From September 2010 the Bar Vocational Course BVC will be called the ‘Bar Professional Training Course’ BPTC. We have been validated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to deliver the Nottingham Law School (NLS) BPTC course in London as from September 2010. The Nottingham Law School Bar Vocational Course has been long established as one of the best in the country with double the average pupillage rates and the highest student satisfaction rates.
About the BPTC in London
The BPTC course in London is the same as the course delivered at Nottingham Law School. Students have access to the same BPTC course materials and our campus provides exceptional student support, careers, and a dedicated BPTC course resource room.
We have limited our BPTC Course numbers to 60 so we can apply high admissions standards thereby ensuring a bright cohort of students and the best chances of securing a pupillage. To that end all shortlisted applicants for the BPTC will be required to attend a selection day.
The former leader of the Nottingham Law School BVC, James Wakefield, has moved to London to ensure we provide the same quality of teaching and student experience in London for the BPTC course.
Why choose the BPTC in London?
- The BPTC course was designed by tutors with experience of legal practice and is delivered with the input of judges, barristers and other practitioners
- We have excellent contacts with chambers and law firms throughout London
- We are in close proximity to some of London's biggest courts
- There will be regular contact with barristers, the bench and the Inns
- We offer advocacy, mooting and mock trial competitions judged by practitioners
- We have mock court rooms and a dedicated BPTC Resource Room
- The BPTC course fees include a 2 day residential course at Kaplan’s country manor ‘Caer Rhun Hall’ in North Wales.
LLB for non law Graduates converting to Law
Students who complete our BPTC course having done our GDL (in Nottingham or London), or a GDL with another provider, have the opportunity to obtain a full Nottingham Trent University LLB (known as a graduate LLB), reflecting the significant effort and achievement of the combination of a GDL and our BPTC course.
Find out more about the BPTC course outline and how we teach the BPTC course in London.