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City, University of London: Professional Advocacy

Institution City, University of London View institution profile
Department The City Law School View department profile
Web https://www.city.ac.uk
Email law@city.ac.uk
Telephone 020 7404 5787
Study type Taught

Summary

This specialist degree should interest and benefit a broad range of students. If you are already professionally qualified having taken the Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) or Legal Practice Course (LPC) it will develop your understanding of practice and enhance your career. If you have legal qualifications in another jurisdiction it will provide understanding of legal process in England. You can join the course straight after a law degree, but some experience of legal practice is an advantage.

Objectives The course offers you a skills-based and practice-focused approach to the subject of advocacy in a legal professional setting. You will have the opportunity to study how inquiry and dispute resolution procedures in the civil and criminal justice systems are best managed to produce the best outcome for stakeholders.**

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City University of London

A unique history 

The City Law School has a history of delivering legal education which dates back to the nineteenth century in the form of the Inns of Court School of Law (ICSL). The ICSL was prominent as the original and sole provider of bar training in the United Kingdom. The other chapter of our history can be found at our present home in Northampton Square. 

City, University of London established the Centre for Legal Studies in 1977 when it commenced delivery of the forerunner to the current Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) programme. In fact, we were the first …

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