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Diploma in Legal Practice Briefing, University of Glasgow
- 1. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 Programme Information Session: 18 th November 2009
- 2. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 Admission to the Diploma The Professional Subjects (2006 onwards) Commercial Law Criminal Law & Evidence European Union Law (required, but not used for ranking) Family Law Law & Government Principles of Property and Obligations Property Law Tax Law Sources and Institutions of Scots Law Business Organisations Grade Point Average Diploma applicants are ranked through according to their academic performance the professional subjects in order to: Allocate Diploma places Allocate grants www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 3. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 Centre for Professional Legal Practice Douglas Mill: Director Eileen Paterson: Depute Director Michael Murray: Administrator Jennifer Young: Administrative Secretary
- 4. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 The Route to the Qualification The Degree The Diploma The Traineeship www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 5. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 Changes in the Process The Foundation PEAT 1 PEAT 2 www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 6. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow LLB/Accelerated LLB Diploma in Legal Practice Traineeship 60 hours CPD FOUNDATION PEAT 1 PEAT 2 PRACTISING!
- 7. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 Market Conditions Urban Myths vs. Statistics Economic Cycles and Perspectives www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 8. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 Myths vs. Facts 1 in 4 law students cannot get a job as a lawyer Not every LLB student actually WANTS to practice law. Historically, around 50% of LLB students have opted to undertake the Diploma in Legal Practice. Trainees are being sacked Recently obtained legal opinion from Ian Mitchell QC stated that trainee ‘redundancies’ are ‘unlawful’. Source: The Firm Magazine, 29 th October 2009, www.thefirmmagazine.com There are no traineeships for Diploma graduates The Law Society of Scotland registered 592 traineeships in 2008. This was a greater number than registered in 2004, 2005 2006. The Law Society of Scotland estimates that the number of trainees registered at this point for 2009 will be around 75% of the 2008 figure. www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 9. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 University of Glasgow LLB Graduates……. www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow The Right Hon Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk The Right Hon Lady Cosgrove CBE QC The Right Hon Lord Hamilton
- 10. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 The Glasgow Diploma Our ethos: Professionalism – The Diploma Professionalism – The delivery team Professionalism – Our links to the profession www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 11. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 The Electives Following an extensive consultation of both law students and Around 900 Scottish legal firms, our elective choices for 2010 are: Family Law Human Rights Advanced Criminal Law Advanced Civil Law Public Law Corporate and Finance www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 12. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 We are pleased to note that we have been able to broadly match student choice with the needs of legal firms. www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow Student Survey Oct-Nov 2009
- 13. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 How to keep in touch www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma Latest legal professional bills/consultations Diploma news Careers news Legal Networking For the latest legal news and opinions: twitter.com/lawglasgow follow us on twitter subscribe to our news feed www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow
- 14. Diploma in LegalPractice 2010 Any questions……. www.gla.ac.uk/law/diploma twitter.com/lawglasgow