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BPTC providers compared
Provider/Places
Fees
BPP Law School, London
www.bpplawschool.com
FT: 264
PT: 96
FT: £17,925 incl
FT: Around 12
PT: £ 17,925 incl (both hrs/wk on 4
years)
days
PT: 1 weekend
per month
FT: £14,740 incl
FT: Around 12
PT: £14,740 incl(both hrs/wk on 4
years)
days
PT: 1 weekend
per month
FT: £14,740 incl
FT: Around 12
PT: £14,740 incl(both hrs/wk on 4
years)
days
BPP Law School, Leeds
www.bpplawschool.com
FT: 48
PT: 48
BPP Law School, Manchester
www.bpplawschool.com
FT: 48
Brsitol Instutue of Legal Practice
Www.uwe.acuk/nl/bls
FT: 84
PT: 48
Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University
www.law.cf.ac.uk
FT: 84
The City Law School
Www.city.ac.uk/law
FT: 420
PT: 60 (actually enrolments: 350 FT,
30 PT)
Manchester Metropolitan University
www.law.mmu.ac.uk
FT: 108
University of Northumbria
http://northumbria.ac.uk
FT: 100
PT: 24
Exempting degree: 20
Nottingham Law School
www.ntu.ac.uk/nls/
FT: 120
The University of Law, Birmingham
Www.law.ac.uk/bptc
FT: 132
PT: 36
FT: £12,965 incl
PT: £6,483 incl (per
year) 15% discount for
UWE graduates
FT: £13,000 (h)
Contact time Option subjects
FT: 16 hrs/wk
over ¾ days
PT: 1 weekend
per month
FT: 14hrs/wk
Mon-Thu
Pro bono
A distinguishing feature
Advanced Criminal Practice • Asylum, Detention, Deportation & Extradition • Pro bono centre offers legal advice clinic, internships,
LLM in Professional Legal practice can be
Commercial Dispute Resolution • Company Law • Employment • Family •
Streetlaw etc. A minimum of 5 hours must be committed awarded after further study.
Intellectual Property • International Trade (shipping) • Judicial Review • Property to pro bono.
and Chancery • Regulatory law (healthcare)
Advanced Criminal Practice • Asylum, Detention, Deportation & Extradition • Pro bono centre offers legal advice clinic, internships,
LLM in Professional Legal practice can be
Commercial Dispute Resolution • Company Law • Employment • Family •
Streetlaw etc. A minimum of 5 hours must be committed awarded after further study.
Intellectual Property • International Trade (shipping) • Judicial Review • Property to pro bono.
and Chancery • Regulatory law (healthcare)
Advanced Criminal Practice • Asylum, Detention, Deportation & Extradition •
Commercial Dispute Resolution • Company Law • Employment • Family •
Intellectual Property • International Trade (shipping) • Judicial Review • Property
and Chancery • Regulatory law (healthcare)
Clinical Negligence • Criminal • Employment • Environmental • Family • Landlord
and tenant • Commercial • International Trade • Refugee and Asylum
Pro bono centre offers legal advice clinic, internships,
LLM in Professional Legal practice can be
Streetlaw etc. A minimum of 5 hours must be committed awarded after further study.
to pro bono.
Pro bono unit offers Community Legal Advice and
Representation Service.
Small cohort.
Criminal Practice • Child Care • Commercial Law • Company Law • Employment • A range of pro bono through the 'Law in the Real World'
Family • Employers Liability and Clinical Negligence
program, including involvement with the Innocence
Project Also runs a legal clinic in conjunction with the
NHS Continuing Care Scheme.
FT: £17,500 incl
FT: 12hrs/wk on
Advanced Criminal Litigation • Commercial Law • Company Law • Domestic
Pro bono unit offers in-house Advice Clinic, Innocence
PT: £17,500 incl (both 3 days
Violence • Employment Law • Family Law • Fraud and Financial Crime •
Project, Streetlaw programme, School Exclusion Project
years)
PT: 6hrs/wk
Landlord & Tenant • Free Representation Unit• Social Security
etc.
over 2 evenings
Small cohort + LLM in Professional Legal
practice can be awarded after further
study.
FT: £13,250 excl (h)
FT: 10-12hrs/wk
Family Law • Employment Law • Advanced Criminal Litigation In Practice •
Pro bono activities include CABs, Judicial Review work
on 4 days PT: 6- Business Law and Corporate Finance • Personal Injury Litigation • Advanced Civil etc in Manchester.
8hrs 1 day per
Practice
fortnight
Strong links with the Northern circuit •
Advocacy masterclasses and a
practitioner mentor scheme.
FT: £12,500 excl. 15%
discount for a 1:1,
10% discount for a
2:1; additional 10%
discount for
Northumbria
graduates.
FT: £13,800 incl
FT: 14hrs/wk on
Civil Practice • Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury • Chancery Practice •
The Student Law Office is a wide-ranging legal advice
4 days
Commercial Practice • Criminal Practice • Employment Practice • Family Practice centre. Participation is compulsory for students on
PT: 7hrs/wk
• Landlord & Tenant • Law Office
Exempting LLB/BPTC.
over 1 day
LLM in Advanced Legal Practice can be
awarded after further study.
FT: 10-12hrs/wk
on 4 days
New purpose-built courtroom •
LLB awarded to those who
complete GDL and BPTC
Advanced Civil Practice • Advanced Criminal Practice • Commercial Practice •
Employment Practice • Family Practice • Immigration • Landlord & Tenant
Public access advice clinic in addition to victim support,
FRU, Streetlaw etc.
BPTC students can study for a LLM in
Professional Legal Practice and many of
the teaching staff have authored the
core texts for the BPTC course
FT: £13,450 excl
FT: 17.5 hrs/wk
Advanced Criminal Litigation • Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation • Via pro bono placements students can provide advice to University of Law BPTC graduates also
PT: £13,450 excl (both PT:
Chancery • Employment tribunal practice • Family • Immigration and asylum • employment clinic clients, represent clients before
earn a third of the credits towards
years)
14hrs/weekend International Commercial Practice • Judicial review • Personal Injury and Clinical employment tribunals or work on asylum cases for the the college’s LLM Master degrees.
– 14
Negligence
Refugee Council. Students can also assist at a Legal
weekends/year
Advice Centre and Streetlaw.
The University of Law, London
FT: £17,700 incl
FT: 17.5 hrs/wk
Advanced Criminal Litigation • Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation • Via the pro bono centre: research for human rights
University of Law BPTC graduates also
www.law.ac.uk/bptc
PT: £17,700 excl (both PT:
Chancery • Employment tribunal practice • Family • Immigration and asylum • charity Interights; interviewing clients and preparing
earn a third of the credits towards
FT: 250
years)
14hrs/weekend International Commercial Practice • Judicial review • Personal Injury and Clinical witness statements for the National Centre for Domestic the college’s LLM Master degrees.
PT: 48
– 14
Negligence
Violence; joining the Personal Support Unit at the RCJ to
weekends/year
support litigants-in-person.
Fees shown are for 2013/14. Fees shown are exclusive (excl) or inclusive (incl) of the Bar Standards Board registration fee, currently £475. Consult providers’ websites for details of when fees must be paid. Part-time fees showed for year 1 only unless stated