BPP Law School announces GDL consortium agreement
September 15, 2008
BPP Law School announces today that five leading City firms, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith, Lovells, Norton Rose and Slaughter and May have selected BPP Law School as the national provider for their trainees studying the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL).
From September 2009 the Consortium of five firms will be asking their students to attend BPP Law School in Leeds, London or Manchester for their GDL studies. The five firms already send all their trainees exclusively to BPP Law School for the Legal Practice Course (LPC).
Peter Crisp, Dean of the Law School said: “I am delighted that BPP has been selected by the Consortium firms to provide the GDL for its trainees. This is BPP’s first GDL law firm deal and this arrangement deepens and strengthens our relationship with the Consortium firms.”
Ben Hughes, GDL Director of Programmes said: “We are extremely proud of ourDistinctiveGDL which we believe is the most flexible and innovative programme in the country.In addition to the core GDL subjects, we also offer optional mini-programmesinEvidence and Forensics, Law in the City and International Law,as well as a series of lectures in Company Law.The aim of this GDL Extra programme is to develop students’ commercial awareness alongside their legal knowledge, preparing them for the professional legal courses and ultimately for practice.”
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Extra quotes from Ben Hughes, Director of GDL programmes, BPP Law School
Ben Hughes, GDL Director of Programmes said: “We want our students to have the best learning experience whilst they study with us. On our GDL we are continually innovating to achieve this;high levelsof class contact timecomplemented by first class technological resources.For example,students now have a choice of experiencing lecturesin three different ways - live face-to-face, on DVD and via MP3 download. We are currently piloting schemes to extendthis multi-media provision across all of our classes and seminars, making sure the BPPGDL learning experience keeps pace withnew technology.”
“The BPP GDL is alsoone of the most flexible courses around, withsix study modesfor students to choose from, including full-time and a variety of part-time modes,with provision to switch between modes as students’ commitments change and evolve.”
GDL Extra
GDL Extra is optional and free for BPP GDL students and does not contribute to a student’s final mark.
BPP Law School new programmes
Since being granted degree awarding powers by the Privy Council, BPP Law School now offers:
- LLB for BPP GDL students
- LLM in Professional Legal Practice for BPP LPC and BVC students
- LLM in Commercial Law
- LLM in International Business Law
BPP College of Professional Studies
BPP College of Professional Studies (“BPP College”), which comprises BPP Business School and BPP Law School, is the first private sector, public owned company to be granted degree awarding powers by the Privy Council. BPP College delivers business and law programmes across four campuses, Leeds, London (Holborn and Waterloo) and Manchester and has more than 5,000 students. For more information about BPP College please visit www.bppuc.com