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Committed to<br />

your legal career


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Welcome to<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School.<br />

I am delighted that you are considering<br />

pursuing a career in law. If you become a<br />

lawyer you will join a rewarding, interesting<br />

and exciting profession with an opportunity to<br />

make a real difference to your clients – be they<br />

individuals with a problem or a large corporate<br />

organisation engaged in a transaction worth<br />

millions of pounds. <strong>Law</strong> impacts everyone.<br />

I am extremely proud of BPP University <strong>Law</strong><br />

School. We are entrusted with training all the<br />

future trainees of over 50 leading law firms,<br />

most of which operate on the international<br />

stage. BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School has been<br />

selected by these firms because of the<br />

relevance of our training and the high standard<br />

of our teaching, facilities and materials. In a<br />

2014 Legal Week survey we were placed in the<br />

top five of all <strong>Law</strong> Schools in the country for<br />

the quality of our teaching.<br />

We will support your career ambitions in a<br />

number of other ways; through the delivery of<br />

business training which is very relevant to the<br />

practice of law, through our award-winning Pro<br />

Bono Centre and through a series of support<br />

systems which help to guarantee that you will<br />

be successful in achieving your ambitions.<br />

Read more about these in the following pages<br />

and learn about the success of some of our<br />

former students and the various ways in which<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School has helped them.<br />

I wish you all the very best for the future<br />

and hope that if you do decide on a career in<br />

law your next step will be to join us at BPP<br />

University <strong>Law</strong> School. I am always delighted to<br />

hear from prospective students so please do<br />

get in touch with me if I can be of any help.<br />

Professor Peter Crisp,<br />

Dean and Chief Executive, BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Our exclusive firms.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School exclusively trains over 50 leading UK<br />

and global law firms’ trainee solicitors. Our focus is to develop<br />

trainees who are ready to embrace the demands and challenges of<br />

a training contract and professional practice. We provide first-rate<br />

education and training with an emphasis on business and finance<br />

which enables trainees and law firms to maintain a competitive<br />

edge and better meet the needs of their clients.<br />

Many of these firms work with us in other ways too. Attending<br />

our events, supporting our careers service, assisting with<br />

pro bono projects and telling us when additional recruitment<br />

is planned; meaning you’ll get plenty of opportunities to impress<br />

potential employers during your time with us.


Over leading law firms<br />

send their trainees<br />

50<br />

exclusively to<br />

BPP University<br />

<strong>Law</strong> School.


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Our programmes.<br />

With over 20 years’ experience in delivering professional legal<br />

qualifications, we have proudly earned our place as one of the largest<br />

law schools in the UK. We train more law firms’ trainees than any other<br />

law school in the country, and have more students in pupillage than any<br />

other provider. We pride ourselves on building and shaping legal careers;<br />

whatever your level of study, we will develop you into commercially<br />

focused and highly employable solicitors or barristers.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School programmes<br />

LLB (Hons).<br />

Other undergraduate degree.<br />

Graduate Diploma<br />

in <strong>Law</strong> (GDL).<br />

Solicitor<br />

Legal Practice<br />

Course (LPC).<br />

Barrister<br />

Bar Professional<br />

Training Course (BPTC).


At BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

you will benefit from being taught by<br />

legal professionals who have pursued<br />

careers at leading firms and chambers.<br />

This means that as a student you get<br />

the benefit of real world professional<br />

experience from day one.


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Becoming a solicitor.<br />

The best thing about being a solicitor…<br />

Meeting the people you are going to work<br />

alongside for the next two years - it provides further<br />

motivation to learn all you can when you are working<br />

with accomplished and dynamic people.<br />

Realising that all the learning you undertook during your<br />

degree and LPC comes in useful! Don’t throw anything<br />

away from the LPC - it all provides a reference point,<br />

especially when drafting documents.<br />

Grace Roddie,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Trainee Solicitor, TLT LLP


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

A successful lawyer...<br />

Is about more than just the law. Essential skills include client relationship building,<br />

excellent writing and drafting crafted to meet the expectations of your audience, and<br />

particularly commercial awareness - all of which ensure you can tailor your advice<br />

to meet your clients’ needs. Whether your aim is to work with a global, niche or high<br />

street practice, our postgraduate law programmes are designed to enable you to<br />

create a bespoke career pathway to ensure your future success.<br />

During my time at<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

I have been able to get involved<br />

in pro bono opportunities, the<br />

social community and the<br />

Access to Practice Mentoring<br />

Scheme which has been a<br />

great experience and really<br />

good opportunity.<br />

Catherine Scholfield,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Paralegal<br />

Without the High<br />

Street Extra programme I very<br />

much doubt that I would have<br />

been able to secure my training<br />

contract so soon.<br />

Shaun Hulme,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Trainee Solicitor, Ison Harrison Solicitors<br />

Mentoring you<br />

throughout your<br />

programme.


