BPP and Olswang sign exclusive agreement
23 November 2009
Two leading names in the legal profession, Olswang LLP and BPP Law School have signed an agreement to provide training for the Legal Practice Course (LPC). Starting from September 2010, Olswang, the award-winning law firm will send all its future LPC trainees to BPP Law School on an exclusive basis.
Peter Crisp, Dean of BPP Law School said:
“Not only are we immensely proud to be working with Olswang, but we are very excited to be forming close links with such a hugely successful and high profile firm. There are many parallels to be drawn here – we are both dynamic and forward-thinking organisations; and each has grown quickly and successfully – a result of both an innovative and non-bureaucratic approach”.
“Furthermore, our common goal is a commitment to both the personal and professional development of lawyers starting out in their careers, and we will ensure that the Olswang trainees who start with us next year, as well as those on subsequent years will benefit from an excellent teaching experience”.
The number of Olswang trainees for the first intake of is anticipated to be up to 24 trainees, all of whom will study at BPP’s central London law school in Holborn, close to Olswang’s Head Office.
Stephen Rosen, Training Principal at Olswang, said:
“Our future lawyers need the best possible start in their legal careers and this arrangement only adds to the current offering for trainees at Olswang. We place significant importance on ensuring we have in place quality training and we're delighted to be working with BPP to deliver this best in class development for our trainees".
This exclusive arrangement brings the total number of leading law firms that send trainees exclusively to BPP Law School for the Legal Practice Course to 19. These are: Addleshaw Goddard, CMS Cameron McKenna, Dechert LLP, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith, Jones Day, Lovells, Macfarlanes, Norton Rose, Olswang, Reed Smith, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Simmons & Simmons, SJ Berwin, Slaughter and May, Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith and Withers.
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For further information and general media enquiries contact:
Christine O’Grady, Press Office Tel: 0207 633 4418. Email: christineo’grady@bpp.com
Peter Crisp, BPP Law School Tel: 0207 430 7035. email: petercrisp@bpp.com
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About BPP College of Professional Studies
BPP College of Professional Studies (“BPP College”), which comprises BPP Business School and BPP Law School, is owned by BPP Holdings, part of the Apollo Group. BPP College is the first private sector, publicly owned organisation to be granted degree awarding powers by the Privy Council. BPP College delivers business and law programmes across seven centres, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and London (Holborn, Waterloo and the City) and has more than 5,500 students. For more information about BPP College please visit www.bppuc.com.
About Apollo Group, Inc.
Apollo Group, Inc. has been an education provider for more than 30 years, providing academic access and opportunity to students through its subsidiaries, University of Phoenix, Institute for Professional Development, College for Financial Planning, Western International University, Meritus University, Insight Schools and Apollo Global. The Company's distinctive educational programmes and services are provided at the high school, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels in 40 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico; Canada; Latin America; and Europe, as well as online throughout the world (data as of May 31, 2009). For more information about Apollo Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, visit the Company’s website at www.apollogrp.edu.