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Making your Legal<br />
Career a reality<br />
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Introduction<br />
Working in the legal sector is a challenging but rewarding career choice, however there are several<br />
different routes to take. From applying for training contracts and pupillage to finding the right<br />
postgraduate course, BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School is here to help students.<br />
Our suite of free interactive workshops are<br />
designed to guide and support students into<br />
making the right decisions to achieve their<br />
career ambitions. Delivered by tutors with<br />
extensive legal experience, each workshop<br />
is mapped to different stages of becoming a<br />
solicitor or barrister.<br />
Many of the tutors at BPP University <strong>Law</strong><br />
School are qualified solicitors or barristers,<br />
so we bring our professional backgrounds<br />
and real experience from being in practice to<br />
the classroom.<br />
Our workshops<br />
Our free workshops are delivered online, at<br />
your university or at one of BPP University’s<br />
eight UK study centres. All our sessions can be<br />
tailored and delivered as one hour workshops or<br />
extended to suit the needs of the students.<br />
How to book<br />
To book a session for your university, please<br />
contact your BPP University Representative. If<br />
you have not booked a workshop before please<br />
email: educationliaison@bpp.com<br />
Michelle Still<br />
GDL and LLB lecturer, BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
In a survey of 2014<br />
BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
LPC graduates, 97% of those<br />
who participated have gone<br />
on to work or further study *<br />
*BPP University Postgraduate Survey, 2015.<br />
Workshop<br />
Delivered<br />
Online At your university At BPP University<br />
Mapping a legal career<br />
Average<br />
length<br />
Mapping your legal career 1 hour +<br />
Becoming a solicitor<br />
Navigating the application process 1 hour +<br />
Help! I’ve got an interview 1 hour +<br />
What to bring to the table 2 hours<br />
Assessment days – a time to shine 4 hours<br />
Becoming a barrister<br />
Becoming a barrister 1 hour<br />
Learn to moot 1 hour<br />
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A career in law<br />
<strong>Law</strong> undoubtedly affects every part of human life. Varied, exciting, challenging and<br />
rewarding, a legal career offers the opportunity to specialise within a chosen field such<br />
as corporate, property or litigation while making a real different to clients. Regardless of<br />
the kind of legal professional a student wishes to become, it is important to understand<br />
what becoming a solicitor or barrister involves and which legal career path is best<br />
to follow.<br />
Workshops<br />
Mapping your legal career<br />
The number of practising<br />
solicitors in England and<br />
Wales is rising *<br />
Delivered online<br />
Designed for students currently making<br />
a decision about whether to pursue<br />
a career as a solicitor or a barrister,<br />
“Mapping your legal career” explores<br />
the different routes into a legal career.<br />
Perfect for both law and non-law<br />
students, the session enables students<br />
to self-guide themselves through an<br />
online session in order to formulate a<br />
career plan. The session includes:<br />
• Details of the different routes into law<br />
• A series of self-assessments to help<br />
determine the right career path,<br />
what students need to do to get<br />
there and what skills they need<br />
for success<br />
• Interviews with people who can<br />
give a view of what life is really like<br />
in practice<br />
• Information on the area of law that<br />
is best for students and to how to<br />
find out more<br />
• Links to further information to assist<br />
students in taking the next steps in<br />
their legal career<br />
Over 30<br />
different fields<br />
of legal practice<br />
Women account for<br />
nearly half of all<br />
solicitors with practising<br />
certificates *<br />
qualities all<br />
successful<br />
lawyers<br />
should have...<br />
excellent communication, sound judgement,<br />
the ability to analyse and research, people<br />
skills, perseverance and creativity<br />
409 chambers in England and<br />
Wales with more than one<br />
self-employed barrister **<br />
*Source: The <strong>Law</strong> Society, England and Wales, 2015. **The Bar Standards Board, 2015.<br />
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Becoming a solicitor<br />
Understanding how to navigate training contract applications is a must for all aspiring solicitors.<br />
All our solicitor workshops are designed around<br />
advising students how to not only apply for<br />
a training contract, but how to succeed in<br />
interviews and assessment days. Delivered<br />
by tutors who have had successful careers<br />
as solicitors themselves, our workshops offer<br />
advice tailored to all career aspirations, whether<br />
students aspire to work in one of the larger<br />
commercial law firms or choose to specialise<br />
and work in a smaller or niche law firm.<br />
The path to becoming a solicitor<br />
