hong kong THE LEGAL PRACTICE COURSE ONLINE (LPC ONLINE)

Locations: Online
Study mode: Full-time or Part-time
Start Dates: September 2024
Course Fees: HK$162,750 (Online)

The LPC offers you the best possible preparation to practise law. As one of the longest-established providers of The LPC in the UK, we have finely tuned the course to meet the expectations of those in the legal profession and currently work with over 90 of the top 100 law firms. Our aim is to prepare you fully for life as a trainee solicitor.

With a clear focus on your future employability, we’ve designed The LPC to help you improve your career prospects by learning the essential professional skills that legal employers are looking for. You’ll study in small group workshops, taught by qualified lawyers who have extensive practice experience, and through online learning resources that allow you to access your study materials anytime from anywhere.

Our career-focused course helps you to develop commercial awareness, critical thinking and the professional skills that legal employers are looking for. This is why we have a 96% employment rate for full-time LPC students*. And with a wide range of elective modules to choose from, you can truly tailor your course to your specialist areas of interest.

*96% of LPC graduates were in employment or further study 15 months after graduating (2020/21 Graduate Outcomes data). Contains HESA Data: Copyright Jisc 2022.

Why choose The Legal Practice Course?

• A career-focused approach to learning, developing commercial awareness, critical thinking and the professional skills that legal employers are looking for
• An MSc in Law, Business and Management (LPC MSc) or LLM in Professional Legal Practice (LPC LLM) at no extra cost
• Tailored course options to suit your specialist areas of interest through a wide choice of elective subjects
• Flexible study – choose to study at one of our locations nationwide with the choice of full-time or part-time courses, as well as online option
• Access to award-winning careers support to help you with your training contract applications with over 3,000 pro bono opportunities as soon as you accept your place

There are two stages to studying The LPC. The first involves completing four compulsory modules; the second allows you to make a selection of focused modules, depending on your interest areas and which version of the course you’re studying.

Eligibility

To be eligible to take up your place on The LPC, you must comply with the requirements for commencing The LPC set out by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

• Students must possess either a Qualifying Law Degree usually at 2:2 or above, or a Common Professional Examination (CPE)/Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) or similar qualification such as CILEX.
• Your law degree must meet certain academic standards in order to qualify. This must include having adequately passed assessments in the seven Foundations of Legal Knowledge; Public Law, Obligations I (Contract), Obligations II (Tort), Criminal Law, Land Law, Equity & Trusts and Law of the European Union.
• An English language qualification at a level equivalent to IELTS 6.5 or above with a minimum of 6.0 in each component.

Hong Kong Campus Award

Overview

We are offering HK$5,000 reduction in course fees to all students studying our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Hong Kong in 2024-2025.

What are the eligibility criteria?

You need to have accepted a place on one of our Hong Kong on-campus or Hong Kong online courses for intakes from August 2024 to July 2025.

Terms and conditions apply

Hong Kong Early Bird Discount

Overview

We are offering HK$10,000 reduction in course fees to all students studying our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Hong Kong in 2024-2025.

What are the eligibility criteria?

You need to have accepted your place on one of our Hong Kong on-campus or Hong Kong online courses for intakes from August 2024 to July 2025, before the dates listed below.

What are the acceptance deadlines?

For courses starting in September 2024, the deadlines are:

Deadline: 12 August 2024 for the following HK Courses:

• Postgraduate Diploma (Law Conversion) PgDL- On Campus and Online
• MA Law (Conversion) - On Campus and Online
• MA Law (SQE1) - On Campus and Online
• LLB (Hons) Law - Online

Deadline: 26 August 2024 for the following HK Courses:

• LLM courses - On Campus and Online

For courses starting in January 2025:

Deadline: 9 December 2024 for the following HK Courses:

• Postgraduate Diploma (Law Conversion) PgDL - On Campus and Online
• MA Law (Conversion) - On Campus and Online
• MA Law (SQE1) - On Campus and Online

Deadline: 16 December 2024 for the following HK Courses:

• LLB(Hons) Law - Online

Deadline: 30 December 2024 for the following HK Courses:

• LLM Courses - On Campus and Online

Terms and conditions apply

Events

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Any questions?

Please contact us via:

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +852 2319 4110

Important notice

This course is registered with the Hong Kong Non-local Courses Registry (NCR). It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which these courses may lead.