Bar Training Course with Professional Legal Studies at BPP University

The Bar Training Course with Professional Legal Studies adds a foundation term on core litigation skills and knowledge before the BTC, giving extra time to prepare for Bar exams and pupillage applications. Advocacy is taught in groups of up to five. It leads to the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Bar & Professional Legal Studies), accredited by the Bar Standards Board.

Faculty: BPP University Law School  |  Duration: 12 months full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September, January and April  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

A foundation term (Foundations of Litigation and Skills) covers the foundations of civil litigation and evidence and of criminal litigation, evidence and sentencing. Preparing for Pupillage 1: Civil Litigation & Evidence, Submission Advocacy, Drafting. Preparing for Pupillage 2: Oral Skills; Criminal Litigation, Evidence & Sentencing; Opinion Writing & Legal Research; Professional Ethics (non-credit bearing).

Career pathways

Graduates proceed to pupillage, call to the Bar by their Inn of Court and tenancy at chambers.

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