Tag: BPP University Law School

City Consortium outlines SQE plan for future trainees
11-month programme includes super-exam prep and 'bespoke' top-up course

Differing perspectives on the SQE
We look back on this summer's LegalEdCon as the new solicitor training regime gets underway

Bridging the skills gap within the legal sector
BPP's head of business development, Liz Ritter, considers how best to prepare lawyers for practice in light of the SQE, ahead of LegalEdCon tomorrow

BPP University to be sold ‘within weeks’, report claims
Private equity giant TDR Capital looks set to snap up law school

Employment tribunal awards former BPP law lecturer £168k
Elizabeth Aylott found to have been constructively unfairly dismissed

Student anger as BPP shuts Holborn campus for ‘essential maintenance’
Students, who pay a London premium, can access other centres, including one just over mile away in Waterloo, until reopening next month

BCLP signs SQE training deal with BPP and BARBRI
International firm will enter SQE pathway from 2023; trainee intake to be split across both providers

BPP Law School to offer module in small talk
University finds a third of students don't feel comfortable talking in front of a group

Law schools welcome first SQE students as SRA ‘looks closely’ at online exam options in light of COVID
Regulator remains hopeful assessment will go ahead in November as planned

Law school during the pandemic
A BPP student explains why she and some fellow LPCers aren’t happy

Inns of Court student presidents write to BPP over teaching concerns
Group express solidarity with BPP Law School bar and GDL students experiencing 'systemic deficiencies' this term

5 reasons law firms want to hire STEM grads
Senior lawyers and lecturers from science, technology, engineering and maths backgrounds discuss why graduates in these fields are in high demand

BPP accused of ‘disruptive editing’ by Wikipedia
PR company steps in -- gets blocked

STEM Future Lawyers and BPP announce 2021 law conversion scholarship
Applications now open for science, technology, engineering and maths students interested in law

How my STEM degree kickstarted my career as a magic circle lawyer
Catherine Crampton tracks her journey from maths graduate to City associate, and discusses her teaching role at BPP University Law School

BPP rebuffs claims it prioritised study materials for ‘consortium’ TC holders
Law school giant partly upholds four of 27 complaints made by LPC students

ULaw and BPP prepare to reopen following COVID shutdown
Tutors to wear protective visors

A law student’s guide to overcoming ‘commercial unawareness’
Lawyers provide an overview of how the legal services market functions and explain their roles within it

How aspiring lawyers can better understand the legal market
Lawyer turned BPP University Law School training manager Natasha Saleh shares her advice to students looking to secure a training contract post-COVID

BPP secures indefinite degree-awarding powers
Previously assigned on time-limited basis

A group of anonymous BPP students have published an open letter complaining about LPC lockdown ‘failures’
'All concerns raised by students are taken seriously and dealt with using the processes stated in our regulations,' says law school in response