Once you accept your place, you’ll be invited to meet one of our Specialist Careers Advisors to review your CV and get strategic advice on future pupillage applications. This is followed by our preparing for the BPC workshop, which is a chance to hear from our Future Pupils. Pro bono and advocacy Opportunities

London is clearly going to be pricier than Northumbria, but even in the capital there’s variation. Working out what you’ll be forking out is especially important given rising costs in recent times. The good news is that in 2017/18 average course prices have remained static and ULaw even cut its fees. If you’re an international student, make sure you look at the non-UK/EU fees. Part-timers should note whether fees increase in the second year. Flexible study options to suit you: choose to study with us full-time or part-time at a number of locations across the UK.

Your career at the Bar

Complete real-life work experience via our Pro Bono clinics - you will advise, manage and represent clients on a variety of cases in legal areas. You will also be paired with a Master’s Supervisor, who will guide you through a reflective learning process so that you can complete your reflective assessment and obtain your Master’s Degree. Course structure - How's it taught? What opportunities are there for extra-curricular activities such as pro bono? Are the class sizes reasonable? Course start dates:Wednesday 11 September 2024: PgDip Barristers Training Courses, LLM Barristers Training Course. Students should view careers advice as something about which any BTC tutor can be approached. All teaching staff come from practice, some from London and some from the local area, and some retain tenancies in Chambers. We are thus able to offer first-hand advice and guidance to students.

The good news is that Bar course fees are generally lower than BPTC fees, but the cost of courses varies depending on what and where you study. All applications for Bar courses need to be made directly to the course provider. If you plan to complete the vocational component immediately after your degree or law conversion course, you need to apply in the autumn of your final year or the first term of your conversion course respectively. What do Bar courses involve?Exclusive access to our Synap learning and revision tool: complete multiple-choice questions to monitor and review your progress. Due to the projected end date of our full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PgDL) and Master of Arts in Law (MA Law Conversion) courses, you may not be eligible to commence our Bar Practice Course (BPC), LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) or SQE1 Preparation Course in September 2023. The process of becoming a barrister is not complex to understand. Almost anyone can get into Bar School, provided you have a 2:2 and can pass a straightforward entrance exam.

However, if you are awaiting final results for your degree or GDL or CPE on the day of enrolment ( 11 September), you will be permitted to enrol if, generally, you have a result outstanding in no more than one subject, will receive your final results by 1 October and you have applied to the BSB for early commencement of the vocational component. The BSB will charge you an administrative fee for this. Write a dissertation - immerse yourself in an area of law and become expert in it, allowing you to demonstrate your knowledge in your applications to chambers and beyond.

Available programmes

You should have a first class undergraduate degree(in law or another discipline) or an international equivalent. You must hold an offer of a place on one of the Bar Vocational Studies programmes, although this offer can be conditional or unconditional. It is a requirement of the BTC that students are fluent in English. Applicants need to be able to demonstrate that their English language ability is equivalent to a minimum score of 7.5 in each element of the IELTS test. The Bar Course (formally the BPTC) is expensive and tough. It's a one-year course which you are required to undertake before starting pupillage. Around 1,000 individuals graduate from the BPC each year. An actual or predicted commendation or above in the GDL undertaken in the UK and awarded by a UK institution; or Applicants who do not to enrol at NTU in September 2024 will not be eligible for reimbursement. This includes students who have not met the conditions of their offer, or who have not chosen to accept their offer and enrol with NTU.