Bar Training Course (PgDip)
Cardiff University
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Our Pg Dip Bar Training Course is a skills-based, intensive full-time 10-month course designed to prepare a prospective Barrister for the period of work-based learning, known as pupillage. This programme enables you to acquire the skills, knowledge of procedure and evidence for you to meet the Bar Standards Board (BSB) criteria, as set out in their Professional Statement for Barristers.Our programme aims to foster a professional and ethical approach to practice as a barrister, whilst giving you ...Read more

Our Pg Dip Bar Training Course is a skills-based, intensive full-time 10-month course designed to prepare a prospective Barrister for the period of work-based learning, known as pupillage. This programme enables you to acquire the skills, knowledge of procedure and evidence for you to meet the Bar Standards Board (BSB) criteria, as set out in their Professional Statement for Barristers.Our programme aims to foster a professional and ethical approach to practice as a barrister, whilst giving you an informed view of a barrister’s working life and the opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing the legal profession in today’s world.Our teaching is timetabled between Monday and Thursday (i.e. no more than four days), to provide time for personal study.You’ll have the opportunity to undertake the BSB centrally set assessments in December, April and August during the academic year you are enrolled as a student.On successful completion, you'll be eligible to be called to the Bar of England and Wales (subject to meeting the qualifying session requirement of your Inn of Court).

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Entry requirements

A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in law, or an equivalent international degree. Or, a copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in any subject and have achieved a Common Professional Examination (CPE) or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.

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£23,700 per year

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Cardiff University
Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Cathays  0.1 miles away
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