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Nottingham Law School
Belgrave Centre
Chaucer Street
Nottingham
NG1 5LP
Kaplan Law School (for Nottingham Law School's LPC and BVC in London)
Palace House
3 Cathedral Street
London
SE1 9DE
Nottingham Law School is one of the largest
university law schools in the UK, with a
national and international reputation. We offer
a full portfolio of courses, from undergraduate
degrees to the solicitors' Legal Practice
Course, the barristers' Bar Vocational Course,
and a range of Masters level courses. We
ensure that all of our clients, from students
to experienced practitioners, receive the best
practical legal education and training.
You can also study in London as well as in
Nottingham. We have partnered with Kaplan
Law School to open a London campus offering
Nottingham Law School's LPC and GDL.
Legal Practice Course
Our highly regarded Legal Practice Course
has received the highest possible rating in
every Law Society assessment. The LPC is
offered by full-time and part-time study. This
course has been designed to be challenging and
stimulating for students and responsive to the
needs of firms, varying from large commercial
to smaller high street practices, and it carries the
endorsement of a large cross section of firms
from major corporate through to high street.
We are designing a new offering for the Legal
Practice Course from 2009 onwards. The
programme will enable you to select pathways
that lead to a specific type of practice, or
maintain a broad based professional legal
education if you are not sure yet what type
of practice you intend to move to. In addition
to our broad-based LPC, we are planning
to offer corporate, commercial and public
funding pathways.
Nottingham's Legal Practice Course allows
you to select your pathway after you get here,
rather than having to sign up for particular
route in advance.
Graduate Diploma in Law
Nottingham Law School's GDL is a conversion
course designed for any non-law graduate who
intends to become a solicitor or barrister in the
UK. The course can be studied full-time over
a year or two years by distance-learning. The
intensive course effectively covers the seven
core subjects of an undergraduate law degree
in one go. It is the stepping stone to the LPC
and BVC, and a legal career thereafter. It is a
graduate diploma (Dip Law) in its own right and
operates on a similar basis to the LPC, though
inevitably it has a more academic basis.
Students who complete their GDL with
Nottingham Law School and then embark
on the School's excellent rated LPC or BVC
will be eligible for a full LLB on successful
completion of that professional course.
Bar Vocational Course
Nottingham Law School has designed its
BVC to develop to a high standard a range
of core practical skills, and to equip students
to succeed in the fast-changing environment
of practice at the Bar. Particular emphasis is
placed on the skill of advocacy. Advocacy
sessions are conducted in groups of six and
the School uses the Guildhall courtrooms for
most sessions. The BVC is taught entirely by
qualified practitioners, and utilises the same
integrated and interactive teaching methods
as all of the School's other professional
courses. Essentially, students learn by doing
and Nottingham Law School provides an
environment in which students are encouraged
to realise, through practice and feedback,
their full potential.
LLM Professional Practice
Students who complete Nottingham Law
School's LPC or BVC can choose to 'top up'
to an LLM. The university will award you 90
credit points towards the 180 credits required
for the LLM. You will need to complete both
a week long summer-school programme in
June after you have completed your LPC/
BVC, and a Professional Practice Dissertation
(20,000) on a subject relevant to professional
practice in the legal services sector. Students
who have not completed their professional
studies with Nottingham Law School are
still eligible to take this qualification, please
contact the university prior as you may need
to complete additional modules or provide
evidence of learning.
Contact
Nottingham Law School
Belgrave Centre
Chaucer Street
Nottingham
NG1 5LP
Tel: 0845 845 9090
Fax: 0115 848 6878
Email:
Web: ntu.ac.uk
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