Legal Practice Course Archives - Legal Cheek

You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter

PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Oct 30 2019 9:03am
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ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT

Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year

Sep 12 2019 8:53am
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Canterbury Uni law grad who lived (and revised!) in her car after being made homeless during LPC battles odds to secure training contract

April Britton would park outside her law school and stick revision notes to her car windows

Aug 20 2019 3:53pm
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BPP Law School apologises after ‘technical fault’ sees LPC students receive advocacy exam materials 48 hours late

Exclusive: Aspiring lawyers left in the dark over weekend

Jul 30 2019 10:20am
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Vlogging star opens up about life on accelerated LPC

Eve Cornwell gets candid about intense, six-month course

Jul 2 2019 8:57am
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Anglia Ruskin business grad who studied GDL and LPC to pursue ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree claim receives £61,000 payout

Pok Wong sued uni for false advertising and disputed ‘high-quality’ teaching

Jun 3 2019 11:12am
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ULaw strikes LPC deal with University of East Anglia

Exclusive: Tie-up comes despite plans replace course with SQE in 2021

May 16 2019 8:37am
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New figures reveal huge provider variation in LPC pass rates

Solicitor exam success rates range from 100% to 37% at different institutions

Feb 12 2019 11:46am
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YouTube superstar documents life on the LPC in latest law vlog

Future magic circle lawyer now has over 100k subscribers

Jan 15 2019 9:10am
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ULaw students hit out after they’re told to defer to get cheaper GDL and LPC fees

Exclusive: Law school giant slashes cost of online courses by up to £3,000 for 2019 academic year, leaving some current students unhappy

Nov 29 2018 4:16pm
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Mayer Brown boosts junior lawyer pay to £78,000

Trainee salaries and LPC maintenance grant also up

Sep 5 2018 8:50am
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Sidley Austin tops market by hiking LPC maintenance grant to £11,000

An uplift of nearly 60%

Sep 4 2018 9:58am
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White & Case boosts LPC grant by 40% to £10,500

Surpasses recent uplifts by a host of top City firms

Aug 29 2018 10:09am
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Norton Rose Fulbright ups LPC grant by 43% to £10,000

Exclusive: Matching money moves made by the magic circle, Kirkland & Ellis, HSF and Hogan Lovells

Jun 14 2018 8:58am
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Kirkland & Ellis boosts LPC grant to £10,000

Matching moves by the magic circle, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells

May 16 2018 9:08am
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Slaughter and May sacks two future trainees for failing LPC modules

Cut-throat world of corporate law laid bare

May 1 2018 11:21am
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Hogan Lovells bumps LPC grant by 43% to £10,000

Matching moves by the magic circle and Herbert Smith Freehills

Apr 6 2018 2:26pm
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Herbert Smith Freehills becomes latest firm to boost LPC grant to £10,000

Global law firm matches five-figure sum awarded by magic circle outfits

Apr 5 2018 12:46pm
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ULaw strikes LPC and GDL deal with Liverpool University

Despite SRA plans to scrap both courses

Mar 9 2018 12:14pm
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‘I’m a future magic circle trainee, yet I’ll be living in an Airbnb during my LPC because I can’t afford London rent’

One Legal Cheek commenter shares their take on law firm maintenance grants

Jan 19 2018 10:17am
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Hertfordshire University relaunches LPC following super-exam suspension

Law school had pressed pause over concerns course would soon be redundant

Jan 9 2018 4:07pm
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