On our PG Dip Legal Practice Course at ARU, you’ll explore civil litigation and dispute resolution, criminal law, property law and business law. Meanwhile our optional modules allow you to focus on areas of law that are of particular interest to you, tailoring your learning to create your ideal postgraduate experience.
You’ll typically spend two days a week on campus in Cambridge, with access to a range of facilities including our mock courtroom. It’s the perfect place to practice advocacy in a realistic setting and enhance your legal skills.
You can boost your employability even further by volunteering at our Law Clinic in Cambridge, helping members of the public with legal advice.
We know that your future career is important to you, and so we offer support throughout your studies – starting with the transition from undergraduate study to the Legal Practice Course, and onwards to training contracts and employment.
Aims
Our LPC course will prepare you for life as a practising solicitor in England or Wales, and allow you to continue on to the two-year training contract that will fully qualify you for professional practice*.
You will most likely choose to complete your two-year training contract with a firm of solicitors in private practice, but might prefer to take one with an alternative employer, such as the UK government (through the Government Legal Service), local government, the Crown Prosecution Service or a law centre. Whatever you decide, you can be sure of receiving specialised guidance for your career in law on our Legal Practice Course.
*unless you have a FILEX qualification and exemption from the SRA.
Core modules
- Litigation
- Property Law and Practice
- Business Law and Practice
- Interviewing and Advising
- Writing
- Practical Legal Research
- Advocacy
- Drafting
- Professional Conduct and Regulation
- Solicitors Accounts
- Wills and Administration of Estates
Optional modules (subject to availability)
- Billing, File Management and Commercial Awareness
- Family Law and Practice
- Employment Law and Practice
- Child Care
- Private Client
- Commercial Dispute Resolution
Assessment
You will show your progress through a combination of timed open book supervised assessments, oral practical and coursework-style assessments across the course. You will also undertake full-scale mock assessments in all areas, including all skills subjects.
All students take our core modules, plus three vocational subjects from the list of optional modules. Please note that the availability of optional modules is subject to demand.
