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LPC course content and assessment

What will you study?

You’ll follow three areas of integrated study – compulsory subjects, core topics and skills -  plus a choice of three electives. The precise content of your course and your choice of electives will vary according to which of the LPC routes you are studying.

Compulsory subjects

These are studied in either corporate or commercial and private contexts.

Core subjects

Skills

Electives

We offer the widest range of LPC elective subjects available, to help you tailor your LPC to match your own career aspirations. You will study three electives relevant to your choice of LPC route.

Elective subject  Corporate route
Choose three from...
Commercial and Private route
Choose three from...
Public legal services route
Choose two from the list below plus one from the full list
Firm-specific route 
Acquisitions 
 
Advanced criminal practice 
 
 
Advanced property law and practice 
 
 
Banking and debt finance 
 
Commercial dispute resolution 
 
 
Commercial law 
 
 
Employment law and practice 
 
 
Family law 
 
 
Housing law and practice 
 
 
Insurance law 
 
 
Personal injury and clinical negligence litigation 
 
 
 
Private client: wills, trusts and estate planning 
 
 
 
Public companies and equity finance 
 
Welfare benefits and immigration law 
 
 

Assessment

You’ll be assessed on the compulsory and elective modules by examination. Your oral skills will be assessed by a video performance and other skills by written coursework.