The programme combines core knowledge and practical legal skills to provide essential preparation for law graduates looking to qualify as Solicitors in England & Wales via the SQE.
It offers you the opportunity to gain a master’s award, attain legal knowledge and skills, and prepare for life in legal practice.
The programme is delivered over the course of one academic year and is taught in two stages – stage 1 focuses on the core practice areas, with stage 2 focusing on developing your professional legal skills within the context of those core practice areas.
Typical Offer
2:2
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We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries for both taught and research courses to help you fund your study.
This programme responds to the needs of employers and focuses not only on preparing you for the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments, but also on ensuring that you have a solid foundational knowledge of the law and core practice areas, together with the practical legal skills that are essential to qualification.
Students intending to qualify as solicitors need to sit and pass the SQE1 and SQE2 assessment and complete two years of qualifying work experience in order to achieve that aim. However, students who do not wish to qualify will gain transferrable skills on this programme which will assist them in alternative careers. Examples include:
Academic lawyers
Accountancy
Banking
Commerce and business
Corporate governance
Crown Prosecution Service
Finance industry and banking
Government Legal Service
Legal publishing
Ombudsman departments
Regulators
Tax
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