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PSC elective modules
PSC elective modules allow you to specialise in particular areas of law and should normally be completed after your core modules, as they assume an understanding of the core topics. You are required to attend a total of four days (24 hours) of elective training to complete your PSC.
We offer a wide range of regularly updated electives, allowing you to build a PSC to meet your specific areas of interest. If you plan a career in litigation, you also have the option of taking Higher Rights of Audience training in lieu of your PSC electives.
Our electives last for one day unless otherwise stated.
Practice skills electives
Contentious skills electives
Non-contentious skills electives
Higher Rights of Audience
Practice skills electives
The Law Firm as a Commercial Enterprise
Effective Written Communication
Advanced Written Communication
Advanced Communication Skills
Dealing with the Media
The Skilled Negotiator
Presenting to Persuade
Is it Enforceable?
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Contentious skills electives
Dispute Resolution:
Case Analysis and Management
Civil Litigation Drafting Skills
ADR and Mediation
Personal Injury:
Funding and Damages
Employers' Liability
Investigation of a Claim
Pre-action Protocols and Expert Evidence
Employment Law:
Employment Practice (two-day course)
Employment Tribunal Advocacy
Criminal Law:
Bail and Mitigation
Criminal Trial in the Magistrates’ Courts (two-day course)
Family Law:
Family Law Advocacy and Practice – Care Proceedings
Family Law Advocacy and Practice – Domestic Abuse
Family Law and Drafting – Ancillary Relief
Family Law Interviewing and Negotiation – The Children Act 1989
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Non-contentious skills electives
Commercial Law and Intellectual Property:
Drafting IP Licences
Practical Contract Law
E-Commerce and Data Protection
Practical Commercial Contract Drafting
Introduction to Insurance Law
Corporate Law:
Acquisitions and Disposals of Shares
Companies Act 2006 – A Practical Guide for Trainees
Company Meetings
- Corporate Borrowing and Taking Security
Corporate Drafting
Corporate Structures and Share Issues
How to read a Company’s Accounts
Stock Markets and Flotation
Understanding the City
Understanding Corporate Tax Transactions
Corporate Insolvency
Commercial Property:
Commercial Property – Sale and Purchase Transactions
Drafting Commercial Leases
Private Client:
These three private client electives replace the previous 'Private Client - Wills, inheritance tax and post-death arrangements' and 'Private Client - will trusts, tax and estate planning' electives. They are similar in content although differently ordered.
Private Client – Wills and Inheritance Tax
Private Client – Will Trusts and Tax (available from October 2010)
Private Client – Estate Planning
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Higher Rights of Audience training
If you plan a career in litigation, you have the option of taking Higher Rights of Audience training in lieu of your PSC electives.
You cannot appear in the Higher Courts until full qualification as a solicitor, but all training and assessment can be undertaken during your training contract. Trainees take the same programme of study as qualified solicitors.
Please note that all higher rights assessments are undertaken in accordance with the College's assessment regulations.
Delegates must bear in mind that if they undertake the training but then sit the assessment at a later date (ie not immediately after undertaking the training), the procedural and legal requirements on which they will be examined may have changed in the interim; further that the SRA requirements for assessment may change with time.
For more information on Higher Rights including course dates go to our Higher Rights page.
To book PSC plus Higher Rights see book PSC.
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