Overview
Prepare to practise as a solicitor in England or Wales: completing our LPC course will allow you to move on to take a training contract. You will explore a number of areas of practising law, and keep up to date with the latest opportunities in the legal profession. Thanks to our flexible teaching, you will have time to follow these opportunities up, too.Additional Descriptions
We are the only university in East Anglia to offer the Legal Practice Course- Fit your studies around other commitments, with two days on campus and access to i-lectures
- Volunteer for our Law Clinic: put legal theory into practice by helping members of the public
- Our high staff to student ratio allows us to cater to your needs
- We will help you prepare for all legal careers, including providing advice and vacancies updates
On our Legal Practice Course you will explore civil litigation and dispute resolution, criminal law, property law and business law. As well as this, our range of optional modules will give you the chance to learn about family law, employment law, child care, commercial dispute resolution and private client work.
You will benefit from extra support and training as well. We offer non-assessed training in areas like billing, file management, commercial awareness and family law.
With our links to practitioners, who also help to develop the course, you will have access to the latest careers advice and maybe even the opportunity to be interviewed for a training contract. We will also keep you up to date on vacancies in the legal job market.
We will offer you an excellent level of pastoral care, addressing your individual needs and supporting your transition from undergraduate study to the Legal Practice Course, and from the Legal Practice Course to training contracts and employment.
And thanks to our flexible teaching, you will be able to fit your studies around other commitments such as employment or training. Most of our large group sessions are delivered by i-lecture, so you can view remotely from wherever you want.
When you are studying on-campus in Cambridge, you will benefit from a range of facilities including our mock courtroom, which will allow you to practice advocacy in a realistic setting.
You'll usually attend a five-day induction week at the beginning of the course, and have two teaching days per week. Details to be confirmed for September 2020.
Course Leader: Louisa Warburton
- Careers
Our LPC course will prepare you for life as a practicing solicitor in England or Wales, and allow you to continue on to the two-year training contract that will fully qualify you for professional practice*.
You will most likely choose to complete your two-year training contract with a firm of solicitors in private practice, but might prefer to take one with an alternative employer, such as the UK government (through the Government Legal Service), local government, the Crown Prosecution Service or a law centre. Whatever you decide, you can be sure of receiving specialized guidance for your career in law on our Legal Practice Course.
*unless you have a FILEX qualification and exemption from the SRA.
- Your department and faculty
You want the benefit of a thriving and highly regarded school where you can develop your skills and confidence for a potentially complex and competitive career. Graduating with this kind of specialist knowledge makes you valuable to employers, confident that you’ve learnt the tools to do the job. You know what it takes to be a professional in your field and we design our courses to get you on the right track, and to get you practicing in a safe environment as soon as possible. With professional accreditation to back up the theory of your degree, you’ll stand out from the crowd of other applicants and be ready for your first graduate job.
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