LLM Professional Legal Practice

Gain in-depth legal knowledge and professional skills to pursue solicitor or CILEX lawyer qualifications, with the option to achieve a master’s by completing the Professional Legal Practice LLM course. Choose to study the Understanding Legal Principles PGDip or undertake the Professional Legal Practice LLM course, which includes an additional Case Study Project and results in a master’s level qualification on successful completion. Prepare to take the professional qualifications required to pursue a career as a solicitor or a Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) lawyer. Develop your ability to apply legal knowledge and skills, to both the theory and practice of law using real-world scenarios. Understand professional ethics requirements of a legal practitioner based upon the Code of Conduct of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. On completion of the course, you are required to arrange and take the applicable examination with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) if you wish to become a solicitor, or with CILEX if you wish to become a CILEX lawyer and pay the associated fee (see section exemptions for more information). The course is designed to prepare you to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) Part 1 and (if you complete Professional Legal Practice LLM) Part 2. This is not embedded in the course. You will have to sit the exam independently and directly with the SRA. The course is also designed to prepare you to sit the CILEX lawyer professional examinations (CPQ), which is not embedded in the course. You will have to sit the exam independently and directly with CILEX.

A UK law degree (minimum 2:2), the Graduate Diploma in Law (or equivalent law conversion course) or a PGCert Principles of Law from Coventry University. Alternative qualifications or work experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis.