We've trained more lawyers than any other law school - many managing and senior partners in leading law firms qualified with us. Added to that, 98% of our LPC graduates in summer 2013 were in work within months of leaving*.
But what else would you expect from the world's largest professional law school?
* based on known destinations, 98% of our full-time LPC graduates who graduated summer 2013 had secured employment within 9 months of graduation
We've trained more lawyers than any other law school - many managing and senior partners in leading law firms qualified with us. Added to that, 98% of our LPC graduates in summer 2013 were in work within months of leaving*.
But what else would you expect from the world's largest professional law school?
* based on known destinations, 98% of our full-time LPC graduates who graduated summer 2013 had secured employment within 9 months of graduation
We've trained more lawyers than any other law school - many managing and senior partners in leading law firms qualified with us. Added to that, 98% of our LPC graduates in summer 2013 were in work within months of leaving*.
But what else would you expect from the world's largest professional law school?
* based on known destinations, 98% of our full-time LPC graduates who graduated summer 2013 had secured employment within 9 months of graduation
There’s never been a better time to choose a career in law.
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The University of Law is offering three new full-fee scholarships to help the generation of legal talent achieve their ambitions. Three of our highly successful alumi - Nic Coward, Fiona Woolf and John Pickering - have put their names to the generous awards, which will allow successful candidates to study fee-free at The University of Law.
The scholarships are open to UK and ROI residents planning to take either the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), LLM Legal Practice Course (LLM LPC) or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) commencing September 2014.
Find out more Law First scholarshipsWe are offering a number of merit-based awards to academically gifted students starting our GDL,LLM LPC and BPTC courses starting in September 2014
24 awards of £5,000 each for students starting a GDL
20 awards of £5,000 each for students starting a LLM LPC
10 awards of £5,000 each for students starting a BPTC
We are pleased to announce that we will be awarding 21 work experience places plus £1,000 towards course fees to postgraduate students starting their course this year.
The awards are open to UK and ROI residents planning to take either the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), LLM Legal Practice Course (LLM LPC) or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) commencing September 2014.
Find out moreNic graduated in 1989 from the University of Bristol and The College of Law at Guildford in 1990. He joined Freshfields, qualifying as a commercial litigator before joining the FA as its first in-house lawyer. Nic’s eight years at the FA started shortly before EURO ’96, including periods as acting chief executive and director of the Wembley Stadium business.
In 2011 Nic returned to football, joining the Premier League. He is also a board member of the European Leagues Association and the UEFA Professional Football Strategy Council. Prior to this he was the first CEO of the governing body of British Horseracing, serving on the board responsible for the return of betting to the sport and the Executive Committee of the International Horseracing Federation.
Roles have included being the first chair of the Sport Rights Owners‘ Coalition, a campaigning group of leading sports organisations on IP and broadcasting policy; Treasurer of the Sport and Recreation Alliance; and director of both Sport Resolutions, British sport’s independent dispute resolution service, and the British Association for Sport and Law.
He is now a solicitor at Bond Dickinson, Bristol, in the Technology, Media and Communications team and has interests in smart cities, digital technology and data.
Darren has a particular interest in the commercial impact of regulation in the energy and telecommunications sectors, both domestically and at European level, specifically in respect of smart energy grids, cyber security and mobile app development.
Darren is a member of the Bond Dickinson Corporate Responsibility Group, the Bristol Local Markets Steering Group and the Diversity Forum. He is also a member of the Council of Management of the Bristol Junior Chamber of Commerce and Shipping and acts as a start-up business mentor for the Prince's Trust. Darren also has a particular interest in the urbanisation of China and the Chinese market, having been on a number of business delegations to China over the past five years.
Darren is also currently a prospective Member of Parliament and has associated experience in strategic communications and public relations and has qualifications in leadership and management from the Chartered Management Institute, having held a number of non-executive board level positions in the public sector including for a university and a hospital trust, in addition to a number of smaller charities and primary schools.
After a career break to have children, Justine enrolled at the newly opened College of Law in Bristol for her GDL and continued on to the LPC.
"Combining the GDL with three young children was a challenge, but I genuinely enjoyed the course as it was extremely interesting, intellectually stimulating and the University of Law provided all the support I needed"
Justine graduated in 2013 with distinction and joined one of the UK’s leading law firms, Burges Salmon as a trainee solicitor. Having gained experience in Litigation, Banking and Employment at the firm she is now looking forward to starting her next seat in Private Client & Wealth Structuring.