Before starting the programme<br />

I was worried about the volume of the<br />

materials and its intensity. However,<br />

such worries were proved not necessary.<br />

I am now convinced that the course<br />

was structured to help us achieve a<br />

successful result with constant support<br />

from the tutors, together with our<br />

persistent approach to studying<br />

throughout the year.<br />

Ionela Cosneanu,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Litigation Paralegal


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Securing a<br />

training contract.<br />

We know securing a training contract is going to be your<br />

main focus. Some of our past students share their hints<br />

and tips on how to stand out and make the most of your<br />

time at BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School.<br />

Attend as many open days<br />

and networking events at the firms<br />

in which you are interested in ahead<br />

of your applications, and if possible<br />

gain work experience or a vacation<br />

scheme. Demonstrating to a firm that<br />

you are committed to applying there<br />

and getting to know lawyers and<br />

members of graduate recruitment<br />

can make a huge difference.<br />

Alex Molyneux,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Trainee Solicitor, Reed Smith


Get as much real work experience<br />

as possible, be that through volunteering,<br />

paid employment or official schemes.<br />

Also, if you don’t ask you don’t get - it is<br />

always worth asking legal contacts if you<br />

can shadow them, or undertake some<br />

temporary work at their firm.<br />

Dominic Cole,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Training contract commences 2015<br />

The top tip for<br />

applying for training<br />

contracts is to be yourself.<br />

For their recruitment process,<br />

a prerequisite for most law<br />

firms is a certain level of<br />

academic achievement.<br />

Personality is therefore<br />

key to stand out<br />

from the crowd.<br />

Imogen Holmgren,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Trainee Solicitor,<br />

Reed Smith<br />

Experiencing real<br />

world legal practice.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School’s<br />

work experience scheme was extremely<br />

beneficial and helped give me the edge when<br />

it came to interviews and vacation schemes. I<br />

have since gone on to complete two vacation<br />

schemes and accepted a training contract<br />

offer from one of these firms.<br />

James Whittam,<br />

GDL & LPC Graduate,<br />

Training contract commences 2015


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Becoming a barrister.<br />

The GDL was the best year of<br />

teaching I’ve ever had and taking part in<br />

the Truancy Pro Bono Project helped me<br />

obtain pupillage. My advice to any aspiring<br />

barrister? Don’t underestimate the power<br />

of networking: the solicitors are the<br />

ones you’ll get your work from.<br />

Alastair Martey,<br />

GDL & BPTC Graduate,<br />

Pupil Barrister, 4 Paper Buildings


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

If you’re set on<br />

becoming a barrister...<br />

We’re here to support you, at every stage in your legal career. If you don’t already<br />

have a law degree we will start to prepare you on the GDL with access to a bar<br />

careers tutor and our GDL mooting competition. This support continues onto our<br />

BPTC where we teach thirty per-cent more advocacy than the Bar Standards Board<br />

requires. Advocacy and conference are taught in groups of four and we have<br />

true-to-life mock trials and assessments plus a wide range of options. It’s no<br />

wonder we have had more students in pupillage than any other provider. *<br />

*Bar Standards Board pupillage survey 2010/11<br />

I have achieved quite a<br />

lot since starting my GDL at<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School. The<br />

main thing for me has been gaining<br />

a mini-pupillage at a top Leeds<br />

Chambers. Without the help and<br />

support of BPP University <strong>Law</strong><br />

School this would not have<br />

been possible.<br />

Danielle Young,<br />

GDL & BPTC Graduate 2015<br />

The BPTC is hard work, and<br />

balancing studies alongside mooting,<br />

pro bono and other extra-curricular<br />

activities is challenging. However,<br />

that is all part of preparation for<br />

life at the Bar, and I know that<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

has given me the best<br />

possible training.<br />

Jasmine Chan,<br />

BPTC Graduate,<br />

Pupillage commences 2016


I would recommend BPP<br />

University <strong>Law</strong> School in the highest<br />

terms and was impressed with the<br />

quality of the tutors. Every tutor is<br />

willing to give up time to help you<br />

and nothing ever appears to be too<br />

great an ask.<br />

Elliot Kay,<br />

BPTC Graduate,<br />

Barrister, Zenith Chambers


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Securing pupillage.<br />

Looking for pupillage? Read some of the personal achievements,<br />

tips and advice from our barristers past and present.<br />

After writing your answers to the<br />

questions asked on the application form, read<br />

them out to a friend. Do they sound too<br />

earnest, dull, unrealistic, naive? Or do they<br />

sound well researched, practical, interesting<br />

and make the reader want to meet you in<br />

person? Someone has to read your form.<br />

Make them want to meet you!<br />

Ishan Kolhatkar,<br />

BPTC Lecturer and Barrister


Never be<br />

complacent, never take<br />

anything for granted and<br />

always understand your<br />

clients’ needs. Is it the<br />

best job in the world?<br />

Absolutely!<br />

My personal achievements:<br />

getting a first, smashing all of my BPTC<br />

exams, being called to the Bar and most<br />

importantly my pupillage. Oh and making<br />

my mum cry with happiness when I put<br />

on my wig and gown for the first time at<br />

Call Night.<br />

Alex Cameron,<br />

BPTC Graduate,<br />

Pupil Barrister, Dyers Chambers<br />

Rosie Godfrey-Lockwood,<br />

BPTC Graduate,<br />

Pupilliage commences 2015<br />

For me perhaps the most valuable aspect<br />

of studying at BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School was the<br />

support offered by the careers department. When I<br />

was applying for pupillage the careers staff checked<br />

through and offered detailed advice on each of<br />

my paper applications and provided one-to-one<br />

mock interview sessions. I really believe that it<br />

was this invaluable tailored and intense support<br />

which helped me to get pupillage during the<br />

first round of applications.<br />

Emily Reed,<br />

BPTC Graduate,<br />

Barrister, Park Square Barristers


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Your career guarantee.**<br />

My one piece of advice is to get involved...<br />

Participate, do pro bono, moot, join<br />

competitions, attend guest lectures, utilise<br />

the help and support offered. You will make<br />

a much better candidate for jobs and will have<br />

gained so much more from your experience at<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School if you make the<br />

most of the opportunities offered to you.<br />

Bruno Gil,<br />

GDL & BPTC Graduate,<br />

Pupillage commences 2015


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Career Guarantee.<br />

We’re so confident in the opportunities, teaching and experience you’ll get at our <strong>Law</strong> School that<br />

we’re prepared to guarantee your legal career – if you don’t secure a training contract or pupillage<br />

we’ll let you study an additional qualification for free to enhance your CV. We’re sure you won’t<br />

need it, however read on and find out more about the opportunities available to you.<br />

Commitment to your career from day one.<br />

As soon as you accept your place you’ll receive invites to our Careers<br />

Workshops and depending on your choice of programme we’ll also send<br />

you helpful guides such as ‘How to Get a Training Contract’. One of the<br />

first things you’ll do with us is complete a Career Development Planner<br />

and meet the Career team who will help you get started.<br />

Career Development Plan<br />

Your Career Development Plan is used to develop your Career Ready<br />

skills and is a really important part of your career development. Most<br />

employers will be looking for you to evidence theses skills whatever<br />

career you choose.<br />

Developing the skills that make you more employable with practical<br />

opportunities.<br />

From award-winning pro bono opportunities, optional GDL Skills<br />

in Practice workshops, our LPC Preparing for Practice module and<br />

programme materials designed in conjunction with leading law firms,<br />

everything we do is designed to give you the skills you need to become<br />

a lawyer.<br />

GDL Skills in Practice<br />

This consists of additional practical workshops covering a range of topics<br />

including; negotiation, commercial awareness, interviewing & advising,<br />

proofreading and legal writing.<br />

GDL Extra<br />

This is an optional series of lectures which allows you to learn more about<br />

