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LPC experiences...
hey people,
i was just wondering what a typical day is like for people who are taking the LPC or have taken it. Especially if you are at either london college of law. im approaching my final yr at university and was wonderin how many hours students actually work for and what type of work you do. i have looked at some online pages etc but they seem quite vague.
also, do u think the legal practice companion book is essential for the course?
i was just wondering what a typical day is like for people who are taking the LPC or have taken it. Especially if you are at either london college of law. im approaching my final yr at university and was wonderin how many hours students actually work for and what type of work you do. i have looked at some online pages etc but they seem quite vague.
also, do u think the legal practice companion book is essential for the course?
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Reply 1
lawstudent101
hey people,
i was just wondering what a typical day is like for people who are taking the LPC or have taken it. Especially if you are at either london college of law. im approaching my final yr at university and was wonderin how many hours students actually work for and what type of work you do. i have looked at some online pages etc but they seem quite vague.
also, do u think the legal practice companion book is essential for the course?
i was just wondering what a typical day is like for people who are taking the LPC or have taken it. Especially if you are at either london college of law. im approaching my final yr at university and was wonderin how many hours students actually work for and what type of work you do. i have looked at some online pages etc but they seem quite vague.
also, do u think the legal practice companion book is essential for the course?
I am going to make myself sounds really bad, as it seems like a few people do quite a bit of work for the LPC...
I have found that I need to do no more than about an hour and a half work for each workshop. Four workshops a week during compulsories and 3 during electives means that I have essentially had a year off. I did well in my compulsory exams (although I had to do quite a bit of work in the 2 weeks before). The LPC is more about starting to teach you the basic skills you need to be a competent lawyer. If you have those skills already (eg you can write a coherant letter and understand a simple legal concept) then you are half way there.
I don't know what the book you refer to is. So it's probably not essential
Reply 2
Ishtar
I am going to make myself sounds really bad, as it seems like a few people do quite a bit of work for the LPC...
I have found that I need to do no more than about an hour and a half work for each workshop. Four workshops a week during compulsories and 3 during electives means that I have essentially had a year off. I did well in my compulsory exams (although I had to do quite a bit of work in the 2 weeks before). The LPC is more about starting to teach you the basic skills you need to be a competent lawyer. If you have those skills already (eg you can write a coherant letter and understand a simple legal concept) then you are half way there.
I don't know what the book you refer to is. So it's probably not essential
I have found that I need to do no more than about an hour and a half work for each workshop. Four workshops a week during compulsories and 3 during electives means that I have essentially had a year off. I did well in my compulsory exams (although I had to do quite a bit of work in the 2 weeks before). The LPC is more about starting to teach you the basic skills you need to be a competent lawyer. If you have those skills already (eg you can write a coherant letter and understand a simple legal concept) then you are half way there.
I don't know what the book you refer to is. So it's probably not essential
lol, yeh i saw on the college of law website that they expect 6 hrs pre-work before a workshop, but hey if u can do it in 90 minutes thats great, cheers
Reply 3
Ishtar
I am going to make myself sounds really bad, as it seems like a few people do quite a bit of work for the LPC...
Maybe those who only did the conversion (instead of a law degree) have to work harder? Or do you think it doesn't make any difference at this stage?
Reply 4
GDL-ers do better at CoL because they tend to understand how the exams work and quite how anal the markers are.
Plus the LPC has very little 'law', maybe a little in property but you will never use any of the cases you learn during your law degree, how i miss re. rose!
Plus the LPC has very little 'law', maybe a little in property but you will never use any of the cases you learn during your law degree, how i miss re. rose!
Reply 5
anyone else out there can talk about how the lpc went for them??? lol
Reply 6
I thought there would be a much better response to this question!
Reply 7
NW8_SW1_EC3
I thought there would be a much better response to this question!
Why?! Nobody is responding because the LPC is a tick box course, there is nothing exciting about it, if you got through any degree whatsoever it shouldn't be a problem. It is essentially a dull waste of a year.
Reply 8
I agree, I'm doing the LPC in September at the College of Law, and I'm not excited at all. In fact yesterday I was getting cold feet about it because of the fees.
Reply 9
i'm also going to london CoL in August/Sept! hello! ive heard the LPC is pretty boring and basically just learn what you're told and you'll be fine. so to make it interesting we better get stuck in to socialising
Reply 10
chocmonster
i'm also going to london CoL in August/Sept! hello! ive heard the LPC is pretty boring and basically just learn what you're told and you'll be fine. so to make it interesting we better get stuck in to socialising
hey chocmonster, are you hoping to get a training contract secured whilst you're at the CoL? or have you secured one already? i hear they help you get contracts but that 'help' could be practically nothing
Reply 11
lawstudent101
hey chocmonster, are you hoping to get a training contract secured whilst you're at the CoL? or have you secured one already? i hear they help you get contracts but that 'help' could be practically nothing
Apparently COL are one of the best for assisting in the search for training contracts.
