Program Description

Bar Training Course offers a vital step in your journey towards joining the Bar, with everything from our learning technology to our academic team created to give you the expertise and experience you’ll need to pursue a future as a barrister. It’s a course rooted in real experiences. On one hand, you’ll have plenty of face-to-face teaching time, ensuring you get every opportunity to learn from a team that includes seasoned barristers, solicitors and members of the judiciary, together with active researchers and scholars who produce impactful legal research in the UK and internationally. On the other, with our innovative professional practice unit, you’ll be prepared for the demands of the Bar, under the mentorship of a practising barrister.  

We have a long-standing history of delivering Bar training in Manchester. Combined with the strong links we’ve built with the legal profession, both locally and across the Northern Circuit, this is a very professionally-focused course. Put simply, if you want to get onto the path to practice, this is an ideal environment for developing the resilience, confidence and leadership you’ll need to thrive at the Bar.

Admission Requirements

To be considered for a place on the Bar Training Course, you will normally have to satisfy two criteria:

• You will have an LLB degree, which included the seven foundation subjects (Contract Law, Tort, Criminal Law, EU Law, Public Law, Land Law and Equity and Trusts)
• OR, you will hold a non-law degree and have successfully completed the GDL course (including the seven foundation subjects)

Bar students are selected primarily on academic ability and must have been awarded a minimum of 55%-60% at first degree level with an overall mark of 55% or above, or international equivalent, although factors such as commitment to the profession, motivation and other skills will also be considered.

General Requirement:-

• Arab Students Requirement:- Qualifications we can accept include:
  • a four year bachelors degree with good grades from a recognised Saudi university
  • a three year bachelors degree with good grades awarded by a military institution
  • a postgraduate diploma with required grades
  • a masters degree with required grades
• Indian Students:- Acceptable qualifications can include: BA, BCom, BBA, BBM,BMM, BE (Engineering), BTech

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5

Remarks:

IELTS Waiver for Indian Students:- 

• We will accept the following XII standard English State Boards with a score of 70% or above as an alternative to IELTS: CBSE, CISCE (ISC)
• We will accept the following XII standard English State Boards with a score of 80% or above as an alternative to IELTS: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,  West Bengal Boards