applied areas of law. Delivered by GDL tutors and current practitioners in<br />

law, you will gain an insight into areas of law which are not covered within<br />

the main modules.<br />

Networking and meeting the right people.<br />

As a student with us you’ll become an member of the wider legal<br />

community from your first day. Throughout your programme you’ll be<br />

given opportunities to expand your legal contacts at the firms you<br />

are targeting.<br />

Specialising in a professional area and gaining commercial awareness.<br />

Our industry leading programmes offer a wide range of elective and<br />

optional modules from all areas of legal practice, allowing you to select<br />

from a range of options from your chosen practice area. On the LPC<br />

our practice ready portfolio gives you the opportunity to enhance your<br />

qualification at no extra cost with additional modules such as ‘High Street<br />

Extra’, ‘<strong>Law</strong> Firm as a Business’ and ‘Preparing for Practice’, ensuring you’ll<br />

graduate with the commercial awareness firms are looking for.<br />

Mentoring you throughout your programme.<br />

Throughout your programme you’ll be given the opportunity to get a<br />

professional mentor matched to the area of law you’re interested in<br />

through our unique Access to Practice Scheme.<br />

Preparing you for interviews and assessments.<br />

Our focus on your career extends through a timetable of mock interviews<br />

and mock assessment centres carried out in conjunction with our Careers<br />

Service and tutors matched from the practice area you’re looking at.<br />

Assessing your career in progress and planning your next move.<br />

After completing your GDL or LLB we’ll encourage you to review your<br />

career journey so far. Our careers team and tutors will be on hand to<br />

discuss your options and offer key practical advice, interviews skills<br />

and practice.<br />

Your Career Guarantee.<br />

Follow the BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School Career Guarantee pathway<br />

and we’re confident you’ll join the next generation of lawyers in<br />

practice. It’s a confidence underlined by a further guarantee that if<br />

you don’t secure a training contract or pupillage within six months,<br />

we’ll let you study another qualification that will further enhance<br />

your skills and employability for free.** For full T&Cs see back page.


Your career<br />

guarantee.<br />

Preparing you<br />

for interviews<br />

and assessments.<br />

Specialising<br />

in a professional<br />

area.<br />

Experiencing<br />

real world<br />

legal practice.<br />

Planning your<br />

career and<br />

helping you<br />

become the<br />

lawyer you<br />

want to be.<br />

Committing<br />

to your career<br />

from the day<br />

you accept<br />

a place.<br />

Mentoring<br />

you throughout<br />

your programme.<br />

Developing<br />

the skills that<br />

make you more<br />

employable.<br />

Networking<br />

and meeting the<br />

right people.<br />

Assessing your<br />

career in progress<br />

and planning your<br />

next move.<br />

Gaining<br />

commercial<br />

awareness.


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Award-winning<br />

Pro Bono Centre.<br />

There’s no better way to get practical legal experience than signing up to one of our pro<br />

bono projects. At BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School pro bono is a valuable part of the training<br />

you’ll receive with us. Our award-winning Pro Bono Centre is an excellent place to<br />

start perfecting your legal skills in a supportive environment. We have a wide choice of<br />

projects, and law firms constantly tell us they’re impressed by students partaking in pro<br />

bono projects - it shows a commitment to law and the legal community.<br />

You’ll have a wide range of projects to choose from including – staffing an employment<br />

law advice line, presenting in schools, prisons and homeless centres and even<br />

researching the cases of prisoners who have lost all rights to appeal. Your free<br />

time has never been better spent.<br />

Taking part in the innovative<br />

Brent CAB Skype project has<br />

definitely helped me gain a training<br />

contract. Firms appreciate the level<br />

of commitment and organisation<br />

which goes in to projects.<br />

Bethan Griffith,<br />

Former Student Director,<br />

Brent CAB Project<br />

It’s the experience of<br />

actually meeting and speaking to<br />

clients that firmly cemented my<br />

desire to become a solicitor.<br />

Rebecca Penn-Chambers,<br />

Former Student Director, Legal Advice Clinic<br />

Developing the skills that<br />

make you more employable.


