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OUR BAR
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96%
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ULAW SETS YOU

UP FOR SUCCESS
BY GIVING YOU
A PRACTICAL
EXPOSURE
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PUPIL BARRISTER
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TO • Fit your studies around other

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HELP YOU SECURE PUPILLAGE
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• Gain up to 50 hours of advocacy
training: test your skills in front of real
barristers and judges at prestigious
mooting competitions and also at mock
trials in court
• Study in small classes alongside the
brightest students: all of our students
undergo a live selection event before
being offered a place
• All of our tutors are qualified lawyers
and bring their experience of practice
into the classroom
• Benefit from our Future Pupil
Programme: specialist careers advice
from the moment you accept your place
commitments with blended learning
between online and classroom study
• Interactive and engaging - benefit
from advanced technology including
our Synap learning and revision tool,
plus regular face-to-face support from
tutors and peers
• More accessible and affordable than
the BPTC – £15,650 in London and
£14,200 outside of London, (excl. Newcastle),
and Newcastle - £12,200,
including your textbooks and BSB fee
• Choose from three start dates including
September (Full-time and part-time),
June (full-time) , plus a January (full-time) start.
• Study with us at more locations than
ever before – in Birmingham, Leeds
and London Bloomsbury, plus London
Moorgate, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester,
Newcastle and Nottingham.
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COURSE MODULES AND ASSESSMENTS

With its unique combination of face-to- ASSESSMENTS
face teaching and online training, the • 10 assessments throughout the course,
course structure has been designed including the Bar Standards Board
to reflect the litigation process that centralised assessments
practising barristers encounter every day.
• Practice assessments for every module,
KNOWLEDGE AREAS AND CORE SKILLS spread across the course
• Civil litigation, evidence and resolution • Some prizes, sponsored by chambers,
of disputes out of court are available for the highest-scoring
• Criminal litigation, evidence and student in each subject
sentencing
• Professional ethics
• Advocacy, including examination-
in-chief, cross-examination and civil
applications
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to identify the brightest and most able a career at the Bar is right for you
students, creating a stimulating learning • Practise your advocacy skills in a
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environment for all. 5-minute “plea in mitigation”
• Take the opportunity to compete
for Advocacy Scholarships
• Get vital practise for pupillage
interviews
• Network with current and future
students at our face-to-face
Selection Events

OUR BAR PRACTICE COURSE LLM

You can also complete a Master of Laws
(LLM) as part of our BPC programme
and have the opportunity to add
an internationally recognised LLM
qualification to your CV and pupillage
applications.
Choose from three pathways to success –
1. Complete real-life Pro Bono experience
and a Critical Reflective Review
2. Write a dissertation and immerse
yourself in an area of law
3. Study additional modules and sit the
exams once you’ve finished your BPC
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FLEXIBLE STUDY OPTIONS

You can choose to study our BPC full-time or part-time at a number of locations across
the UK. As well as our September start date, you can now start your studies in January
or July at some of our campuses.

LOCATION FULL-TIME

Birmingham January 2024-25-26 / June 2024-25 / September 2024-25

Bristol September 2024-25

Leeds January 2024-25-26/ June 2024-25/ September 2024-25

London Bloomsbury January 2024

Manchester September 2024-25

Nottingham September 2024-25

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Newcastle September 2024-25
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HOW TO APPLY
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COURSE FEES
Our course fees include tuition, the BPC LLM students may be eligible for a
Bar Standards Board registration fee, postgraduate student loan. For information
textbooks, interactive learning resources on scholarships, paying fees and funding
and first attempt examination/assessment options, visit:
fees.
law.ac.uk/funding

FIND OUT MORE

law.ac.uk/BPC
* Previously known as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) – subject to approval and subject to authorisation by the Bar Standards Board (BSB).
** 58% of our full-time UK/EEA Bar Training Contract students graduating in 2018 secured a pupillage within one year of successfully completing their course.
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