LEGAL PRACTICE
COURSE (‘LPC’)
PROGRAMME
HANDBOOK
2014-2015
,LAW SCHOOL 1/7/14 4:06 PM 2
,Welcome by Director of Programmes
The LPC is an innovative and professional programme designed to prepare you for work-
based learning and as a general foundation for legal practice.
To ensure the programme is relevant to the current needs of firms and businesses it is
designed in conjunction with a number of leading law firms and you are taught by
experienced practitioners using high-quality materials and facilities.
At the end of the programme you will be able to advise a client in relation to their legal
problems, comply with professional standards and codes and develop commercial
awareness. All students will leave the programme with relevant knowledge for practice,
practical skills and professional attitudes.
The LPC is delivered using a combination of face to face and online teaching.
Classroom work is enhanced and supported though the use of e-learning technologies.
All programme materials are designed to create realistic exercises within the context of
principal case studies which are transactional in nature and which replicate the kind of
tasks that a trainee may be required to carry out in practice. These materials will, in
addition, assist you to develop professional attitudes (organisation, maturity, awareness
of the demands of practice and professional ethics).
You are encouraged to approach the programme with a strong work ethic and to view
the programme as ‘day one’ of your professional career as a solicitor. This is supported
by the professional culture adopted by all members of the LPC teaching and
management team.
You will also be able to complement your studies on the LPC with extra-curricular
activities, including the ‘High Street Extra’ programme, the Preparing for Practice
module or the ‘Law Firm as a Business programme’. You will also have the opportunity
to participate in a legal advice clinic and other pro bono work.
In summary, we have designed a distinctive, flexible, practical and relevant programme
of legal education, in the broadest sense, to equip you for legal practice. We wish you the
best of luck in your studies with us.
Jane Houston and Jo-Anne Pugh
(Joint) Directors of LPC Programmes
Contents
, 1. Programme outcomes and overview
2. Programme content, structure and teaching methods
3. Assessments
4. The Award
5. Pastoral care
Appendices
I. Solicitors Regulation Authority Learning Outcomes
II. LPC Programme Regulations
III. LPC Learning and Teaching Strategy
IV. Study guide – how to prepare for your sessions
V. Study planners for each mode
VI. Key contacts
VII. Further Assessment information
a. Overview
b. Assessment strategy
c. Assessment dates for each mode
d. Assessment map
VIII. Further Module information
a. Curriculum map
b. Module outlines for
• Core Practice Areas
• Course Skills
• Other modules
• Electives
• Non credit-bearing modules
1. LPC Programme Outcomes
The LPC prepares you for work based learning and helps you to develop the core
cognitive, professional and general transferable skills necessary for modern legal
practice.
At BPP we have designed our LPC within the masters framework as prescribed by
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (the ‘QAA’). The majority of the LPC
programme is accordingly taught at ‘masters’ level.
The BPP LPC programme outcomes are set out below. This sets out what you should be
able to do by the time you complete the programme.
The Legal Practice Course is governed by the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation
Authority (the ‘SRA’), which has outlined the minimum outcomes for the content of any
LAW SCHOOL 1/7/14 4:06 PM 4
COURSE (‘LPC’)
PROGRAMME
HANDBOOK
2014-2015
,LAW SCHOOL 1/7/14 4:06 PM 2
,Welcome by Director of Programmes
The LPC is an innovative and professional programme designed to prepare you for work-
based learning and as a general foundation for legal practice.
To ensure the programme is relevant to the current needs of firms and businesses it is
designed in conjunction with a number of leading law firms and you are taught by
experienced practitioners using high-quality materials and facilities.
At the end of the programme you will be able to advise a client in relation to their legal
problems, comply with professional standards and codes and develop commercial
awareness. All students will leave the programme with relevant knowledge for practice,
practical skills and professional attitudes.
The LPC is delivered using a combination of face to face and online teaching.
Classroom work is enhanced and supported though the use of e-learning technologies.
All programme materials are designed to create realistic exercises within the context of
principal case studies which are transactional in nature and which replicate the kind of
tasks that a trainee may be required to carry out in practice. These materials will, in
addition, assist you to develop professional attitudes (organisation, maturity, awareness
of the demands of practice and professional ethics).
You are encouraged to approach the programme with a strong work ethic and to view
the programme as ‘day one’ of your professional career as a solicitor. This is supported
by the professional culture adopted by all members of the LPC teaching and
management team.
You will also be able to complement your studies on the LPC with extra-curricular
activities, including the ‘High Street Extra’ programme, the Preparing for Practice
module or the ‘Law Firm as a Business programme’. You will also have the opportunity
to participate in a legal advice clinic and other pro bono work.
In summary, we have designed a distinctive, flexible, practical and relevant programme
of legal education, in the broadest sense, to equip you for legal practice. We wish you the
best of luck in your studies with us.
Jane Houston and Jo-Anne Pugh
(Joint) Directors of LPC Programmes
Contents
, 1. Programme outcomes and overview
2. Programme content, structure and teaching methods
3. Assessments
4. The Award
5. Pastoral care
Appendices
I. Solicitors Regulation Authority Learning Outcomes
II. LPC Programme Regulations
III. LPC Learning and Teaching Strategy
IV. Study guide – how to prepare for your sessions
V. Study planners for each mode
VI. Key contacts
VII. Further Assessment information
a. Overview
b. Assessment strategy
c. Assessment dates for each mode
d. Assessment map
VIII. Further Module information
a. Curriculum map
b. Module outlines for
• Core Practice Areas
• Course Skills
• Other modules
• Electives
• Non credit-bearing modules
1. LPC Programme Outcomes
The LPC prepares you for work based learning and helps you to develop the core
cognitive, professional and general transferable skills necessary for modern legal
practice.
At BPP we have designed our LPC within the masters framework as prescribed by
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (the ‘QAA’). The majority of the LPC
programme is accordingly taught at ‘masters’ level.
The BPP LPC programme outcomes are set out below. This sets out what you should be
able to do by the time you complete the programme.
The Legal Practice Course is governed by the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation
Authority (the ‘SRA’), which has outlined the minimum outcomes for the content of any
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