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Key details

Start date(s)
September 2026
Study Mode
Full-time (1 year)
Location
Leeds City Campus and Online Delivery
School
Business and Law

Do you want to pursue a career as a solicitor?  

Our LLM Legal Practice degree is designed to equip you with the academic knowledge and practical legal skills needed to undertake both Solicitors Qualifying Exams (SQE) 1 and SQE 2, preparing you to take the next step in your legal career with confidence.

This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.

The Student Contract

About this course

Prepare for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) and deepen your understanding of the legal profession with expert guidance from academics who bring real-world experience from the legal sector. 

You’ll learn from active legal researchers whose insights will support you in making informed, evidence-based decisions about your career. With a wide range of optional modules available, you can tailor your studies to suit your interests and explore different areas of legal practice. 

Throughout the course, you’ll develop critical, research-led perspectives on the legal profession and its specialisms, equipping you with the knowledge and confidence to thrive in your chosen field. Your learning will be enhanced by access to cutting-edge facilities, including our newly developed mock courtroom in Leeds City Centre, designed to simulate real-world legal environments. 

This course offers a flexible, blended learning experience, combining on-campus teaching with online delivery. You’ll be supported every step of the way, with expert tutors, structured feedback, and a personalised induction that prepares you for both face-to-face and digital learning. The benefit of the online element of the course means that the intensive exam preparation elements can be done flexibly and at times that suit you best.  

You’ll be part of a vibrant academic community with access to university resources and support services. You’ll also be assigned a personal tutor who will guide you throughout your postgraduate journey, helping you stay focused and make the most of your experience. 

Why study with us

  • Integrated SQE Preparation: Study for a recognised postgraduate qualification while preparing for both SQE 1 and SQE 2.
  • Flexible, Supported Learning: Benefit from a blended delivery model combining on-campus teaching and online learning, with personalised support from LTU tutors and access to structured feedback throughout.
  • Practice-Ready Facilities: Enhance your practical skills in our newly developed mock courtroom, located in the heart of Leeds City Centre, designed to simulate real-world legal environments.
  • Tailored Career Development: Learn from active legal researchers and choose from a range of specialist modules to shape your studies around your career ambitions and interests.
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Course modules

You will study a variety of modules across your programme of study. The module details given below are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Core modules

Understanding the Legal Profession – Core
SQE 1 Preparation – Core
SQE 2 Preparation – Core
Company Law and Practice – Core
Family Law and Practice – Core
Employment Law and Practice – Core
Dissertation – Core

Course structure

September - Full-time, 1 year programme
Year Term Module Credits Contact hours
1 1 Understanding the Legal Profession 30 3 hours per week
SQE1 Preparation 30 1.5 hour tutorial a week by LTU staff on campus to support online delivery
2 SQE 2 Preparation 30 Delivered online
Company Law and Practice (option) 15 2 hours per week
Family Law and Practice (option) 15 2 hours per week
Employment Law and Practice (option) 15 2 hours per week
  Immigration Law and Practice (option) 15  2 hours per week
3 Dissertation 60 10 hours plus supervision

Learning and teaching

You will be assessed by a range of methods, including those used by the SQE, which could include:

  • Multiple choice tests to simulate SQE1
  • Critical essays
  • Professional conversations
  • Legal research tasks
  • Client interviews
  • Portfolios
  • Research project

Learning and teaching

At Leeds Trinity we aim to provide an excellent student experience and provide you with the tools and support to help you achieve your academic, personal and professional potential.

Our Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy delivers excellence by providing the framework for:

  • high quality teaching
  • an engaging and inclusive approach to learning, assessment and achievement
  • a clear structure through which you progress in your academic studies, your personal development and towards professional-level employment or further study.

We have a strong reputation for developing student employability, supporting your development towards graduate employment, with relevant skills embedded throughout your programme of study.

We endeavour to develop curiosity, confidence, courage, ambition and aspiration in all students through the key themes in our Learning and Teaching Strategy:

  • Student Involvement and Engagement
  • Inclusion
  • Integrated Programme and Assessment Experience
  • Digital Literacy and Skills
  • Employability and Enterprise

To help you achieve your potential we emphasise learning as a collaborative process, with a range of student-led and real-world activities. This approach ensures that you fully engage in shaping your own learning, developing your critical thinking and reflective skills so that you can identify your own strengths and weaknesses, and use the extensive learning support system we offer to shape your own development.

We believe the secret to great learning and teaching is simple: it is about creating an inclusive learning experience that allows all students to thrive through:

  • Personalised support
  • Expert lecturers
  • Strong connections with employers
  • An international outlook
  • Understanding how to use tools and technology to support learning and development

Entry requirements

Leeds Trinity University is committed to recruiting students with talent and potential and who we feel will benefit greatly from their academic and non-academic experiences here. We treat every application on its own merits; we value highly the experience you illustrate in your personal statement.

The following information is designed to give you a general overview of the qualifications we accept. If you are taking qualifications that are not included below, please contact our Admissions Office who will be happy to advise you.

  • An honours degree (2:2 or above) in any of the following subjects:

    • LLB Law
    • LLB/BA Law with another discipline (where 50% of credits studied are from legal subjects)

  • The programme is also open to graduates who have achieved a pass in PDGL/GDL/LLM Law Conversion course.

  • Applicants with overseas qualifications require a degree in law from their jurisdiction at the equivalent of a 2:2 classification. 

This course is not available to students on a Student Route Visa.

Please contact us for personalised advice on 0113 283 7123 or at admissions@leedstrinity.ac.uk

Fees and finance

Funding

UK Home Students:

For information about our tuition fees please visit our Student Fees and Finance pages.

If you studied your undergraduate degree at Leeds Trinity University, you may be eligible for a discount of up to 50% on the cost of your tuition fees.

Leeds Trinity Alumni Discount

Some Leeds Trinity graduates are eligible for a tuition fee discount on postgraduate courses of up to 50%, excluding PGCE Delivery Partner Model and Lead Partner Model, and Masters by Research courses. You will need to achieve a 2:2 or above in a Leeds Trinity undergraduate course to qualify.

Postgraduate course Leeds Trinity Alumni Discount
LLM Legal Practice 50% for Leeds Trinity graduates with a 1st class honours degree
LLM Legal Practice 35% for Leeds Trinity graduates with a 2:1 honours degree
LLM Legal Practice 20% for Leeds Trinity graduates with a 2:2 honours degree

The cost of the SQE examination itself is not included in the fees and it is up to you to book and pay for your SQE examination. You'll have the flexibility to decide when to do this with some likely opting to complete the entire course before considering the examination whereas other will do SQE 1 at the January sitting and the SQE after the Semester 2 element. The cost of the SQE can be found at Costs and fees | SQE | Solicitors Regulation Authority (sra.org.uk) 

How to apply

If you would like to apply for this programme, please register your interest and we will contact you with more information when the applications open.