Program Overview
This Diploma in Legal Practice provides a vocational foundation for aspiring lawyers in Scotland, equipping them with the ethical principles, practical knowledge, and personal skills necessary for the profession. Through collaborative learning, simulations, and hands-on experience, students develop a comprehensive understanding of legal principles and their application in various legal contexts, preparing them for successful careers as solicitors or advocates.
Program Outline
Outline:
- Semester 1 Compulsory subjects:
- Professional Practice & Ethics
- Business & Financial Awareness
- Conveyancing
- Private Client
- Civil Litigation
- Criminal Litigation
- Personal Injury Claims Handling
- Semester 2 Elective (five to be chosen):
- Advanced Civil Advocacy
- Advanced Criminal Advocacy
- Advanced Private Client
- Commercial Contracts & IP
- Commercial Conveyancing
- Company Law
- Employment Law in Practice
- Family Business
- Family Law
- Mediation & Mediation Advocacy
- Practical Public Administration
- Project Management for Lawyer’s
- Work-Based Learning Module in Legal Practice
- General Practice – Problem Based Learning
Teaching:
- Collaborative learning, professionalism, and blended learning are embedded into most aspects of the course.
- Teaching and supervision is provided by practising solicitors, who have been trained as course tutors.
- Students are assigned to 'firms' of three/four at the start of the course.
- Most of the teaching and learning is done in these firms.
- Students will also develop generic skills which they’ll require for their professional life including:
- problem solving
- oral & written presentations
- interviewing
- negotiating
Other:
- The Diploma qualification is essential for entry to both the solicitors’ and advocates’ branches of the profession.
- It meets the requirements of the Law Society of Scotland’s Professional Education and Training Stage 1.
- The Diploma is a vocational course – you’ll learn the ethical rules, practical knowledge and personal skills required of lawyers in Scotland.
- We train you to be a practising lawyer.
- You’ll gain a thorough knowledge of legal principles and an appreciation of the practical context in which they’re applied.
- We also use realistic simulations to recreate situations you’ll experience in your work.
- A real benefit of the course is the opportunity to meet both fellow students and tutors.
- They’ll become fellow practitioners and your paths will cross regularly during your working life in this relatively small legal jurisdiction.
|---|---| | Annual tuition fees (Scotland) | £10,800 | | Annual tuition fees (England, Wales & Northern Ireland) | £10,800 | | Annual tuition fees (International) | £10,800 | | Additional costs | Materials comprise text books, three sets of the rules governing civil, criminal and professional procedures and practices. Last year they cost £300 and the cost is likely to be similar this year. All course Handbooks are provided electronically. | | | | Visa & immigration costs | International students may have associated visa and immigration costs. |
