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The Institute itself is not primarily a training provider. That allows us to recommend other people's courses to you based on quality and relevance.

If you are a training provider and would like us to consider accrediting your courses for CPD purposes or generally, please click here.

 

(NB: this is a paid advertisement)

 

The following training providers have all been accredited by the Institute:

 

Beyond the Brief                                      Executive coaching and mentoring            

CAB/University of Portsmouth                   IoP Certificate in Advisory Practice


Central Law Training
                                Paralegal BTEC and professional qualifications & CPD


iam                                                        Legal secretarial qualifications

Kaplan Altior                                          CPD and related training


Land Registry                                         Property law related training


Law South                                              CPD and related training

Learning4Legals                                      Online paralegal and solicitor training


MBL Seminars 
                                        CPD and related training

Online Training College                            Online legal secretarial and paralegal courses

Progressive Legal                                    CPD and related training

STL Training                                            Outdoor clerking

University of Cambridge 
                          Certificate in law in paralegal practice


University of Huddersfield                         Foundation degree in paralegal practice


Beyond the Brief is the leading executive coaching and mentoring business and exclusively at legal professionals.

Please visit www.beyondthebrief.net for further details, or contact Ann Page on 0161 243 4384.

 

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The law school at the University of Portsmouth has an innovative scheme under which selected law undergraduates spend up to 2 years working as a volunteer advisers in a local Citizens Advice Bureau. In recognition of the superb practical training offered by Citizens Advice and the excellent real-life advisory experience the students gain, the Institute awards those students successfully completing the citizens advice course the Iop Certificate in Advisory Practice.

This certificate is currently only available to University of Portsmouth law students. However it can be awarded to other students and individuals obtaining training and giving advice in similar circumstances.

More information on the University of Portsmouth law school please visit www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/law/

 

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Central Law Training (CLT) is the UK's largest legal training provider.

It offers two courses of particular interest to paralegals: the foundation BTEC and a variety of professional paralegal qualifications in different specialist subjects. All the professional paralegal qualifications are ordered by the law school at the University of the West of England.

For information on the BTEC please click here.

For information on the professional paralegal qualifications please click here.

 

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iam is a UK Government approved National Awarding Body.

It awards the qualifications granted to legal secretaries who have proven that they comply with the National Competency Standards for Legal Secretaries. There are three qualifications:

LPQ Introductory Certificate in Legal Secretarial Practice

LPQ Intermediate Certificate in Legal Secretarial Practice

LPQ Advanced Certificate in Legal Secretarial Practice

For more information on these legal qualifications that cost just £95 each (plus VAT) visit www.LegalStandards.org and click on the 'Qualifications' link.

 

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Kaplan Altior is one of the UK's leading legal training providers. They offer a wide range of training courses, both public and in-house. The Institute has accredited Kaplan This Altior as a CPD provider.

For more information, visit the Kaplan Altior web-site at www.altior.co.uk

 

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Land Registry

The Land Registry is the government department responsible for keeping and maintaining the Land Register of England. It is also perhaps the foremost trainer providers of courses in courses relating to training in land, property and conveyancing matters.

For more information please click here

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Law South is a grouping of major law firms in the South of England. Law South offers a variety of courses to its members, and these courses are also available to paralegals and legal support staff.

For more details on these courses visit www.lawsouth.co.uk

 

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Learning 4 Legals is an online training provider offering courses at a variety of levels for paralegals and young solicitors.

View the courses they offer at www.learning4legals.com.

 

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MBL is a Law Society authorised provider of CPD training to the legal and accountancy professions. 

It runs hundreds of courses each year. The number of delegates on their courses can vary from 4 to 200 and delegates are from various backgrounds (from managing partners of top 100 firms to support staff from the smallest high street practices).

Their seminars are pitched at introductory, intermediate, advanced and updating levels with the emphasis on the practical. MBL chooses its speakers based upon experience, expertise and presentation skills.  A small company, MBL still has over 70 years cumulative experience and aim to offer something completely different to the mainstream CPD providers. 

For more information visit www.mblseminars.com

 

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Online Training College

The Online Legal Training College has been specialising in legal secretarial and paralegal courses since 1988.

OTC's courses are all offered online and so regularly has overseas students in addition to those from the UK. Students have come from South Africa, Australia,  Barbados, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, India and elsewhere.

for more information on OTC's range of courses please visit www.onlinetrainingcompany.com/

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Progressive Legal Training provides regional training nationwide at over 30 locations. They run hundreds of courses each CPD year. You can search for courses online either by town, title, geographical or subject area. They offer a membership scheme, in-house training courses and a variety of consultancy services. For more information visit www.progressivelegal.co.uk

 

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STL Training Ltd is an outdoor clerking agency and training company with over 18 years practical experience offering training to law students and outdoor clerking services to lawyers.  STL clerks earn money as outdoor clerks as they learn. For more information, please visit: www.stltrainingschool.co.uk

 

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The University of Cambridge offers a distance learning course delivered online relating to paralegal practice.

The course leads to a certificate in law from the University.

For more information visit www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/profstudies/paralegals/

 

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The law school at the University of Huddersfield is soon to launch a foundation degree in paralegal practice. although not yet available, enquiries should be directed to the law school - click here.

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