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Macfarlanes boosts LPC grant to £10,000 as it confirms 100% spring retention score

All six associates kept on

Apr 2 2019 8:41am
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I’m struggling to balance working full-time as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Will it be ‘worth it in the end?’

Jan 8 2019 10:03am
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Unveiling the Legal Cheek Law School Most Lists

Every single GDL, LPC and BPTC course in England and Wales — reviewed

Oct 26 2017 9:40am
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How good (or bad) was your LPC? Take the Legal Cheek 60 second survey

Rate your Legal Practice Course provider

Jun 26 2017 11:38am
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Legal Cheek talks… how will the new solicitor super-exam affect you?

Your questions answered, as we wave goodbye to the LPC and GDL

Apr 26 2017 3:07pm
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New solicitor super-exam risks creating ‘tiered’ legal profession, independent report finds

But study hopeful exam will help improve diversity

Mar 27 2017 9:57am
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LPC and GDL provider is using gushing testimonials from imaginary students to flog its pricey courses

Maria thinks the course is ‘innovative’ and Zara says it works ‘really well’ for her

Mar 24 2017 12:19pm
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It will cost you over £500 more to do the LPC this year than it would have done last year

2017/2018 price list shows fees up by as much as 11% at some universities

Mar 20 2017 1:38pm
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Careers

The reality of working as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Fletchers’ Bethany Hodgkins on juggling work and study

Jan 25 2017 12:32pm
Careers

7 advantages of starting the LPC in January rather than September

Taking the less travelled route can be a smart move

Nov 23 2016 10:32am
Country’s most followed law student publicly slams the LPC

Saffron Sheriff thinks it “really isn’t living up to its price tag”

Nov 4 2016 9:15am
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Careers

How to get a distinction on the LPC

BPP University Law School director of LPC programmes Jane Houston gives her ten top tips for success

Aug 11 2016 2:25pm

You can now apply for a government loan to fund your LPC

Just six weeks after two ULaw second years set up a petition asking for just that

Aug 1 2016 1:12pm
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ULaw students petition government to fund aspiring lawyers’ LPCs

Second years push for university loan shake up

Jun 15 2016 9:07am
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LPC satisfaction survey results: Students happiest at the smaller providers

Mood brighter outside the big two

May 11 2016 9:04am
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Law school satisfaction survey — rate your GDL/LPC/BPTC

How good is your postgraduate legal training?

Apr 27 2016 9:05am
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ULaw students hit by legal database fail

As if Christmas exams weren’t stressful enough

Dec 21 2015 11:11am
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The Judge Rules: Bye-bye LPC and training contract, hello unified bar exam

Kaplan’s demise triggers speculation that a streamlined qualification process will arrive sooner than many anticipated

Aug 28 2015 10:30am
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White & Case defects from University of Law to BPP

New Yorkers’ London office cuts GDL and LPC deal with ULaw’s arch-rival

Aug 26 2015 9:17am
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Kaplan Law School to close

Third largest player in England and Wales legal education market takes a nosedive after eight years in business

Aug 25 2015 11:35am
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The Judge Rules: Accelerated courses — students need to beware

How much sympathy should we feel for the seven students whose firms dropped training contract offers after they failed BPP’s speedy-LPC?

Aug 21 2015 10:03am
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Solicitor struck off after fiddling train fares to pay LPC debts

Tribunal accepted young lawyer was under huge post-education financial pressure — but fraud is fraud

Aug 21 2015 9:29am
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BPP big wigs silent as failed students are reported sacked from training contracts

Accelerated course disaster for seven wannabes — but law school won’t comment

Aug 18 2015 12:27pm
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The 18 stages of the LPC

A journey through the sorrow and the joy of the Legal Practice Course (LPC) It…

Nov 12 2013 11:56am
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JOB ALERT: Clinical Negligence Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a top London law firm seeks a paralegal for its clinical negligence…

Dec 17 2012 1:15pm
Will It Soon Cost Nothing To Become a Lawyer?

