The Swansea Legal Practice Course is a professional one year course that develops important practice skills and confidence for a successful career in law in England and Wales. Consistently rated as excellent by both students and external organisations the Swansea Legal Practice Course represents the best of innovation in professional legal education.

The course is offered full-time and is staffed by a dedicated team of friendly and supportive professionals with extensive experience of legal practice. We operate with first-class teaching facilities and a dedicated practitioner Resource Room with full network access to extensive electronic legal practitioner resources. Students at Swansea participate in the Swansea Pro Bono Law Clinic run by law students under the supervision of qualified local practitioners and have the advantage of valuable networking opportunities and work experience placements supported by the course team.   

Consistent with Swansea’s reputation for professionalism and delivering the best of innovation in professional legal education from September 2009 Swansea University was amongst the first to provide the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s new style Legal Practice Course complying with the updated Legal Practice Course outcomes.   

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Pro Bono Law Clinic

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Employers & Students Testimonials

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