I remember my first call clearly.<br />

We make calls from the supervising<br />

solicitor’s office and she happened to<br />

be there at the time. I was so nervous<br />

my voice was trembling and I suddenly<br />

forgot how to pronounce most of the<br />

words! Half an hour later I had a fully<br />

completed form with client details and<br />

a very dry mouth. I realised that there<br />

was nothing to be scared of and every<br />

time I made a call it got easier.<br />

Nina Tong,<br />

Volunteer Project


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Careers Service.<br />

We are committed to your legal career. That’s why our programmes<br />

are complemented by a dedicated and experienced careers service.<br />

We are here to provide support tailored to your<br />

ambitions from the moment you accept your place.<br />

After all, everybody is different so our careers<br />

approach is designed around you.<br />

That means offering individual support when and<br />

where you need it; face-to-face, over the phone or via<br />

email. Our team is also available to help with your CV,<br />

application forms and even mock interviews tailored<br />

to the firm you’re having an interview with. We’ll also<br />

get tutors who have worked in relevant areas, to<br />

carry out these mock interviews. In fact, with our<br />

help at BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School you couldn’t be<br />

better prepared.<br />

Our excellent careers service is available from<br />

the moment you accept your place, and includes:<br />

• Application and CV reviews<br />

• Dedicated 1-2-1 appointments<br />

• Access to Practice Mentoring Scheme opportunities<br />

• Mock Interviews<br />

• Mock Assessment Centres<br />

• Employer Panel Events<br />

• Career Ready Days: workshops and employer talks<br />

• Speed Networking Events<br />

• <strong>Law</strong> vacancy jobs bulletin<br />

• Employability Award opportunities<br />

The careers team<br />

have been so valuable<br />

to me as they have taken<br />

time to sit with me to look<br />

through my application<br />

forms and perform<br />

mock interviews.<br />

Purvi Doshi,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Paralegal<br />

The careers service at<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School played<br />

an invaluable role in my obtaining<br />

pupillage. They provided feedback with<br />

my pupillage applications and assisted<br />

me with interview preparation.<br />

Ayesha Smart,<br />

BPTC Graduate,<br />

Barrister, Park Square Barristers


I have the careers service to<br />

thank for the amount of help they<br />

have given me through the recruitment<br />

process and I have managed to secure<br />

a training contract at Addleshaw<br />

Goddard. They helped with applications<br />

and offered excellent mock interviews.<br />

The schemes they run are very<br />

useful too. I took part in the Access to<br />

Practice Scheme and the connections I<br />

established through this really helped<br />

during the recruitment process.<br />

Tom Hopwood,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Trainee Solicitor


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Commercial awareness.<br />

Any successful lawyer understands the value of commercial awareness and<br />

this is embedded in all of our law programmes. <strong>Law</strong> firms require business<br />

savvy trainees and we work closely with over 50 exclusive law firms to offer<br />

programmes such as the MA (LPC with Business) which specifically meet<br />

the demands of current legal practice.<br />

In fact, our focus on commercial awareness doesn’t just start when you<br />

begin your studies with us, we deliver Commercial Awareness Workshops<br />

across many universities throughout the academic year. This will ensure<br />

you get the best possible head start to your legal career right at the outset<br />

of your decision making process.<br />

Eventually I’d like<br />

to own and run my own<br />

firm; to do that I’d need<br />

to know how to run a<br />

business. The MA (LPC<br />

with Business) will help<br />

me to achieve this.<br />

Nazia Munir,<br />

MA (LPC with Business)<br />

Graduate, Trainee Solicitor,<br />

Arden Solicitors Advocates<br />

The value of having a business<br />

understanding in a legal career lies in the<br />

fact that a law firm ultimately is a business.<br />

In addition to doing your job more efficiently<br />

(e.g. having a stronger grasp of clients’<br />

businesses and commercial concerns), it<br />

also helps you understand how law firms<br />

function from a macro perspective.<br />

Chu Ting Ng,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Trainee Solicitor, Reed Smith


Commercial awareness is key.<br />

Clients need our junior lawyers to<br />

understand their businesses, industries<br />

and sectors – therefore if our trainees<br />

have not just commercial knowledge<br />

but also a mindset where they engage<br />

with clients on their business goals,<br />

that will add significant value.<br />

Nigel Spencer,<br />

Global Director of Learning and Development,<br />

Reed Smith


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Know what makes a great lawyer?<br />