Once students have completed the LLB<br />
(Hons), or Graduate Diploma in <strong>Law</strong> (GDL),<br />
they need to undertake the Legal Practice<br />
Course (LPC) * and complete a period of<br />
recognised training (usually a training<br />
contract) to become a qualified solicitor. Some<br />
universities offer alternative programmes that<br />
incorporate the LPC including the LLM Legal<br />
Practice (Solicitors) which allows students to<br />
gain a Master’s at the same time.<br />
BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School really<br />
helps you to build the skills<br />
required in everyday work as<br />
a solicitor, through their focus<br />
not only on the technical legal<br />
knowledge required, but also<br />
through the practical skills that<br />
they teach.<br />
Charlotte Wright<br />
LPC graduate,<br />
Commercial Associate, Walker Morris<br />
LLB (Hons)<br />
Non-law degree<br />
Graduate Diploma in <strong>Law</strong> (GDL) or LLM [<strong>Law</strong> Conversion]<br />
Legal Practice Course (LPC) * or LLM Legal Practice (Solicitors)<br />
Period of Recognised Training/Training Contract<br />
Solicitor<br />
Professional Qualifications and Professional Development<br />
*Please note that the SRA is planning to introduce a centralised assessment called the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) for those aspiring to<br />
qualify as solicitors. It is proposed that the SQE qualification route will take effect from September 2020 with transitional arrangements in place for those<br />
students who have already embarked upon a particular path to qualification. Further consultation is taking place between the SRA and stakeholders in the<br />
legal profession about the best way to implement these changes. Please visit law.bppuniversity.ac.uk for more information as it becomes available.<br />
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Who we<br />
work with<br />
Through our <strong>Law</strong> School, Careers Service and<br />
Pro Bono Service, we work with over 150<br />
different firms.<br />
Of those, we exclusively train over 60 leading<br />
UK and international law firms’ trainee<br />
solicitors. Many of these firms work with us in<br />
other ways including consulting on programme<br />
design, attending events, supporting our careers<br />
service and pro bono projects as well as telling<br />
us when additional recruitment is planned.<br />
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Workshops<br />
Navigating the application process<br />
Delivered online<br />
From identifying the right firms to<br />
target, to ensuring any application<br />
stands out from the crowd, this<br />
workshop is designed to guide aspiring<br />
solicitors through the training contract<br />
application process. We work with<br />
over 150 law firms, from magic circle<br />
and large commercial firms to niche<br />
legal service firms. This means that<br />
regardless of career aspirations, we<br />
understand exactly what different<br />
recruiters are looking for.<br />
This session includes:<br />
• Advice on what recruiters are<br />
looking for in an application<br />
• How to make sure an application<br />
stands out from the crowd<br />
• How to tailor a CV to different firms<br />
• How to ensure a covering letter<br />
stands out<br />
• How to survive and shine in<br />
online tests<br />
• Top tips from recruiters themselves<br />
This is a chance to find out more about<br />
yourself. By doing these workshops you<br />
can start to see how your personality<br />
and strengths might fit into different<br />
roles within the legal sector.<br />
Sara Dodge<br />
University of Chester<br />
Help! I’ve got an interview<br />
Delivered online or on your campus<br />
Designed for students who have<br />
secured an interview with a law firm,<br />
this session incorporates top tips<br />
on how to prepare for an interview.<br />
Whether it is a face to face, video or a<br />
telephone interview, we’ve consulted<br />
firms about what types of questions<br />
they prefer to use, what they are<br />
looking for in a candidate and what<br />
they don’t want to see in a candidate.<br />
This one to two hour workshop can<br />
be delivered on campus or by a live<br />
webinar. The session includes hints<br />
and tips on approaches that really<br />
work, from alumni that have made<br />
it through the process and from<br />
graduate recruiters.<br />
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Workshops<br />
The commercially aware lawyer:<br />
What to bring to the table<br />
Delivered on your campus<br />
Designed for all aspiring solicitors,<br />
irrelevant of level, this interactive<br />
workshop is designed to cover the<br />
key attributes that recruiters look<br />
for in a prospective trainee. The<br />
session includes:<br />
• What employers mean by<br />
commercial awareness<br />
• What it means to be a commercially<br />
aware lawyer in any area of law,<br />
including the high street<br />
• What commercial awareness means<br />
to clients<br />
• How to acquire, keep and<br />
demonstrate commercial awareness<br />
• Resilience – what is it, why is it<br />
needed and how to demonstrate it<br />
• Advice on how to enhance key<br />
employability skills<br />
The workshop is two hours, but<br />
can be delivered as two separate<br />
