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Overview
Solicitors play a crucial role in society and the world at large by upholding the rule of law and ensuring access to justice. Their expertise in interpreting and applying legal frameworks helps individuals, organisations, and communities navigate complex legal matters.
This Professional Legal Practice LLM course is designed to equip you with the further knowledge and skills essential for legal practice. Specifically tailored to prepare you for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), the programme provides comprehensive, specialised training to help you excel in the SQE assessments and thrive in your legal career.
Renowned for our practical, professionally focused legal education, you'll learn from expert lecturers with extensive backgrounds in professional legal practice who bring real-world insights into the classroom.
You'll also get the opportunity to build your first hand legal experience by working in our legal advice clinic, developing your Qualified Work Experience while completing your studies.
This is a new course and we're finalising the detailed information for this page.
Contact information
Contact AdmissionsEntry requirements
September 2026
- A second-class honours degree covering the relevant law foundation areas, or a Graduate Diploma in Law/CPE.
Equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications that cover the foundation areas will also be considered, such as previous study, employment, voluntary work and training courses, including courses and qualifications you didn't complete. Learn more about our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
If you're applying as an international student with a non-UK degree, you’ll need to show you meet the UK entry requirements listed above.
To find out if your non-UK degree or other qualification is accepted, please visit our page for your country and view the UK equivalent of your qualification.
- English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
You do not need an IELTS or equivalent certification if:
- you have a UK degree
- you have a degree from a majority English speaking country (not taught by Distance Learning)
- you are a national of a majority English speaking country
Degrees taught solely in English from non-majority English speaking countries will be considered on a case by case basis. Find out more about our English language requirements.
If you do not meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.
Course costs and funding
Tuition fees (September 2026 start)
Please note, we'll confirm 2026 course fees soon.
Please note, we'll confirm 2026 course fees soon.
Please note, we'll confirm 2026 course fees soon.
Modules
Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits.
You'll need to study modules worth a total of 180 credits. For example, 1 module worth 60 credits and 4 modules worth 120 credits.
Full-time
Core modules in this year include:
- Advanced Skills for Solicitors - 45 credits
- Foundations of Legal Knowledge - 45 credits
- Professional Legal Practice and Employability Skills - 15 credits
You can choose from a number of optional modules on the course, including:
- Advance Preparation for Clinical Legal Education - 15 credits
- Preparing for a Legal Dissertation - 15 credits
- Preparation for Clinical Legal Education - 15 credits
- Legal Advice Clinic - 60 credits
- Legal Practice Dissertation - 60 credits
Changes to course content
We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.
Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.
How to apply
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Start this course in September 2026
I'm a current СÀ¶ÊÓƵ student, or a recent СÀ¶ÊÓƵ graduate
If you're currently in your final year of study at СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, or you graduated since July 2024, you're eligible to make a fast track application. You'll have:
- a shorter application form to complete
- access to the 20% Alumni fee discount
- a guaranteed conditional offer, for most Master's courses
After you apply
Once we receive your application, we may ask you for further information. We will then either make you an offer or suggest alternatives if your application is unsuccessful.
You'll usually get a decision within 10 working days, so you shouldn't have to wait too long. Some courses have an interview stage – we'll let you know if you need to prepare for one.
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Admissions terms and conditions
When you accept an offer to study at the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, you also agree to abide by our Student Contract (which includes the University's relevant policies, rules and regulations). You should read and consider these before you apply.
Finalising this course
All our courses go through a rigorous approval process to make sure they’re of the highest quality. This includes a review by a panel of experts, made up of academic staff and an external academic or professional with specialist knowledge.
This course is in the final stages of this process and is open for applications. If any details of the course or its approval status change after you apply, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and will be here to discuss your options with you.