently provide visa sponsorship to students for part-time study. We also cannot sponsor students for online courses due to Home Office regulations.