Being taught by one.<br />

At BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School you’ll be taught by committed<br />

lecturers who combine academic knowledge with practitioner<br />

expertise. We pride ourselves on the quality of our staff and<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School was voted in the top five universities<br />

in the UK for excellence in teaching.*** Don’t just take our word<br />

for it, come along to one of our events or open days and meet<br />

our tutors.<br />

***Source: Legal Week 2014<br />

The tutors are absolutely<br />

fantastic, and will answer any question,<br />

however small. Above all, they are ready<br />

and willing to impart the wisdom which<br />

they’ve gathered over their many years<br />

in practice, which is invaluable.<br />

Zaid Dadah,<br />

LPC Graduate,<br />

Paralegal


GDL team.<br />

Some staff profiles.<br />

A combination of solicitors,<br />

barristers and academics.<br />

Our GDL team brings real<br />

world legal experience to<br />

the programme.<br />

Monali Raleraskar,<br />

GDL Lecturer<br />

Called to the Bar in 1999, Monali spent<br />

the next 12 years in practice specialising<br />

in criminal law at 2 King’s Bench Walk<br />

Chambers before joining BPP University <strong>Law</strong><br />

School in 2012. Starting as a Module Leader<br />

for the Independent Research Essay she<br />

quickly became Deputy Programme Leader<br />

for the GDL in London, teaching criminal<br />

law. Monali is an approved Advocacy<br />

Trainer for Inner Temple and continues to<br />

be involved in training new practitioners<br />

and pupils in the Hempel Method both in<br />

London and on the residential courses run<br />

by the Inns.<br />

Bruce Humphrey,<br />

GDL Lecturer<br />

Before joining BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

to start an academic career in 2005, Bruce<br />

worked as a pensions solicitor at a leading<br />

commercial law firm in Manchester. Since<br />

2005, Bruce has taught at BPP University<br />

<strong>Law</strong> School in Manchester and Leeds, as<br />

well as delivering guest lectures at BPP<br />

University <strong>Law</strong> School in London. Bruce’s<br />

main teaching interests relate to the law of<br />

equity and trusts, land law and the English<br />

Legal System. Bruce has responsibility<br />

for running the full-time and part-time<br />

GDL programmes and the LLB degrees in<br />

Manchester and particularly enjoys setting<br />

his students brain teasers and lateral<br />

thinking challenges.<br />

Katie Jukes,<br />

GDL Lecturer<br />

Katie qualified as a solicitor in Commercial<br />

Dispute Resolution at Allen & Overy after<br />

studying Chinese at Leeds University. She<br />

then moved to Eversheds in Leeds where<br />

she worked for a huge variety of public<br />

and private sector clients. Katie joined BPP<br />

University <strong>Law</strong> School in Leeds in 2004<br />

and since then has taught on the LLB, LPC<br />

and the GDL where she has a particular<br />

interest in human rights, social justice<br />

and demystifying the law. She is a Fellow<br />

of the Higher Education Academy and is<br />

passionate about delivering cutting-edge,<br />

creative legal education.


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

LPC team.<br />

Some staff profiles.<br />

Our LPC tutors come from<br />

a range of practice areas.<br />

We are here to support you<br />

whatever type of lawyer<br />

you want to become.<br />

Jonny Hurst,<br />

LPC Lecturer<br />

Jonny qualified as a solicitor in 1991, ending<br />

up as a partner specialising in commercial<br />

property in the City of London office of a<br />

mid-size firm. He changed direction in 2007<br />

when he joined BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School,<br />

where he is now part of the LPC Senior<br />

Management Team and is the Joint Head of<br />

Faculty for the LPC in London.<br />

Jonny enjoys mentoring a number of his<br />

former students who are now in practice,<br />

several of whom provided quotations for<br />

his book “Becoming a <strong>Law</strong>yer”, which was<br />

published by BPP Learning Media in 2013.<br />

Tracey Banks,<br />

LPC Lecturer<br />

Tracey qualified in 1992, practising as<br />

a commercial litigator and contentious<br />

insolvency practitioner for corporate<br />

clients at a commercial firm in Birmingham<br />

for five years, before moving north to<br />

a commercial practice for 11 years. She<br />

joined BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School in 2006<br />

