LPC AND LLM COURSE STRUCTURE AT BPP
[School]
[Course title]
, MODULES
Employment Law:
Generally a very easy and relatable subject. Many of us have some
form of work experience, and even if we don’t, we have definitely
heard stories from others. The employment law chapters are quite
short, the
MODULES:
Core modules: these areas are often seen as generally difficult, they will be easier to
grasp if you have a solid basis of BLP and Company law.
As your main modules on the LPC, you will be studying these during
stage 1 of your course.
Core modules:
1. Business Law and Practice
2. Property Law and Practice
3. Civil Litigation
4. Criminal Litigation
Elective modules:
During stage 2 of the LPC, after you have finished your core modules,
you will be starting your 3 electives.
You will need to pick your electives early on during stage 1, so look out
for an announcement for this from your university. Make sure that you
don’t miss the deadline.
If you are doing the course part time: you can choose to do two
electives in one term instead of one to finish your course earlier. This
shouldn’t be too difficult to do as the electives usually take half the
input as a core module with merely 10 SGSs each.
You will need to pick 3 electives from the below options:
1. Advanced Commercial Litigation
2. Advanced Commercial Property
3. Advanced Criminal Litigation
4. Corporate Finance
5. Debt Finance
6. Employment Law
7. Equity Finance
8. Family Law
9. Immigration Law
10. Insurance Law
11. Intellectual Property and Commercial Law
12. International Trades and Transactions
13. Media and Entertainment Law
14. Medical Negligence and Personal Injury
15. Private Acquisitions
16. Private Client (Wills, Probate and Estate Planning)
Which electives to pick?
*Disclaimer: this is simply my view of each elective based on my own
experience.*
There are three strategies in picking an elective:
1. You can pick electives your training contract providers want (if
you already have a training contract you will know which ones
are these and if not, then you need to research which electives
your target firms prefer to make you application stronger)
2. You can pick electives that are easier so you can score better
overall – some electives are easier to learn than others so you
can score in the high 70s-80s without much effort. The few
extra percentage markings you can get with these modules will
round your final result up so pick these subjects if you have not
done so well in your core modules
3. You can also simply pick subjects you think you would enjoy –
a lot of people (me included), get better results if they enjoy
doing what they love.
There may be subjects you are more drawn to due to:
What you can achieve with the subject – eg. help other
by studying family law, immigration and medical
The way the subject works – eg. is it a more practical
subject? Does it rely a lot on interpretation as in family
law or is it more structured such as advanced
commercial litigation?
The topic discussed – eg. if you enjoy watching finance
videos, why not pick debt finance or corporate finance?
Advanced Commercial Litigation:
A very easy topic for scoring well. Definitely pick this module if you are
good at following structures and you enjoyed learning about the Rome
Convention. If you follow the structures that they give you in the SGSs,
it is very easy to score in the high 70s-80s without much effort.
Corporate Finance/Debt Finance:
Pick one of these if you aim to get into Corporate/Commercial/Banking
law as these subjects are often the prerequisite for these areas. While
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[School]
[Course title]
, MODULES
Employment Law:
Generally a very easy and relatable subject. Many of us have some
form of work experience, and even if we don’t, we have definitely
heard stories from others. The employment law chapters are quite
short, the
MODULES:
Core modules: these areas are often seen as generally difficult, they will be easier to
grasp if you have a solid basis of BLP and Company law.
As your main modules on the LPC, you will be studying these during
stage 1 of your course.
Core modules:
1. Business Law and Practice
2. Property Law and Practice
3. Civil Litigation
4. Criminal Litigation
Elective modules:
During stage 2 of the LPC, after you have finished your core modules,
you will be starting your 3 electives.
You will need to pick your electives early on during stage 1, so look out
for an announcement for this from your university. Make sure that you
don’t miss the deadline.
If you are doing the course part time: you can choose to do two
electives in one term instead of one to finish your course earlier. This
shouldn’t be too difficult to do as the electives usually take half the
input as a core module with merely 10 SGSs each.
You will need to pick 3 electives from the below options:
1. Advanced Commercial Litigation
2. Advanced Commercial Property
3. Advanced Criminal Litigation
4. Corporate Finance
5. Debt Finance
6. Employment Law
7. Equity Finance
8. Family Law
9. Immigration Law
10. Insurance Law
11. Intellectual Property and Commercial Law
12. International Trades and Transactions
13. Media and Entertainment Law
14. Medical Negligence and Personal Injury
15. Private Acquisitions
16. Private Client (Wills, Probate and Estate Planning)
Which electives to pick?
*Disclaimer: this is simply my view of each elective based on my own
experience.*
There are three strategies in picking an elective:
1. You can pick electives your training contract providers want (if
you already have a training contract you will know which ones
are these and if not, then you need to research which electives
your target firms prefer to make you application stronger)
2. You can pick electives that are easier so you can score better
overall – some electives are easier to learn than others so you
can score in the high 70s-80s without much effort. The few
extra percentage markings you can get with these modules will
round your final result up so pick these subjects if you have not
done so well in your core modules
3. You can also simply pick subjects you think you would enjoy –
a lot of people (me included), get better results if they enjoy
doing what they love.
There may be subjects you are more drawn to due to:
What you can achieve with the subject – eg. help other
by studying family law, immigration and medical
The way the subject works – eg. is it a more practical
subject? Does it rely a lot on interpretation as in family
law or is it more structured such as advanced
commercial litigation?
The topic discussed – eg. if you enjoy watching finance
videos, why not pick debt finance or corporate finance?
Advanced Commercial Litigation:
A very easy topic for scoring well. Definitely pick this module if you are
good at following structures and you enjoyed learning about the Rome
Convention. If you follow the structures that they give you in the SGSs,
it is very easy to score in the high 70s-80s without much effort.
Corporate Finance/Debt Finance:
Pick one of these if you aim to get into Corporate/Commercial/Banking
law as these subjects are often the prerequisite for these areas. While
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