The City Law School has strong links with the profession. Throughout the year we have a variety of events hosted by solicitors and barristers which provide an opportunity to meet representatives from the profession. Practitioners give seminars at City on a range of topics including commercial awareness, how to prepare for interviews and how to draft application forms. Partners in leading firms also deliver presentations about their areas of practice. The events are intended to provide an insight into the profession and to help students prepare successful applications. For aspiring solicitors we also hold the Law and Practice Forum – a series of talks delivered by solicitors from international law firms. Each year, City University London holds a Law Fair, where students can speak directly with graduate recruitment advisors and representatives from leading law firms and chambers.
Graduate courses Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
Opportunities
We run an annual internal mooting competition where students can act as counsel and argue a point of law before a practising judge, and also take part in external mooting competitions. Mooting is a great way to develop important legal skills, such as research and analysis, while also gaining experience of public speaking and argument.
Career opportunities GDL graduates are qualified to progress to the professional legal skills courses: the Legal Practice Course (LPC) for solicitors and the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) for barristers. Upon graduation GDL students are guaranteed a place on our LPC (subject to meeting entry requirements). Applications for our BPTC are also strongly encouraged* and the GDL is accepted as an entry qualification for the LLMs offered by the School.
Dr David Herling
BBA, DPhil (Oxon), Barrister, Senior Lecturer in Law Course Director
For intending barristers, a series of at least fifteen chambers’ evenings take place during the earlier part of the year. These evening events enable intending pupillage applicants to learn in detail about individual sets of chambers and to talk informally to practitioners. In past years, students have found the series invaluable for offering an insight into the thinking of chambers and how they choose their future pupils.
David lectures on Constitutional and Administrative Law, Legal Ethics and Contract Law. Since qualifying as a barrister in 1991 he has retained a particular interest in the academic and practical stages of training for the Bar. He has contributed to several leading legal journals in this country and in Israel. As Course Director, David takes a keen interest in the development of every GDL student and encourages students and academic staff to have an open and communicative relationship throughout the duration of the course and beyond.
Find out more
law@city.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7404 5787 * The Bar Standards Board does not allow providers to guarantee places on this course.
www.city.ac.uk/law
www.city.ac.uk/law/gdl
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