Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) - full-time:
Course Type: Postgraduate
Career Path: Law
Course Category: GDL
Information:
Kick-start your legal career with our GDL law conversion course, designed for non-law graduates who want to become a solicitor or barrister.
- Think like a lawyer and build practical legal skills via training using real life case studies
- Explore an area of law that interests you via your own Research Project or Law of Organisations module
- With our Graduate LLB, upgrade your ULaw GDL to a Qualifying Law Degree at no extra cost
Course Requirements:
To be eligible to take up your place on the GDL, you must comply with the following requirements:
* A UK undergraduate degree in any discipline (minimum 2:2), or an equivalent qualification.
* Overseas graduates and mature non-graduates:
- Future barristers - please apply for a Certificate of Academic Standing from the Bar Stand Board (BSB)
- Future solicitors - please send your qualifications through to the Admissions team who can deem whether you are eligible for the course
* A sufficient command of English is required to successfully complete the course
* If you have a legal qualification from outside England and Wales or have studied aspects of law as part of a non-qualifying degree course, you may be exempted from certain elements of the GDL. If this applies to you:
- Future barristers - please apply for a Certificate of Academic Standing from the Bar Standards Board (BSB)
- Future solicitors - please e-mail a copy of your degree certificate through to the Admissions team who can deem whether you are eligible for certain exemptions on the GDL
* If you are claiming full exemptions for the GDL you will need to apply for a Certificate of Academic Standing from the Bar Standards Board or Solicitors Regulation Authority
Further information can be obtained from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) (for future solicitors) or Bar Standards Board (BSB) (for future barristers)
If you have completed a degree outside the UK and you do not come from a majority
English speaking country:
A certified copy of any document that proves that you are qualified in English at CEFR level B2 or above in each of the four components of language learning. Providers that we would suggest you contact are:
- IELTS (academic): Score of 6.5 in all four areas
- ISE III (Trinity College London): Pass in all four components
- Pearsons (academic): Score of 58 in all four areas
- Cambridge English: First Certificate, Advanced and Proficiency (tests taken from January 2015): Overall 176 with no one component below 176
- Cambridge English: First Certificate (test taken before January 2015): Pass at Grade A and Exceptional in all four components
- Cambridge English: Advanced (test taken before January 2015): Pass at Grade B or C and Borderline in all four components
- Cambridge English: Proficiency (test taken before January 2015): Pass at Grade C1 and Weak in all four components
Course Duration: 9 months
Online: No
Campus Based: Yes
Locations:
Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Exeter, Guildford, Leeds, London (Bloomsbury & Moorgate), Manchester
Intake: January & September