will be launching an LL.M LPC, which will award students not only with an LPC but also with an internationally-recognised Master of Laws.
With a heritage dating back to 1876, The College of Law was created in its present form in 1962 by the
War Prime Minister David Lloyd George. At least two current UK Government ministers who attend Cabinet are College alumni and its teaching staff have gone on to hold senior posts in legal education and the profession, most notably: John Widgery (1932 – 1948), who went on to become Lord Chief Justice in 1971; Frederick Odgers (1932- 1946), who subsequently held the Chair of Common Law at Liverpool University from 1965 and Gordon Borrie (1957- 1964), who went on to hold the Chair of Commercial Law at Birmingham University and as Lord Borrie was Director General of Fair Trading.
The University is proud of its record of empowering students from all backgrounds to achieve their legal career goals. It supports qualified lawyers throughout the profession with a comprehensive programme of professional development courses and in 2008 launched a Master’s LL.M programme in professional legal practice.
It also provides the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), to give non-law graduates an entry route into the profession, and the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) for prospective barristers.
In 2006 the University, then The College of Law, was the first independent institution to be granted degree awarding powers.
Law Society and has always focused on forging strong regional links through its network of campuses. Described by the Master of the Rolls in 1992 as “established by the profession for the profession” it has, over the course of its long history, trained many of the country’s most eminent lawyers and its famous alumni include First World
Earlier this year The University of Law announced the conclusion of a strategic review of which the result was the establishment of The Legal Education Foundation, the first charity of its kind for the legal education sector with the aim of increasing diversity in the profession. The fund, in excess of £200m, will promote the
advancement of legal education and the study of law for future generations of students through bursaries, scholarships and grants.
The University was also presented with an award for ‘best preparation for work initiative by association of graduate recruiters. Its innovative Student Employability Programme (StEP) won in the ‘Best Preparation for Work Initiative (Higher Education)’ category of the AGR’s Development Awards 2013. The University’s Employability Service developed the ten-step programme to help aspiring lawyers prepare for a legal career, in response to concerns about access to the profession. It is a key part of the University’s Future Lawyers Network website and is available free to anyone who registers on the site.
Find out more:
www.law.ac.uk
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