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Postgraduate Certificate - PGCert
City Campus
Part Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
As part of this course, you'll:Start preparing to sit the externally set SQE2 (Solicitors Qualifying Examination) as part of your route to qualification as a solicitor*Develop your legal skills in interviewing, advocacy, case and matter analysis, legal drafting, legal research, and legal writingApply the law correctly and comprehensively to given situations to meet clients' needsAnalyse and synthesise concepts to devise realistic and coherent strategic solutions to legal problemsEvaluate how the rule of law and ethics apply within legal, as well as broader, economic, commercial, and ethical settingsExplore concepts of professionalism to build your understanding of the demands of professional practiceIdentify relevant issues and investigate them in depth, with a practice-based legal research project
Develop your legal skills competence. This module supports your learning, knowledge, understanding and application of key legal skills in the context of realistic client-based situations, preparing you to work in legal practice. You'll demonstrate your ability to act honestly and with integrity and in accordance with the Statement of Solicitor Competence (SoSC), the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Principles and the Code of Conduct. This module will assist you in preparing to sit the SRA Solicitors Qualifying Examination 2 (SQE2).
Develop your critical thinking, research, writing, and reflective skills as you undertake a sustained piece of practice-based legal research. You'll present your research through an extended project in an independently selected area. Upon completion, you'll demonstrate a significant awareness and understanding of relevant legal and/or practice-based issues. You'll also critically explore, evaluate and analyse ideas, outcomes and findings as appropriate.
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