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GDL - the rapid way for non-Law graduates to gain a Law qualification
About the Graduate Diploma in Law
I really enjoyed my year on the Staffordshire Law School CPE, and was delighted to achieve a Pass with Commendation for the GDL (the national award), and the University's LLB (CPE) Class 2:1 (Honours). The teaching, resources and support were first-rate. I can recommend the course for anyone with a non-Law degree or other suitable qualifications who wants to study Law.
Lesley Brown, CPE Graduate, SULS 2009
The GDL law (Graduate Diploma in Law) course has become an established and widely recognised route into both branches of the legal profession.
Our Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) course is ideal for non-Law graduates (and others with appropriate qualifications and experience) who would either like a career in Law or would benefit from a Law qualification.
The GDL law course allows you to complete the academic stage of legal training in less than a year of full-time study or over two years, part-time. You can study at Staffordshire University’s Stoke campus or at Worcester College.
On successful completion of the Graduate Diploma in Law examination the law course, you will receive two valuable law awards: the Graduate Diploma in Law and the LLB (CPE).
You can then progress to the solicitors’ qualifying route, the Legal Practice Course (LPC), or to the barristers’ qualification, the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). Or awards can assist other Law-related careers.
As a GDL law (GDL/CPE/LLB) graduate, you will be guaranteed a place on our Legal Practice Course. So why wait, why not have a look at our GDL law courses below.
Full-time and Part-time GDL law conversion courses
GDL-LLB Full-Time and Part-Time Course Open Days/Evenings 2011/2012
All Open days/evenings will take place in the Law School, Stoke campus, Leek Road Site.
Campus Map
Post Code ST4 2DF
Wednesday, 19th October 2011
Wednesday, 21st March 2012
Wednesday, 20th June 2012
Wednesday, 29th August 2012
Find out more by coming to an open day or evening. Please come to Reception at the Law School - 6.00pm. The events last approximately one and a half hours.
Download/View the CPE/GDL Brochure (PDF, file size: 542.31KB)
Download/View the CPE Graduate Diploma in Law Programme Specification (PDF, file size: 45.88KB)
Attendance at Stoke or Worcester

The full-time or part-time courses can be taken at the Stoke campus of Staffordshire University.
Further details of the Worcester law conversion courses are available from the GDL Course Director or the Admissions Tutor at Worcester.
Contact
EnquiriesCustomer Contact Centre
Cadman
College Road
Stoke on Trent
t: +44 (0)1782 294400
e: enquiries@staffs.ac.uk













