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Postgraduate Diploma
The University of Edinburgh
Full Time
SEP-25
9 months
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Postgraduate Diploma
The University of Edinburgh
Full Time
SEP-25
9 months
Postgraduate Diploma
The University of Edinburgh
Part Time
SEP-25
21 months
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The Diploma in Professional Legal Practice is suitable for students seeking to enter the professions of solicitor or advocate in Scotland.
The content is determined by the national Joint Standing Committee on Legal Education, the Diploma Co-ordinating Committee and various working parties, which include representatives of all the universities and members of the legal profession.
The focus is on the practical skills required in the legal profession.
Students on this programme have a very full timetable in comparison with that at undergraduate level. It entails a large number of contact hours, much of the time in small workshop groups.
Learning outcomesBy the end of this programme, students should have acquired a more sophisticated understanding and be equipped with basic skills and knowledge required for legal practice. This will include pervasive consideration of legal skills.
Either of the following: passes in the following Ordinary LLB courses: Public Law of the UK and Scotland, Legal Reasoning and the Legal System, Family Law, Delict, Contract and Unjustified Enrichment, Trusts and Succession, Public Law and Individual Rights, Property, Evidence, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Business Entities, EC/EU Law (required to graduate but not a pre-requisite for the Diploma), or their equivalents or: passes in all the appropriate Diploma pre-requisite subjects if you are an applicant from a university other than Edinburgh, a Law Society or Faculty of Advocates applicant. You will graduate with the degree of LLB or have already done so (unless you are a Law Society or Faculty of Advocates applicant). Relevant work experience is not required but may increase your chances of acceptance. Relevant professional qualifications will be considered. Preference will be given to those with grades above the minimum requirements due to strong competition for places on this programme.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,735 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£26,335 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£26,335 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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