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Where to do the LPC?

Hi guys, my TC firm gives free reign on choosing the LPC. I have looked around but I am none the wiser on where to do it.So far all I have managed to see is that BPP, University of Law and City are the top places to do it - but everyone knows that from 1st year of uni!

Are there statistics anywhere on which law firms send their trainees to BPP v ULaw? I think it would be quite fun to do it at a place with lots of other future trainees in similar big City firms.

Thanks all.
Original post by LawStudentLLM
Hi guys, my TC firm gives free reign on choosing the LPC. I have looked around but I am none the wiser on where to do it.So far all I have managed to see is that BPP, University of Law and City are the top places to do it - but everyone knows that from 1st year of uni!

Are there statistics anywhere on which law firms send their trainees to BPP v ULaw? I think it would be quite fun to do it at a place with lots of other future trainees in similar big City firms.

Thanks all.


You could ask the Law Society.. I dont think it makes much difference. Cant remember but some inspectorate used to rate them.

Does your firm ask you to study particular subjects and are you intersted in particular things? Theres also price, where the other trainees will study and area of the country you fancy living in. UoL and BPP are just the biggest specialists.
I'm in a similar situation to the OP where my firm gives me free rein to do the LPC wherever I want. Because of various factors (from Scotland, family lives abroad, etc) I don't really have any strong connections to any part of England where it would make sense to do the LPC.

Are any of the University of Law's branches outside of London considered better than some of the other ones? Because of my total freedom of location, I'm looking for any way to differentiate them, but I am struggling to find any information to do so.

I heard that some of their smaller branches don't have all of the lectures in person and require you to watch some of them online. That's one thing I'd prefer to avoid.

While my TC is in London, I'm considering doing the LPC somewhere with lower living costs to save money.

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