PGDip Professional Legal Practice

Progress towards becoming a solicitor by building a strong practical understanding of legal principles, preparing you for professional practice and the SQE.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Prepare to sit the externally set SQE1 (Solicitors Qualifying Examination) as part of your route to qualification as a solicitor*
• Study a range of practice-based modules
• Apply the law correctly and comprehensively to given situations to meet clients’ needs
• Analyse and synthesise concepts to devise realistic and coherent strategic solutions to legal problems
• Evaluate how the rule of law and ethics apply within legal, as well as broader, economic, commercial, and ethical settings
• Apply relevant expertise and attributes to employability and academic study, with a focus on communication skills and the proficient use of legal terminology
• Explore concepts of professionalism to build your understanding of the demands of professional practice