and is now LPC Programme Leader in<br />

Leeds where she continues to specialise in<br />

commercial litigation.<br />

Caroline Lister,<br />

LPC Lecturer<br />

Caroline trained at leading City law firm<br />

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and spent a<br />

further six years in the firm’s Real Estate<br />

department. She has also spent time<br />

working abroad, in a law firm in Stockholm,<br />

and enjoyed a secondment with<br />

Schroders plc.<br />

After joining BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

in 2011, Caroline is now a member of the<br />

LPC Training Team in London. She is also<br />

the Joint National Module Leader for<br />

commercial law and intellectual property<br />

and teaches property law and practice.<br />

Caroline works with several of our exclusive<br />

law firm clients and also supervises a<br />

number of pro bono projects.


From chambers to the<br />

classroom. Our BPTC team<br />

are here to mould you in to<br />

barristers of the future.<br />

BPTC team.<br />

Some staff profiles.<br />

Rebecca Pickering,<br />

BPTC Lecturer<br />

Rebecca was called to the Bar in 2007,<br />

having received a scholarship from Inner<br />

Temple. She worked as a caseworker<br />

with Refugee and Migrant Justice before<br />

securing pupillage with the Crown<br />

Prosecution Service in London. Following<br />

pupillage Rebecca worked as a Crown<br />

Prosecutor before returning north in<br />

2010. Rebecca is a tenant at Kenworthy’s<br />

Chambers in Manchester where she<br />

specialises in immigration, asylum and<br />

judicial review work.<br />

She is an Advocacy Training Council<br />

(ATC) accredited advocacy tutor and is<br />

the Module Leader for Asylum Detention<br />

Deportation and Extradition.<br />

Ayshea Megyery,<br />

BPTC Lecturer<br />

Ayshea was called to the Bar by Middle<br />

Temple in 1997, gaining pupillage and then<br />

tenancy at No.6 Chambers, Leeds, where<br />

she practised predominantly in family and<br />

criminal law. She is ATC accredited and<br />

teaches advocacy, written skills, remedies,<br />

professional ethics, personal injury and<br />

clinical negligence, and family law on<br />

the BPTC.<br />

Proving that those in the legal profession<br />

are anything but old-fashioned, in her spare<br />

time Ayshea sings and plays in two bands<br />

alongside fellow lawyers.<br />

Ishan Kolhatkar,<br />

BPTC Lecturer<br />

After converting to law, Ishan was called to<br />

the Bar in 2002 by Middle Temple as both<br />

a Jules Thorn and Benefactors Scholar. He<br />

completed pupillage and gained tenancy<br />

at 2 Hare Court, where he prosecuted and<br />

defended before the criminal courts. Later,<br />

he branched out into civil work and after<br />

a short spell in-house at the Nursing &<br />

Midwifery Council joined BPP University<br />

<strong>Law</strong> School.<br />

Ishan is the Module Leader for criminal<br />

litigation, evidence and sentencing and<br />

also the professional discipline option.<br />

He also teaches advocacy and is an<br />

ATC accredited tutor. In 2013 he was<br />

appointed by the Bar Standards Board as<br />

an External Examiner for advocacy.


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Our locations.<br />

Wherever you study with BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

you’ll receive an excellent professional learning experience.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

Birmingham<br />

32–34 Colmore Circus,<br />

Birmingham B4 6BN<br />

Re-launched in brand new premises in 2010,<br />

our Birmingham centre was specifically<br />

designed around the student experience. At<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School in Birmingham you<br />

will benefit from friendly and expert tutors<br />

alongside a team of dedicated support staff.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

Bristol<br />

BPP House, Grove Avenue,<br />

Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4QY<br />

Situated on the picturesque waterfront, within<br />

easy walking distance of the train station and<br />

city centre. At BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School in<br />

Bristol you’ll benefit from friendly and expert<br />

tutors, and supportive staff. We have an open<br />

door policy and small classes to support<br />

our students.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

Cambridge<br />

Third Floor, Lion House,<br />

Lion Yard, Cambridge CB2 3NA<br />

Based in the heart of Cambridge our centre is just<br />

a two-minute walk from the central bus station or<br />

a five-minute bus ride from the train station.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School in Cambridge is the<br />

leading provider of professional courses in the<br />

local area. We offer exceptional tuition supported<br />

by high quality materials and online support.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

