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Accelerated LPC. What about the SQE? The SQE is being phased in to become the new centralised way to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales Find out more. You must sell yourself on the application form, giving convincing reasons for choosing a legal career, outlining your aspirations and offering evidence of your commitment to the profession.
A referee is also required to vouch for your academic achievements and commitment to law. Applications for part-time and distance learning courses should be made directly to the relevant institution.
Applications for elective modules should also be made directly to the provider. Theoretically, you could complete your LPC at up to four providers; the way the course is structured means that you are able to complete the two stages and even the three elective modules at different institutions. However, it's important to think carefully about where you complete your LPC before you send off your application.
Each provider must meet standards set by the SRA, but each course has the freedom to be unique and tailored in its content and teaching methods. Many firms will have relationships with course providers and will work with the provider to run teaching sessions:.
The X marks the provider that the firm would prefer its trainees to have completed the LPC at. Careers advice. The qualification all solicitors need: the legal practice course LPC. The qualification all solicitors need: the legal practice course LPC You need to take the legal practice course LPC to develop your practical skills and legal knowledge, and get a graduate job in law as a trainee solicitor.
How the legal practice course is designed to meet your needs as a potential lawyer This structure gives LPC providers the flexibility to tailor their courses. The training all future trainee solicitors need There are three elements of the course that will be considered in the context of each of the core practice areas. These are: professional conduct and regulation taxation wills and administration of estates.
These are: business law and practice property law and practice litigation criminal and civil. These are: writing drafting interviewing and advising practical legal research advocacy.
Tailor your legal practice course to suit your graduate career needs Stage 2 of the LPC is made up of three distinct vocational electives that you can select from the range available. How to apply for the legal practice course Applications for full-time courses open in September. How to choose an LPC course provider Theoretically, you could complete your LPC at up to four providers; the way the course is structured means that you are able to complete the two stages and even the three elective modules at different institutions.
Many firms will have relationships with course providers and will work with the provider to run teaching sessions: If you already have a training contract lined up, it's best to select the provider and electives that the firm prefers take a look at the table of providers below and the list of electives.
If you've not secured a training contract yet, choose electives that interest you and which you are likely to get the best grades in. Choosing electives can be difficult, or so it seems when you are midway through the LPC.
It feels like you are being asked to select your desired specialism with only one foot inside the door. For those of you who have not yet secured a training contract, the choice is even more daunting, as you want to make sure it aids your search, not hinders it. Some training contract holders will have a specific LPC plan laid out for them, but for the rest, the elective selection seems like a career-altering fork in the road.
Elective modules are great; they give you a glimpse of what practice might be like in that area. The understanding you get of that area of law will help you to talk about it to other lawyers in that area and may be enough to allow you to hit the ground running if you end up doing that area as a seat.
It will also give you an idea of whether you actually do like an area of law — very often the theory is entirely different to the practice. For those of you who have training contracts, that is really all that elective choices will do. All you will miss out on is an appreciation of what that area of law is like in practice and a bit of an understanding of the legal background to it. That said, it is worth giving some thought to the seats you may be asked to do.
In my firm, trainees are expected in the majority of cases to do a property seat. Given that I was going to do a property seat at some point it made sense to me to learn a little more about it than conveyancing from PLP. If it is a legal aid firm, family or housing law is probably a good shout.
For those of you still looking for a training contract, I would only advise you are careful with your choices.
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