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What is CPE?

Is it hard to get into after your degree?
also do i have a good degree from a good university to apply for CPE?

Thx

ALAN

Reply 1

aimsi

not sure whether its hard to get into but it costs alot and is, from what ive heard, really hard work.

hope thats of some help!

Reply 2

Onearmedbandit

17

Ignore me. I thought this was regarding the LPC! I just woke up and I think I'm still a little drunk :confused:

Reply 3

Manatee

14

Captain Chaos

There is the CPE or GDL...they are both pretty much the same I think

Like the LPC I should imagine it's quite easy to get a place on the GDL/CPE

It is hard work though, in 9 months you have to learn all the core law subjects. A few of my friends on the LPC did the GDL here last year and said the GDL was much harder than the LPC.

The PgDL (postgraduate diploma in law) is the qualification you get at the end of the CPE - they're the same thing.

The CPE is hard work but it is completely doable provided you organise yourself. It's also a lot more interesting than the LPC. When I did it, law firms (including City ones) didn't care where you did the CPE, though they were more specific about the LPC. Since then, the Magic Circle firms in particular have narrowed down the list of acceptable institutions for the LPC - I'm not sure whether this applies for the CPE as well though.

Reply 4

viviki

14

Don't do it in the hope that you can study at a better institution than your first institution for it. Recruiters mainly look at where you did your first degree.

Reply 5

alanchwong

OP

thx for your wise words.
Anyway I am going to read Economics next year and I have applied to UCL, Warwick, Durham, York, Manchester and Essex. I have got offers from Manchester and Essex.

Reply 6

alanchwong

OP

do employees consider CPE as highly as LLB? Also is CPE recognised internationally?

Reply 7

Vitriol01

1

alanchwong

Is it hard to get into after your degree?
also do i have a good degree from a good university to apply for CPE?

Thx

ALAN

No, no and no.

Just cash needed.

Reply 8

~Bex~

14

I know alot of people do the CPE after degrees like history/economics/politics, but what about other subjects? I want to do a CPE after my degree but I can't decide whether I want to do a degree in history or maths. I obviously plan to apply for sponsorship for the CPE (I know these are extremely difficult to obtain but I'll at least give it a shot) My main worry is that I'll find it harder to get sponsored with a maths degree than with a history degree. What do you think?

Reply 9

Vitriol01

1

~Bex~

I know alot of people do the CPE after degrees like history/economics/politics, but what about other subjects? I want to do a CPE after my degree but I can't decide whether I want to do a degree in history or maths. I obviously plan to apply for sponsorship for the CPE (I know these are extremely difficult to obtain but I'll at least give it a shot) My main worry is that I'll find it harder to get sponsored with a maths degree than with a history degree. What do you think?

No. You need to secure a TC to get your CPE paid for. Maths and history equally acceptable.

Reply 10

~Bex~

14

Did you do a CPE Vitriol01? If you did what subject did you do your degree in?

Reply 11

Vitriol01

1

~Bex~

Did you do a CPE Vitriol01? If you did what subject did you do your degree in?

Yes. I did economics at undergraduate level.

Reply 12

smj44

alanchwong

do employees consider CPE as highly as LLB? Also is CPE recognised internationally?

Apparently law firms employ as many CPE graduate as LLB. Some firms prefer people with other backgrounds especially if they're going into that area in law. I'm not sure how it works in chambers, but i do know there is some intake of CPE students. I don't have a clue about international recognition.

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