Taught course

Legal Practice

Institution
Staffordshire University · Justice, Security and Sustainability
Qualifications
LLM

Entry requirements

A Qualifying Law Degree as defined by the SRA (Solicitors Regulatory Authority).

All Full-time LPC applications are administered by Lawcabs. You will need to register with the Central Applications Board or email: applications@lawcabs.ac.uk

For students studying the LLM top up you must have a post graduate diploma in Legal Practice.

English Language requirements are IELTS 6 with a minimum of 5.5 in each band.

Any questions, please contact the LPC Course Administrator

Months of entry

October

Course content

The LPC is the vocational stage of the route to qualifying as a solicitor and prepares students through practical assessment for the legal profession. Students learn how to apply academic aspects of law into real life scenarios. The Masters degree in Legal Practice covers the requirement of the Legal Practice Course (LPC) route to becoming a solicitor and in addition, you can specialise in an area of interest through research and a dissertation.

The Legal Practice Course prepares students for the next stage of vocational training, the training contract. Many students go on to secure training contracts locally and further afield.The LLM routes combine the taught elements of the Legal Practice Course with a tutor guided research project, giving you a full Master if Law degree in Legal Practice.

It is delivered in different ways to meet the needs of students. You can study the LLM Legal Practice Course full-time, part-time, on campus, or blended learning. There is also the top-up option for those who have already completed their LPC and would like to complete the Masters stage.

All Full-time LPC applications are administered by Lawcabs. You will need to register with the Central Applications Board or email: applications@lawcabs.ac.uk

Any questions, please contact enquiries@staffs.ac.uk

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: LLM Legal Practice

Part-time study

The LLM in Legal Practice is delivered flexibly to meet the differing needs of students and can be studied full-time on campus or via blended learning across one year, or part-time on campus or blended learning over two years.

Students studying part-time on campus typically attend lectures and workshops on one day per week.

Blended learning

The blended learning version of the course allows greater flexibility of study for students who can study at their own pace, in their own time, anywhere in the world. To ensure we fully support all learners, this version of the course combines face to face sessions with online delivery of taught material. There are three intensive face-to-face block sessions – all three are delivered at our Stoke-on-Trent campus, with the option for our International students to attend the second week-long session in Trinidad and the third session via virtual attendance (i.e. video conferencing, online discussions).

Students can choose between full time (one year) and part time (two years) study.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • LLM
    part time
    24 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    • Distance learningis available for this qualification
    full time
    12 months
    • Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
    • Distance learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

Name
Enquiries Team
Email
enquiries@staffs.ac.uk
Phone
+44 (0) 1782 294 400