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BPP is one of the leading law schools in the country; it prepares you for the start of your career by successfully combining theoretical law with law in practice. Through various compulsory and elective modules the law school provides you with excellent teaching and resources to achieve an extremely high standard of legal knowledge.

Further, the law school combines subject modules with the assessment of practical skills such as interviewing and legal drafting, which ensures that when you start out as a trainee solicitor you are fully prepared for legal practice.

BPP also has an award winning Pro-Bono Centre which not only gives you the opportunity to help others but it also gives you an insight into real workings of law in practice.

The Pro Bono Centre asks willing students to become involved with various initiatives, including: the Legal Advice Clinic; the Environmental Group; the Human Rights Unit; the Law Firm Shadowing Project; the Legal Translation Services; the Mediation Friend Project; and the Streetlaw Group.

The law building is extremely impressive and contemporary, with a practical layout; different floors are dedicated to BVC or LPC students, and teaching staff. There are a number of computer rooms, small and large teaching classrooms, common rooms, and there is a café in the basement.

Every student also has their own locker, which are distributed throughout the various floors of the building: the lockers come in extremely useful for housing the volumes of books each student has!

The BPP London BVC is taught though a variety of small group sessions, practical exercises and lectures, focusing in particular on advocacy. Mooting wil also play a big part in your progression on the course throughout the year.

Within the Small Group Sessions classes tend to be split into subgroups where each subgroup gives presentations on various questions and issues, giving realistic legal and commercial advice to problems. This system works effectively in building the students’ confidence, working as teams or individually.

As with all other providers, the BPP London BVC focuses on the nine core modules; advocacy, civil litigation, criminal litigation, conference, negotiaton, drafting, opinion writing, legal research and progessional ethics. You will also have to select two options from an impressive variety of other areas of law.

There is also a personal tutor system, whereby each student has a personal tutor who they can direct any questions to; whether it is about the BVC itself, careers advice or general personal support.

Tutors and lecturers constantly use past experiences as case examples in Small Group Sessions and lectures, giving students an insight into real life legal scenarios; yet another way BPP effectively gives its students a practical advantage to their studies.

BPP Holborn is in the heart of central London, giving every student the opportunity to be a part of the buzz of City life. It is surrounded by a number of prestigious law firms, the Royal Courts of Justice, the Law Society, as well as Covent Garden, Oxford Street and the Strand. It is safe to say that students are never stuck for things to do if studying gets too much!

Course fees for the BVC at Holborn stand at £14,150. For the part-time otion, you will pay £6,865 for the first year and £6,480 for the second.

BPP in London does not give you the opportunity of paying fees in monthly instalments. However there is a scholarship scheme at BPP; a Law Society bursary scheme; and various other funding options that students may choose to partake in, including local authority grants and employer sponsorship.

At the start of the BVC there are cohort drinks, which gives students the opportunity to meet and socialise with others in their cohort and tutor groups (breaking the ice at the start of the year and settling some nerves!). Staff also attend the drinks giving everyone the chance to meet and talk with their teachers and lecturers.

In addition, there are end of term and end of exam socials; these tend to be organised by student representatives and take place at some of London’s best nightclubs and bars, with discounted entry fees and cheap drinks all night!

As BPP Holborn is in the heart of the City students are never stuck for places to go to eat, drink and generally socialise. There are some fantastic restaurants, bars and pubs within easy reach of the law school, with the closest pub three doors down!

There are also a number of BPP student led clubs, societies, quizzes, mooting competitions and sports teams (such as Netball, Hockey and Football). Each of these societies holds their own social events, giving students an even better opportunity to meet new people and friends, whilst enjoying London’s nightlife.

The careers centre at BPP is extremely helpful, with support staff on site available to give advice on covering letters, CVs, application forms, interview technique and so on. The careers advisors help with applying for placements or pupillages, although the careers system works a lot more effectively if the students take the time to email or contact the careers staff individually.

There are also weekly emails from the careers centre notifying students of vacancies, whether in paralegal work, volunteer work etc. There is an online careers information service and guidance on the student intranet, including feedback from previous interviewees on interviews for training contracts and pupilages.

BPP also run an ‘Access to Practice’ scheme, which links students with local practitioners who offer individual support and advice on careers. The careers centre also holds annual law fairs giving students the opportunity to network with different chamber representatives (for pupillages) and recruitment agencies (for law related work e.g. paralegal positions).