Queen's University Belfast

Will Preparation

Queen's University BelfastBelfast, United Kingdom

Course overview

Time spent by Solicitors and Barristers attending lectures and workshops in person or completing these via e-learning as part of this course can be claimed towards your annual CPD requirement. Each day the sessions will be from 10.00am - 1.00pm with refreshments available from 9.30am. The course is aimed primarily at solicitors.

It will also be of benefit to barristers with a practice in Chancery or Probate and any professional who works in the administration of estates. Sheena Grattan TEP is a Practice Fellow in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. She also has over 30 years’ experience of succession law as a solicitor, and latterly 24 years as a Chancery Barrister at the Northern Ireland Bar.

She is also a former Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen’s.

Key highlights

  • Attendance time counts towards solicitors' and barristers' annual CPD requirement
  • Lectures and workshops attended in person or completed via e-learning
  • Designed primarily for solicitors and estate administration professionals
  • Relevant to barristers practising in Chancery or Probate
  • Led by a Chancery Barrister with decades of succession law experience

Scholarships

  • County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary

    Approximately £1500 depending on funding available.

  • Early Confirmation Award

    Funding Amount - £1500

    Up to £1,500
  • International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship

    Year one award of between £2000 and £5000.

    Up to £2,000
  • International Undergraduate Scholarships

    This award is £3500 (fee rate 1) for first year of study; £4000 (fee rate 2) for first year of study.

  • INTO Progressors Scholarship

    £1500 reduction in tuition fees for first year of study.

    Up to £1,500
  • LLB Senior Status International Scholarship

    Scholarships Value - £4000

    Up to £4,000
  • Queen's Loyalty Scholarship

    20% reduction on first year gross tuition fees.

    Up to 20% of fees
  • Queen’s Family Scholarship

    20% reduction on first year gross tuition fees.

    Up to 20% of fees
  • Royal Academy of Engineering: Engineering Leaders Scholarship Programme

    Funding Amount: £5000 - £10,000

    Up to £5,000
  • The Burdett Trust MSc Nursing Scholarships

    For Home Students: Tuition fees £7,665 Stipend £10,250. For International Students: Tuition fees £24,295 Stipend £17,000

  • Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Postgraduate Taught

    Value: 50% of tuition fees paid for up to a maximum of two years.

    Up to 50% of fees
  • Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Undergraduate

    50% reduction on full tuition fees paid for all years of a programme, up to a maximum of four years (including advanced entry into Year 2 or Year 3).

    Up to 50% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Solicitor
  • Barrister
  • Probate Practitioner
  • Estate Administrator
  • Private Client Solicitor

Cost of study

UK/Home: £600

Admission

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