PgDip Legal Practice Course

at Liverpool John Moores University

Core modules

• Business, law and practice incorporating tax
• Litigation
• Property law and practice
• Written Legal Skills
• Oral Legal Skills And Probate
• Professional conduct and regulation incorporating solicitors accounts
   

Optional modules

• Advanced criminal litigation law and practice
• Advanced personal injury law and practice
• Commercial property law and practice
• Employment law and practice
• Family law and practice
• General commercial law and practice
• Housing law and practice
• Private client law and practice
• Dissertation

You will need:

• to have completed the academic stage of training as prescribed by the SRA. This is normally evidenced by the possession (actual or predicted) of a qualifying law degree or the Common Professional Examination/Graduate Diploma in Law

or

• a minimum second class honours average of at least 50% actual or predicted in the Common Professional Examination/Graduate Diploma in Law
   

Additional Information

• IELTS 6.5 (minimum 5.5 in each component)

• Pearson PTE Academic 64 (minimum 59 in each component for UKVI purposes)

• RPL is not accepted on this course

• International students applying to study a full-time taught Masters, MRes, MPhil or PhD at LJMU should check if they require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme or ATAS certificate. Contact International Admissions Team for more details

• International students entering on a Student visa cannot study part-time

Tuition fees
 

• PD LPC Home (full-time, per year):£10,000
• International Full Time PgDip:£12,600

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (Graduate Outcomes, 2018/19) of our postgraduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.
 

The LPC is a prescribed stage in qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales. There are a very broad range of opportunities for employment within the legal profession. In 2018 there are over 142,000 practising solicitors and the Law Society Gazette currently has over 4800 vacancies listed.
 

Students often worry whether they will find a training contract which will enable them to complete their qualification. The good news for students at LJMU is that, outside of London, the greatest number of training contracts are offered in the North West.

It is also the case that the skills you develop and demonstrate during your LPC are transferable to many different roles. Nationally, LPC graduates have been recruited into various careers including: banking and finance, civil service, editorial roles, insurance, and management roles in industry and retail.