LLM Bar Professional Training Course (LLM BPTC) (full-time) Our LLM BPTC aims to equip you with the skills and procedural knowledge necessary to follow your chosen career. The course has been developed in conjunction with practising barristers, judges, and senior academics. Legal experts and guest speakers assist with the delivery of our course, to build your working knowledge of professional practice. About this course Successful completion of this course enables you to
Fact file Start: September 2017 Duration: One year, full-time Entry requirements: • 2.1 honours Qualifying Law Degree; or • 2.1 honours degree in another subject plus the Graduate Diploma in Law / Common Professional Examination. • 2.2 honours degree will be considered with evidence of exceptional achievement elsewhere in the application e.g. awards, scholarships, work experience – paid or unpaid. English language requirements: All students must be able to demonstrate that their oral and written English language ability is at least equivalent to: • a minimum score of 7.5 in each section of the IELTS academic test; or • a minimum score of 73 in each part of the Pearson Test of English (academic). Fees and funding: Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/nlsfees for further details.
be called to the Bar, and proceed to pupillage. We are unique among legal education providers in being the first in the UK to offer you the opportunity to gain the award of an LLM during your BPTC year, assuming successful completion of the LLM BPTC and an additional module. The qualification is internationally recognised, and is eligible for the government postgraduate loan. Our LLM BPTC enjoys a strong national reputation, with many unique elements and aspects that attract students. • Our core staff are practitioners with significant experience of legal practice. • Our teaching is consistently commended as excellent. • You’ll have access to an exclusive BPTC study area. • We offer a range of options for varying types of practice. • You’ll receive individual face-to-face feedback in all assessable skills. • You’ll undertake assessments with a practical focus. • We provide vocational support through our dedicated Employability Team. • We have considerable expertise in advocacy – we are home to the first Centre for Advocacy in the UK.
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