The CPE/Graduate Diploma in Law programme has become an established and widely recognised route into both branches of the legal profession. The Joint Academic Stage Board externally validates the programme, which is specifically designed to enable non-law graduates to satisfy the academic stage of the process of legal training, thereby enabling successful students to embark on a vocational training course with a view to entering the legal profession as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales. Following successful completion of the Diploma, students are eligible to progress to either the Legal Practice Course for solicitors or the Bar Professional Training Course for those wishing to qualify at the Bar. Brunel Law School is one of the few London 'Law Schools' to offer this programme. The programme at Brunel allows students to take advantage of the extra curricula activities and services available to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Law School, as well as benefitting from the forward thinking provided by the Law Schools Research Centres. The programme is offered in 1-year full-time and 2 year part-time mode (4 modules per year). The part-time programme was introduced in 2012-2013 and it has made it easier for students to combine study with other commitments. Book your place now to visit us on Tuesday 24 June 2014 for the CPE Open Day! Aims The programme covers the core modules that constitute a qualifying Law degree (and therefore exemption from the academic stage of legal training) in an accelerated format.

Career opportunities for graduates are wide-ranging. You may take advantage of your professional exemptions and train to become a barrister or solicitor, but your graduate diploma could take you into careers other than law, including industry, commerce, public administration and the social services. In addition, the course has been attractive to law graduates from other jurisdictions who wish to acquire a through grounding in the common law of England and Wales, in order to facilitate international practice from their own jurisdiction.