College of Law to offer New York Bar course for UK law students
The College of Law has unveiled a new course that will enable students to sit the New York Bar exam. From September, students sitting the full-time Graduate Diploma in Law programme who go on to complete either the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) will be able to take the New York Bar Exam after an additional 22-week study programme.
March 12, 2010 at 09:55 AM
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The College of Law has unveiled a new course that will enable students to sit the New York Bar exam.
From September, students sitting the full-time Graduate Diploma in Law programme who go on to complete either the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) will be able to take the New York Bar Exam after an additional 22-week study programme.
The programme, which includes electives in US business and securities law, will be available either at one of the College's London centres or, subject to negotiations, in the US at the Northwestern University Law School in Chicago, with which the College of Law has formed a strategic partnership.
Those successfully completing the course will be awarded a US-style College of Law Juris Doctor (JD) degree in law, enabling them to sit the New York Bar exam.
The New York State Court of Appeals and the New York State Board of Law Examiners have approved the arrangement, which will be open to both UK and US students.
Commenting on the new course, College of Law chief executive Nigel Savage (pictured) told Legal Week: "The qualification will be broadly equivalent to a US LLM and will allow our graduates the choice to qualify in both UK and US law. The programme will also attract the very best overseas students to the College, helping to sustain London as a legal services and legal education hub."
Northwestern Law School dean David Van Zandt said: "We are pleased to partner with the College of Law on this important initiative, which aligns with Northwestern's emphasis on providing today's law graduates with the skills they need to be able to work cross-culturally and cross-jurisdictionally."
The College of Law has also announced a tie up with IE Law School in Madrid. It is currently working with IE to develop programmes straddling the civil/common law divide and on management skills courses.
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