PGDip Law Conversion Course at Nottingham Trent University

The Postgraduate Diploma in Law is a fast-track conversion course for non-law graduates, covering the seven core modules of a law degree in one year at Level 7. For aspiring barristers it satisfies the Bar Standards Board's academic requirements to begin vocational training, and for aspiring solicitors it provides grounding for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.

Faculty: Nottingham Law School  |  Duration: One academic year full-time (September to June) or two academic years part-time  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Legal and Professional Environment (including EU law), Contract Law, Tort Law, Law of Trusts, Criminal Law, Land Law and Constitutional and Administrative Law. Full-time teaching is through intensive seminars and workshops; part-time study uses four compulsory residential weekends per year on campus with online lectures between.

Career pathways

Graduates progress to SQE preparation courses or the Barristers Training Course, and work as trainee solicitors, paralegals and legal assistants. Employers include Browne Jacobson, Dentons and Shakespeare's Solicitors.

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