Two New Practice-Orientated Legal Qualifications Offered in Partnership with Cambridge University

Cambridge University, in partnership with the Institute, has created two new qualifications:

- the Cambridge University Certificate in Legal Practice

- the Cambridge Univerity Certificate in Legal Studies

Both have been designed especially for non-lawyers working in, and with, the law. As well as providing excellent practical teaching on key topics, the courses lead to legal qualifications from one of the top five universities in the world.

Both qualifications are practice-orientated and created in partnership with the Institute. Fast-track Institute membership, potentially leading to Fellowship and Certified Paralegal status, is offered to students.

Both courses are delivered online, supported by several intensive teaching days (held at weekends) in a Cambridge college. The online components are fully interactive and tutor support is provided.

There is open access to both courses.

With a distinctly practical flavour, the courses were designed by Cambridge and the Institute to assist:

• Practising paralegals

• Aspiring paralegals

• Law firm business support staff (e.g. HR and training managers)

• Legal support staff (e.g. legal secretaries)

• Non-lawyers working in a legal environment (e.g. court staff)

• Non-lawyers responsible for some legal matters (e.g. compliance officers and company secretaries)

Cambridge University Certificate in Legal Practice

The Certificate consists of eight mandatory modules.

Students who successfully complete modules one through four may apply for the Certificate of Continuing Education in Legal Practice for Paralegals.

Students who then go on to complete the remaining four modules (within a five-year time limit) receive the Certificate in Legal Practice.

Individual modules can be taken as stand-alone courses.

The modules are:

- Introduction to The English Legal System
- Introduction to Legal Practice
- Introduction to Legal Research and Writing
- Paralegal Advisory Firms and Paralegal Practice
- Contract Drafting and Interpretation for Practitioners
- Introduction to the City, Financial Services and Companies House
- Practical Skills for Paralegals
- Conduct of Proceedings for Paralegals

For further information and bookings please visit the Cambridge Univeristy site by clicking here

Cambridge University Certificate in Legal Studies

This Certificate is offered on a credit basis. You chose from amongst the 17 modules on offer to reach the required number of credits to achieve.

-Introduction to the English Legal System
-Introduction to Contract and Tort
-Introduction to Property Law
-Introduction to Commercial Law
-Introduction to Criminal Law
-Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
-Introduction to Employment Law
-Introduction to Probate Law
-Introduction to Dispute Resolution
-Introduction to Equality & Human Rights
-Introduction to Company Law
-Introduction to Charities Law
-Introduction to Family Law
-Introduction to Criminology
-Introduction to Conveyancing
-Introduction to European Union Law
-Introduction to Equity and the Law of Trusts

Individual modules can be taken as stand-alone courses.

For further information and bookings please visit the Cambridge Univeristy site by clicking here