LPC at BPP (Holborn)

Surely you should do modules which are at least related to your firm's work even if they let you choose or if they're quite broad you should do ones which are down the line you want to go.

BPP asked for money they had every right to get. Some people want it every way. They want to get the qualification that will give them the potential to earn a lot of money during their life but they don't want to pay for it.

How exactly is that fair?

I got that e-mail and I thought they were damn right to do it. I have 2 people in my SGS group who thought they were going to get away without paying the last part of their fees.

Does a college not have the right to ask for money it is owed? Would you go into a restaurant and only pay part of the bill and expect the be let away with it?

I know 2 people at the college of law and from talking to them I get the idea that although theyre not really behind they dont have as much detail as they should. They went their for the open book exams but were very honest in telling me they found that fact mentioned at any training contract interviews. BPP has 10 amazing firms sending their trainees to BPP. The college of law has 2 and that will soon be 1 firm as A&O are jumping ship for BPP in 2010.

The tutors are excellent here. All have been in practice for at least 7 years, many were partners in firms. You don't get DVD lectures unlike the college of law. At bpp they're live and in person but if you have to miss one you can see it online. There's less of a university feel here than there's at the college of law (I went to see it after I thought I was going to have to accept their offer). There's a reason for that, it's not university anymore and it's foolish to have anyone think it is. It's a PROFESSIONAL qualification, not a crappy little degree. We get 1 day self-study a week. You get to just be in college 4 days a week and then if you want you can use the day in the middle of the week to go shopping but then you have to remember to sacrafice a day at the weekend to study. I am treating the LPC like a fulltime job. I am working extremely hard for 40-55 hours a week then the rest of the time is my own. I know several people who thought they could take it easy all year until just before out compulsory subjects exams. They have since realised how stupid they were and 1 is in very serious jeopardy of losing his training contract.

Bpp is expensive, there's no denying that but you get what you pay for. Bpp has a 95% pass rate, the college of law has a 68% pass rate. For the sake of of couple of thousand pounds your future may be rosey or a bit more bleak.

BPP asked for money they had every right to get. Some people want it every way. They want to get the qualification that will give them the potential to earn a lot of money during their life but they don't want to pay for it.

How exactly is that fair?

I got that e-mail and I thought they were damn right to do it. I have 2 people in my SGS group who thought they were going to get away without paying the last part of their fees.

Does a college not have the right to ask for money it is owed? Would you go into a restaurant and only pay part of the bill and expect the be let away with it?

DIWGFT, I'm loving it at BPP. I only got in at the last minute by being offered a training contract with a magic circle firm who sends all their trainees to BPP. I had initially turned down my offer and was going to have to go to the college of law which I really didn't want but it was more affordable. When my firm heard I was thinking of the college of law they very politely said "we don't send anyone there". I know 2 people at the college of law and from talking to them I get the idea that although theyre not really behind they dont have as much detail as they should. They went their for the open book exams but were very honest in telling me they found that fact mentioned at any training contract interviews. BPP has 10 amazing firms sending their trainees to BPP. The college of law has 2 and that will soon be 1 firm as A&O are jumping ship for BPP in 2010.

The tutors are excellent here. All have been in practice for at least 7 years, many were partners in firms. You don't get DVD lectures unlike the college of law. At bpp they're live and in person but if you have to miss one you can see it online. There's less of a university feel here than there's at the college of law (I went to see it after I thought I was going to have to accept their offer). There's a reason for that, it's not university anymore and it's foolish to have anyone think it is. It's a PROFESSIONAL qualification, not a crappy little degree. We get 1 day self-study a week. You get to just be in college 4 days a week and then if you want you can use the day in the middle of the week to go shopping but then you have to remember to sacrafice a day at the weekend to study. I am treating the LPC like a fulltime job. I am working extremely hard for 40-55 hours a week then the rest of the time is my own. I know several people who thought they could take it easy all year until just before out compulsory subjects exams. They have since realised how stupid they were and 1 is in very serious jeopardy of losing his training contract.

Bpp is expensive, there's no denying that but you get what you pay for. Bpp has a 95% pass rate, the college of law has a 68% pass rate. For the sake of of couple of thousand pounds your future may be rosey or a bit more bleak.

I think that most people have a problem with the fact that the LPC providers can essentially charge exactly what they want (disproportionate) because this is a qualification lawyers need to have.



And how much do you think that extra detail is really going to help when you start practice? And also what is the point of closed book exams at this stage? It's not a memory game any more. Oh, and by the way, Linklaters, A&O and Clifford Chance currently all send their trainees to CoL.



What do you mean by 'crappy little degree'?! Come on, the LPC is so basic it hurts, and compared to my degree it is literally like doing GCSEs. I might be at the vastly inferior college of law (which thankfully doesn't ban verticle lines and unusually shaped index tabs) but all my friends at BPP say exactly the same. The LPC is a bit of a joke no matter where you do it and that's why people get irritated at the amount it costs. And how do you squeeze 40-55 hours a week out of it? Doing all the reading and prep for my classes now takes a maximum of about 10 hours a week.

They should quote you on the official BPP admissions literature: 'For the sake of a couple of thousand pounds your future may be rosey or a bit more bleak'!

Really? And what year was this "distinction"?

Real partnership material. Failing that, have you considered trying out for the Apprentice?