The University of Law

At Postgraduate level, ULaw offers a range of postgraduate legal training and Master’s degrees, designed by qualified experts to help students advance at any stage of their career. 

Our law courses are employment-focused, honing key skills in a teaching environment, based on real legal practice. 

For our LPC, 95% of our 2017/18 full-time UK LPC graduates secured work or further study within fifteen months of successfully completing this course (based on Graduate Outcomes data).  We were the first university in the UK to run an online LPC.

For our BPC, 59% of our full-time UK/EEA Bar Practice Course students graduating in 2018 secured a pupillage (based on student data collated September 2020).

Our Postgraduate range includes the below:

• Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
• Master of Arts in Law (MA Law)
• MSc Legal Technology
• Legal Practice Course (LPC)
• Bar Practice Course (BPC)
• A range of LLMs
• A range of MSc degrees in business
• MBA Leadership

For Postgraduate Law, we also have part-time and online study options available, to help students work and study at the same time.

Locations

Postgraduate Business programmes are available through our Business School in these locations in England: Birmingham, Leeds, London (Moorgate), Manchester or Nottingham. We also have Online Business courses and opportunities to study with GISMA in Berlin.

For Postgraduate Law programmes, students can choose from our campuses in Birmingham, Bristol, Guildford, Leeds, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester, Nottingham, Online, and our law courses can be studied at the University of East Anglia, The University of Exeter, The University of Reading, The University of Liverpool, The University of Sheffield, Newcastle University and The University of Chester Law School.

Courses available vary by location.

Employability Service

Our specialist legal careers and employability service is one of the largest in the UK. Our expert pro bono and work experience team provide access to over 3,000 opportunities, enabling students to work on real cases and put their legal skills into practice. Students will also get access to legal vacancies.

We have an established mentoring programme - we work with over 500 practising lawyers who bring a wealth of experience to our student mentoring programmes. Postgraduate students can apply for the mentoring scheme, where they can experience legal practice with guidance from a dedicated and experienced mentor.

ULaw Business School is similarly employability focused. We have a programme of activities and support to help you every step of the way towards a successful career. Our careers service is available at all our campuses, including our online campus. You can even access our support before you start your course.