Reply 12
lawstudent101
hey chocmonster, are you hoping to get a training contract secured whilst you're at the CoL? or have you secured one already? i hear they help you get contracts but that 'help' could be practically nothing
luckily i already have a TC
and yeah i've heard that they have a pretty good TC help thingy-CV workshops/practice interviews etc
Reply 13
you know law firms offer training contracts to law students in their final year at uni, do they keep some places for people at the college of law then etc? i thought all city firms had their places taken up by people before they go to law school.
when i look on law firm websites it doesnt usually say anything about recruiting from law school whilst during the lpc, just stuff about final year uni students
when i look on law firm websites it doesnt usually say anything about recruiting from law school whilst during the lpc, just stuff about final year uni students
Good question OP - I'm starting at BPP in September, so I'd also be interested to hear any experiences anyone wants to share.
As for the training contract issue, the majority of the city firms recruit 2 years in advance so most people going to those firms will have a training contract a year before the start the LPC. However, smaller high street firms and some really good media ones like Schillings (and probably others) don't sponsor through the LPC so people will apply while they're on the LPC. I read somewhere that over 1/2 of the people on the LPC don't have TCs.
I'm just so glad I've got the whole TC thing sorted - applying for law last summer was not fun. All those awful application forms and assessment days. Plus LPC fees are insane!
As for the training contract issue, the majority of the city firms recruit 2 years in advance so most people going to those firms will have a training contract a year before the start the LPC. However, smaller high street firms and some really good media ones like Schillings (and probably others) don't sponsor through the LPC so people will apply while they're on the LPC. I read somewhere that over 1/2 of the people on the LPC don't have TCs.
I'm just so glad I've got the whole TC thing sorted - applying for law last summer was not fun. All those awful application forms and assessment days. Plus LPC fees are insane!
Reply 15
lawstudent101
when i look on law firm websites it doesnt usually say anything about recruiting from law school whilst during the lpc, just stuff about final year uni students
I imagine they'd still recruit an LPC student, it would just mean that the LPC student would have a year in between the LPC and the training contract.
Reply 16
17
Ishtar
Why?! Nobody is responding because the LPC is a tick box course, there is nothing exciting about it, if you got through any degree whatsoever it shouldn't be a problem. It is essentially a dull waste of a year.
What do you mean by that?
Reply 17
lawstudent101
you know law firms offer training contracts to law students in their final year at uni, do they keep some places for people at the college of law then etc? i thought all city firms had their places taken up by people before they go to law school.
when i look on law firm websites it doesnt usually say anything about recruiting from law school whilst during the lpc, just stuff about final year uni students
when i look on law firm websites it doesnt usually say anything about recruiting from law school whilst during the lpc, just stuff about final year uni students
Plenty of people won't get their training contracts until they are on the lpc, and whilst the firms won't exactly keep places some are more than likely to come up. Last year when i was on the GDL the CoL sent an email about an 'anonymous' firm with spaces for 2008, turns out it was Ashurst.
On the whole though firms do recruit two years ahead so you do have to get your skates on and get in there!
Reply 18
Tufts
What do you mean by that?
Well, you do the LPC because you have to. In the most part, anyone who puts in any work at all will pass. Nobody seems to care how you do as long as you pass and most firms seem to think it is an inconvenient waste of money.
The SRA really needs to look at this. Why can accountants and bankers train on the job but solicitors can't? It's not like what you are learning is in the least bit complex - the procedure I could learn myself with the aid of a book in about 2 weeks and I already know how to write a letter. I feel like a year of my life has just disappeared and all I have to show for it are a couple of really big files that I whip out during exams to copy out a checklist that I compiled in 5 minutes. Does this prepare me for practice? I very much doubt it.
Ooh I hate the LPC.
Reply 19
17
Ishtar
Well, you do the LPC because you have to. In the most part, anyone who puts in any work at all will pass. Nobody seems to care how you do as long as you pass and most firms seem to think it is an inconvenient waste of money.
The SRA really needs to look at this. Why can accountants and bankers train on the job but solicitors can't? It's not like what you are learning is in the least bit complex - the procedure I could learn myself with the aid of a book in about 2 weeks and I already know how to write a letter. I feel like a year of my life has just disappeared and all I have to show for it are a couple of really big files that I whip out during exams to copy out a checklist that I compiled in 5 minutes. Does this prepare me for practice? I very much doubt it.
Ooh I hate the LPC.
The SRA really needs to look at this. Why can accountants and bankers train on the job but solicitors can't? It's not like what you are learning is in the least bit complex - the procedure I could learn myself with the aid of a book in about 2 weeks and I already know how to write a letter. I feel like a year of my life has just disappeared and all I have to show for it are a couple of really big files that I whip out during exams to copy out a checklist that I compiled in 5 minutes. Does this prepare me for practice? I very much doubt it.
Ooh I hate the LPC.
Yep I agree. The expense is scary. How does one pay?
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