Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (SQE2 and SQE Plus) PgDip

This course is for those who wish to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales with the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) pathway and have already passed SQE1 (or are exempt from sitting it). This course combines our well respected SQE2 Preparation Course with our SQE Plus programme to equip you with the practical legal skills required to pass the SRA’s centralised SQE2 assessment and additional knowledge from studying the SQE Plus content.<br/><br/>The SQE Plus content contains a choice of three modules in key practice areas that law firms highly value, including elective modules in corporate and commercial or commercial and private client. In addition, you may choose to study our well regarded Business of Law module which focusses on the commercial realities of being a lawyer and developing relevant professional skills, or a Professional Research Report focussing in depth on one of your chosen key practice areas.<br/><br/>This course is designed for those who have completed SQE1 training, such as our SQE1 Preparation Course, and successfully passed the SRAs SQE1 assessments.<br/><br/><strong>Why choose the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (SQE2 and SQE Plus)?</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Adaptive and personalised learner journey, using our dynamic learning model: Prepare, Engage, Consolidate (PEC).<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Confidence for the assessments, with plenty of practise in the exact type of oral and written skills assessments you’ll face in the SRA’s SQE2 assessments. Our intelligent revision app, ULaw SQE, will help you revise functional legal knowledge practice contexts within which the SQE2 assessments are assessed, so you’ll feel prepared and know what to expect.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Benefit from our extensive experience in helping students develop the skills that will be assessed in SQE2, and additional knowledge required for a career as a solicitor with our suite of modules in the SQE Plus.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• In depth lecturer guidance and support from our experienced lecturers, who are all practitioners. Your lecturer will monitor your progress and provide you with feedback, so you will know where to focus.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Enjoy flexibility - We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different. That’s why we offer a full-time or part-time version of this course to provide you with the greatest choice and flexibility you need to succeed in your studies. <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Brand new resources, developed specifically for SQE2 and SQE Plus by our expert lecturers. You’ll be provided with all course materials, including SQE2 practice questions, our intelligent revision app to revise the practice areas in which the SQE2 assessments are assessed, and bespoke online study manuals.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Experience of working in a virtual law firm. You’ll learn in the context of our virtual law firm, ULaw LLP. ULaw LLP replicates the working environment of a law firm and students perform real world tasks on simulated cases, deals and transactions, as if they were in the office.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Support for your career. You’ll have access to our award-winning Employability Service, for information, advice, practical experience and links to the profession to help you to succeed in your career. Available at all of our campuses, the Employability Team will help you achieve your career and work experience goals.<br/><br/><br/><br/>This course is currently available at our Birmingham, Bristol, Egham (Royal Holloway), Exeter, Hull (January intakes only), Leeds, Liverpool, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford Brookes, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton campuses, as well as online.*<br/><br/>*Please note that campus locations are subject to change and may vary by intake and start date. Please check our website for more information.