Thanks to the trebling of undergraduate fees, the cost of legal education has reached new…

Nov 21 2012 2:32pm
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JOB ALERT: Criminal Paralegal

Ed note: This is the first in a regular series of job alerts we’ll be…

Nov 7 2012 1:21pm
Please, No More ‘Nietzsche And The Law’! Why Americans Are Looking Enviously At The GDL Route To Legal Qualification

In comparison to our odd system of legal education – which sprawls haphazardly from the…

Oct 23 2012 12:50pm
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At Last, Some Good News For Jobless LPC Graduates: If You’re Convicted Of a Crime, You’ll Get a Lighter Sentence Than Other People

Last month, BPP Law School Legal Practice Course (LPC) graduate Victoria Lawson admitted stealing more…

Sep 20 2012 9:25am
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Blur Drummer Puts Years Of Drudgery In Chart-Topping Band Behind Him To Qualify As a Solicitor

Congratulations to Dave Rowntree, the drummer from Blur, who has qualified as a solicitor today….

Sep 17 2012 12:21pm

Noses Back To The Grindstone: What Will The New Academic Year Bring For Law Students And Trainees?

Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge and Bircham Dyson Bell solicitor Kevin Poulter discuss the big…

Sep 3 2012 12:53pm
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Meet The Solicitors With Second Jobs As Writers For Essay Companies That Target Students

Yesterday, we brought you news of an essay-writing company that pays LPC and BPTC graduates…

Aug 30 2012 9:02am
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Might Even Graduates Of ‘Reputable’ Unis Struggle To Write Decent Essays When They’re Paid Just £43 Per 1,000 Words?

Last week, an essay-writing company posted an ad seeking law graduates with “a minimum Undergraduate…

Aug 29 2012 2:49pm
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What Is It With Law Graduates And The Urge To Steal From John Lewis?

An LPC graduate has admitted stealing from John Lewis via a fake refund scam, just…

Aug 28 2012 10:12am
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Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law

For the past two years I have been leading a double life – part music…

Aug 21 2012 1:47pm
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How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt

Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that…

Aug 16 2012 12:16pm
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Jobless Graduates Left At Whim Of Law Firms’ Make-It-Up-As-You-Go-Along Recruitment Procedures

Last month Kearns Solicitors placed an advert in Counsel magazine seeking LPC and BPTC graduates…

Jul 24 2012 10:07am
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‘If The Firm Was a Person, How Would You Describe Them?

Now that he’s finished the GDL, David Woodall finally has some time to sample the…

Jun 25 2012 11:02am
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Another Facebook ‘Reverse Auction’ For An LPC Place Ends Instantly – With Minimal Savings For Winning Bidder

The National College of Legal Training (NCLT)’s first Facebook ‘reverse auction’, which took place last…

Jun 12 2012 10:10am
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Going, Gone: Bemusement As Law School’s Facebook LPC Place ‘Reverse Auction’ Is Over In Seconds

Earlier this month, the National College of Legal Training (NCLT) announced, to much fanfare, that…

May 28 2012 9:29am
EXCLUSIVE: Desperate LPC Student Places ‘Come And Get Me’ Advert in Law Society Magazine

Training contract numbers may be on the increase again, but times are still hard for…

May 11 2012 10:02am
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An LLM Can ‘Count Against’ Training Contract Hunters

LLMs are intellectually tough, time-consuming and not all law firms like them, warns LegalAware Students…

Mar 12 2012 1:31pm
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BREAKING NEWS: Fire Alarm LPC Students WON’T Be Required To Re-Sit Exam

Good news for LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University whose business law and practice…

Mar 2 2012 10:33am
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Should Law Schools Refund Students if They Can’t Get a Job?

In a move that may interest jobless British law graduates and the bigwigs on the…

Feb 28 2012 2:50pm
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Does Studying Law Destroy Your Soul?

Until recently LPC student Cat Pond was an empathetic, liberal type, but the law has…

Feb 27 2012 1:00pm
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