Description
This programme will support you as you develop the skills and maturity to work with your clients using your knowledge and experience. You will develop the attributes you need to work efficiently, to fluid deadlines, within a fast-paced environment. Your learning will prepare you to handle complex, confidential or sensitive information, drafting client documents and carrying out research on behalf of your clients.
Entry requirements
To be eligible you must fulfil the following criteria:
- You must be employed in a role relevant to this programme to be eligible to apply.
- Your current role should be UK based and you must have lived here for at least three years
- The programme must address development needs in your current role
- Your line manager must be able to support you throughout the programme
- Three A-Levels equivalent to 128 UCAS points
- Five GCSEs with grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), including English and maths, plus any additional employer requirements
We will accept other qualifications and UCAS points at our discretion.
What will you learn?
- Knowledge of core areas of the law, legal practice and regulation
- Ethics, professionalism and judgement
- How to progress legal matters and transactions
- Methods of applying legal knowledge and commercial judgement to produce solutions which meet clients’ needs
- Deploying a full range of legal skills – including legal writing and drafting, case analysis, legal research, advocacy and interviewing and advising
- Commercial awareness
How is your programme structured?
This programme combines the knowledge from a professional qualification with the skills you’ll need to demonstrate professionalism in your current role.
Knowledge
Stage 1
- English Legal System
- Client Care
- Legal Research
- Contract Law
- The Law of Tort
Plus, One area of legal practice
- Professional
- Practice Skills 1
Stage 2
- Professional Conduct
- Public Law
- Criminal Law
- Land Law
- The Law of Trusts
- Company Law
- Professional
- Practice Skills 2
- Property Law and Practice
- Wills and the Administration of Estates
- Business Law and Practice
- Dispute Resolution
- Criminal Law and Practice
- Professional
- Practice Skills 3
Skills and behaviours
- Legal Research
- Legal Writing and Drafting
- Advocacy
- Case Analysis
- Client Interviewing
End Point Assessment
Once you have completed all of the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours, you will complete an End Point Assessment. This is conducted by an external assessment organisation and will be graded as either a pass, fail, or distinction.
How we support you
- You will be taught by expert tutors who have practical experience in the fields in which they teach and a passion to share that knowledge to maximise your career potential
- You will have access to a Coach who is on hand to guide you through each stage of your learning journey, providing you with clear aims and objectives. They will keep in regular contact with you and instil the confidence that you can achieve
- You will also attend webinars to develop skills in a variety of areas and prepare you for the end point assessment.
- You will have access to an Online Learning Environment with all of your qualification content, additional learning resources and all the step-by-step support you need to ensure your success
Commitment from you
During this programme, six hours a week will be spent on learning and developing the required Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. This development time will include learning new relevant tasks in your role, embedding your knowledge in your role, practical workplace training, spending development time with your Line Manager, attending online or face-to-face courses and time spent writing assignments/assessments or directed self-study hours:
- Study towards your LLB (Hons) Legal Practice
- Evidencing the application of your knowledge within your working day
- Independent study and research
- Shadowing colleagues and mentoring
- Technical training
Progression upon completion
- Further career progression through work experience