Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (SQE2 & SQE Plus)
The University of LawBirmingham Bristol Egham (Royal Holloway) Exeter Hull Leeds Liverpool London Bloomsbury London Moorgate Manchester Newcastle Norwich Nottingham Oxford Brookes Reading Sheffield Southampton Online, United Kingdom
Course overview
This course is for those who wish to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales with the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) pathway and have already passed SQE1 (or are exempt from sitting it). This course combines our well respected SQE2 Preparation Course with our SQE Plus programme to equip you with the practical legal skills required to pass the SRA’s centralised SQE2 assessment and additional knowledge from studying the SQE Plus content. The SQE Plus content contains a choice of three modules in key practice areas that law firms highly value, including elective modules in corporate and commercial or commercial and private client.
In addition, you may choose to study our well regarded Business of Law module which focusses on the commercial realities of being a lawyer and developing relevant professional skills, or a Professional Research Report focussing in depth on one of your chosen key practice areas. This course is designed for those who have completed SQE1 training, such as our SQE1 Preparation Course, and successfully passed the SRA's SQE1 assessments. *See Terms and Conditions for full details
Key highlights
- Prepares you for the SRA's centralised SQE2 assessment
- Develops the practical legal skills needed to qualify as a solicitor
- Choice of three SQE Plus modules in key practice areas
- Electives include corporate and commercial or commercial and private client
- Optional Business of Law module on the commercial realities of practice
- Alternative Professional Research Report on a chosen practice area
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — or above
Scholarships
Bar Practice Course (BPC) Award
Winners of our advocacy awards and scholarships will be required to become a member of our Advocacy Committee.
Baroness Warsi and Sadiq Khan Full Fee Scholarship
Business First Scholarships
Awards of £5,000 each are available to all postgraduate business Master’s courses.
Up to £5,000Campus Dean’s Award
Awards of £2,000 each are available to all Legal Practice Course (LPC), LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) and Master of Laws (LLMs) courses.
Up to £2,000Career Changer Scholarship - Postgraduate
Full Fee Scholarships and partial fee scholarships are available for our PGDL, MA Law (Conversion), MA Law (SQE1), Master of Laws (LLMs), MSc Psychology, MSc Computer Science courses.
Law First Scholarships
Awards of £5,000 each are available to all Legal Practice Course (LPC) and LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) courses; Awards of £3,000 each are available to all PGDL, MA Law (Conversion), MA Law (SQE1) and Master of Laws (LLMs).
Lord Blunkett Widening Access Scholarship- Postgraduate
Awards of £2,000 each are available to all postgraduate courses, excluding short courses.
Up to £2,000Science First Scholarships
Awards of £5,000 each are available to all MSc Psychology, MSc Computer Science and MSc Criminology courses.
Up to £5,000The Amal Clooney Scholarship
Careers this course leads to
- Solicitor
- Trainee solicitor
- Corporate solicitor
- Commercial solicitor
- Private client solicitor
- In-house legal counsel
Cost of study
UK/Home: London: £14,150; Outside London: £11,350 | International: London: £14,150; Outside London: £11,350
Admission
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