BPP Law School Archives - Legal Cheek

City law firm ‘consortium’ appoints BPP as SQE prep-course provider

Influential group’s future trainees will sit super-exam from autumn 2022 — a year after assessment’s proposed introduction

Dec 3 2019 9:05am
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STEM Future Lawyers and BPP launch 2020 GDL scholarship

Applications now open for science students interested in law

Nov 15 2019 11:00am
BPP confirms new bar course will be over £5,000 cheaper than current BPTC

£13,870 in London and £12,620 elsewhere

Nov 14 2019 8:57am
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BPP University to be sold

Law school set to change hands again in big money deal

Jun 20 2019 8:00am
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BSB investigate after BPP ‘error’ left some BPTC students sitting ethics exam in ‘canteen’

Exclusive: The law school has apologised for the mix-up

Apr 24 2019 10:27am
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Arden University appoints ex-BPP chief as vice chancellor

Carl Lygo spent 20 years at education giant before stepping down in 2017

Apr 18 2019 8:42am
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BPP students to be taught digital skills through new lawtech partnership

Training on HighQ platform to be part of syllabus

Apr 8 2019 9:01am
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Manchester Uni biomedical sciences student and York Uni chemistry grad scoop first ever STEM GDL scholarships

Duo will start at BPP University Law School in autumn

Mar 5 2019 12:20pm
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Government confirms BPP apprenticeship suspension

Education giant hit by enforced recruitment “pause” for lower level programmes

Feb 22 2019 8:24am
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BPP introduces video advocacy entrance exam for BPTC

One of the biggest bar course providers to bring in aptitude test

Dec 6 2018 8:49am
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First ever law scholarship for STEM students unveiled

STEM Future Lawyers joins forces with BPP University Law School to launch GDL scholarship for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) students

Nov 14 2018 7:31am
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Ofsted criticises BPP’s apprenticeship programme

Education giant hits back; says systems for tracking legal apprentices are ‘robust’

Nov 9 2018 9:04am
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Great British Bake Off winner turns back on celeb cooking career to study the BPTC

Manchester law grad John Whaite won series three of the hit cookery show — now he wants to become a barrister

Jul 24 2018 9:04am
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City law firms want junior lawyers who are resilient and flexible — but they’re less concerned about tech skills

Over 200 industry insiders questioned as part of Legal Cheek’s Future of Legal Education and Training Conference

Jul 17 2018 8:40am
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Exclusive: BPP cuts London staff headcount following LLB suspension

Move comes as legal education giant opts to focus on solicitor super-exam training

Jul 10 2018 9:04am
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Careers

7 things students need to do when applying for training contracts

Legal Cheek Careers meets BPP University LPC lecturer Charlie Radcliffe

Jul 4 2018 1:57pm
ULaw ramps up law degree offering with four new ‘specialist’ LLBs

Exclusive: Just days after BPP Law School increases focus on postgraduate vocational training market

Jun 1 2018 12:15pm
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BPP suspends law degree in face of solicitor super-exam

Exclusive: LLB on pause so law school can ‘design programmes for the future’

May 29 2018 9:13am
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Careers

‘The SQE is a floor on which we can build things, not a ceiling to limit us’

Adam Curphey, White & Case solicitor turned head of innovation technology at BPP University Law School, discusses the growing importance of lawtech as a theme in vocational training

May 8 2018 3:52pm
Sexting, knife crime and social media — pro bono takes many forms

Legal Cheek catches up with GDL student and nominee Niki Mehta ahead of tomorrow’s pro bono awards ceremony

Apr 24 2018 12:32pm
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