Legal Practice Course | PG Dip at Leeds Beckett University

Course Details

Completing this course will part 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.

Your learning will focus on realistic case studies and you will take part in workshops that explore the challenges of professional practice. You will be taught by a team of academic staff who are qualified lawyers with wide-ranging professional experience. Their expertise will feed into your learning and they will be able to support you through a variety of option modules as you start to explore particular areas of interest.

This course will provide credit points at masters level, and you could further enhance your future employability by completing a dissertation to secure a masters in law. You can find further details on our LLM Legal Practice Course page.

Please note that this course requires attendance of four days 9:30 – 16:30 in the first week’s introductory course for both full-time and part-time students. These days will include sessions on employability skills, a mini assessment centre assessed by Leeds practitioners, and a networking event.

Course Benefits

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

All students on the LPC have a professional mentor - 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 a number of legal competitions.