Leeds<br />

Whitehall 2, Whitehall Quay,<br />

Leeds LS1 4HR<br />

Located in the heart of Leeds, just a fiveminute<br />

walk from the train station and main<br />

shopping areas. Our building features mock<br />

courtrooms, high level technological facilities<br />

and comfortable common room.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

Liverpool<br />

1st Floor, Merchants Court,<br />

2–12 Lord Street, Liverpool L2 1TS<br />

Our Liverpool centre is based in the city<br />

centre, conveniently located near to car parks,<br />

railway and bus stations and is adjacent to the<br />

Liverpool One Shopping Centre.<br />

Our classrooms are bright, airy and designed<br />

for study. All of our staff are committed to<br />

going the extra mile to make your learning<br />

experience rewarding.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

London Holborn<br />

68-70 Red Lion Street,<br />

London WC1R 4NY<br />

In the middle of London’s legal district sits the<br />

home of BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School. Our centre<br />

in Holborn is close to the historic Inns of Court<br />

and the <strong>Law</strong> Society, and is just a few minutes’<br />

walk from Holborn and Chancery Lane tube<br />

stations. As well as high quality facilities, our<br />

dedicated and enthusiastic support staff help<br />

you get the most out of your studies.<br />

Please note not all courses are offered at every centre.


Our Locations<br />

Birmingham<br />

Bristol<br />

Cambridge<br />

Leeds<br />

Liverpool<br />

London<br />

Manchester<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

London Waterloo<br />

137 Stamford Street,<br />

London SE1 9NN<br />

Nestled close to the cultural quarter of the<br />

South Bank, our Waterloo <strong>Law</strong> School is in a<br />

part of the city famed for being both vibrant<br />

and busy. Less than five minutes’ walk from<br />

Waterloo station and with a range of transport<br />

links close by. As well as high quality facilities,<br />

our dedicated and enthusiastic support staff<br />

help you get the most out of your studies.<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

Manchester<br />

St. James’s Building, 79 Oxford Street,<br />

Manchester M1 6FQ<br />

Situated in a newly renovated historic building<br />

in Manchester’s buzzing city centre -<br />

BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School in Manchester, St<br />

James’s Building is conveniently located within<br />

five minutes’ walk of Oxford Road train station<br />

and the main shopping areas.<br />

Students benefit from excellent facilities<br />

and all of our staff are committed to<br />

going the extra mile to help you.


www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

Make BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />

your first choice.<br />

Call 0333 331 0172<br />

Or visit us at<br />

www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law<br />

**T&C’s Career Guarantee<br />

*Subject at all times to BPP University’s full terms and conditions, if you register for the full time or part time LLB, Graduate Diploma in <strong>Law</strong> (“GDL”), Legal Practice Course (“LPC”) or Bar Professional<br />

Training Course (“BPTC”), you may be eligible to benefit from the career guarantee (“Career Guarantee”). If you do not get an offer of a training contract (or in the case of the BPTC, you haven’t<br />

secured pupillage or another permanent professional legal employment), within 6 months of graduating from the LPC or BPTC (as the case may be), you can enrol for one of a selection of courses<br />

(including New York Bar, ACCA, CIMA, MSc, LLM, CTA, CFA, CPD) free of charge (“Free Courses”). In the case of the LLB or GDL, students who enrol with BPP University must also enrol on the LPC<br />

or the BPTC (as the case may be) which starts in the year of their graduation. All students must meet the eligibility requirements of the Career Guarantee and any Free Course (including in the case<br />

of the BPTC Career Guarantee, students must be residents of the UK or EU). The Career Guarantee only applies against a new qualifying booking onto the LLB, GDL, LPC or BPTC (as the case may<br />

be) where you have not, before 6 January 2014 (in the case of the LPC Career Guarantee), or 1 October 2014 (in the case of the BPTC Career Guarantee), already accepted the offer of a place on<br />

one of those courses. Any offer of this Career Guarantee by BPP University Limited (of BPP House, Aldine Place, 142-144 Uxbridge Road, London W12 8AA, registered in England and Wales under<br />

number 02609100) to students is at its sole discretion. See www.bppuniversity.ac.uk/law/terms/career-guarantee for full terms and conditions.

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