one hour sessions or tailored to your<br />
student’s needs.<br />
Once you know where you are headed<br />
in law, you can use these sessions to<br />
equip yourself with everything you<br />
need to get interviews and, eventually,<br />
the position you really want.<br />
Fawaz Atta<br />
University of Bangor<br />
Assessment days – a time to shine<br />
Delivered at your local BPP University<br />
study centre<br />
Our mock assessment events give<br />
students an opportunity to join us at one<br />
of our study centres to sharpen up their<br />
professional skills, in order to prepare<br />
for the challenges of an assessment<br />
centre. This assessment centre event<br />
allows students to demonstrate their<br />
commercial awareness and practice<br />
typical assessment centre tasks.<br />
Students will walk away with a<br />
“professional skills and commercial<br />
awareness” certificate to enhance their<br />
CV. This event includes:<br />
• Drafting, negotiation and resilience<br />
mock assessment centre activities<br />
• A panel session with speakers and<br />
BPP University Alumni<br />
• Networking with local practitioners<br />
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Becoming a barrister<br />
Barristers are independent and objective and their highly specialist knowledge, in and out of court can make<br />
a substantial difference to the outcome of a client’s matter or case. Our range of barrister workshops are<br />
designed to equip students with everything they need to prepare for the challenges of becoming a barrister.<br />
Workshops<br />
Becoming a barrister<br />
All our barrister workshops are designed<br />
around the key skills that are required to<br />
gain pupillage alongside other key skills such<br />
as mooting.<br />
The path to becoming a Barrister<br />
Once you have successfully completed<br />
your LLB (Hons), or Graduate Diploma in<br />
<strong>Law</strong> (GDL) you will need to undertake the<br />
Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to<br />
become a barrister. Some universities offer<br />
alternative courses that incorporate the BPTC,<br />
such as the LLM Legal Practice (Barristers)<br />
enabling you to gain a Master’s at the same<br />
time. Following your study you will need to be<br />
called to the Bar by your Inn of Court, then you<br />
will complete a 12-month pupillage<br />
Delivered online or on your campus<br />
Designed for aspiring Barristers, this<br />
session gives students the opportunity<br />
to find out if they have what it takes to<br />
prepare and present a complex case in<br />
a crowded court.<br />
Learn to moot<br />
Delivered on your campus<br />
Mooting is an invaluable activity<br />
for aspiring advocates and is often<br />
practised on university programmes.<br />
In addition they will discover<br />
everything they need to know about<br />
becoming a Barrister, including how to<br />
gain pupillage.<br />
This face-to-face session gives students<br />
the opportunity to learn eight steps<br />
to communicate, structure a legal<br />
argument and engage with a judge.<br />
Non-law degree<br />
LLB (Hons)<br />
Graduate Diploma in <strong>Law</strong> (GDL) or LLM [<strong>Law</strong> Conversion]<br />
Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) or LLM Legal Practice (Barristers)<br />
Pupillage<br />
Barrister<br />
This talk saved hours of navigating<br />
through confusing legal handbooks and<br />
web pages providing an indispensable<br />
overview of all that you need to know<br />
about the formalities of becoming<br />
a barrister.<br />
Professional Qualifications and Professional Development<br />
Emily Chipchase<br />
University of Leeds<br />
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Meet the team<br />
Our workshops are delivered by our team of legal professional, who have all enjoyed successful careers<br />
at leading firms or at the bar. They bring first-hand experiences to the sessions, meaning that students<br />
not only learn the key theoretical elements, but also how they are applied in real life.<br />
Catherine Edwards<br />
Head of <strong>Law</strong> - Midlands<br />
Helen Morley<br />
Senior Lecturer, North East<br />
Rebecca Yates<br />
Head of <strong>Law</strong> – North West<br />
Jonny Hurst<br />
Head of Faculty, LPC London<br />
Liz Polding<br />
Head of <strong>Law</strong> - South West<br />
James Juggapah<br />
Head of BPTC Relationship Strategy<br />
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Locations<br />
Our postgraduate law programmes run in eight different locations across the UK. Like our London<br />
Holborn centre which is close to the historic Inns of Court and <strong>Law</strong> Society, our study centres are all<br />
located in the heart of thriving legal communities.<br />
Bristol<br />
Leeds<br />
Manchester<br />
Birmingham<br />
Cambridge<br />
Liverpool<br />
London<br />
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Make BPP University <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
your first choice.<br />
Contact us<br />
UK students<br />
+44 (0)333 1223 604<br />
admissions@bpp.com<br />
EU and international students<br />
+44 (0)333 1223 604<br />
internationaladmissions@bpp.com<br />
law.bppuniversity.ac.uk<br />
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