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Continuing Professional Development Courses for Lawyers
Keele Law School is accredited by the Law Society and Bar Council for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development provision to lawyers. We offer a number of single-session, half-day and full-day courses across a range of subject areas, which are open to solicitors, barristers and other legal professionals. These include Human Rights, Child Care Law and Practice, Medical Ethics, Social Welfare, Policing and Criminal Justice, and Gender, Sexuality and the Law.
In 2010-2011, we will offer sessions on a diverse range of topics, including:
- Principles of child care law and practice - from welfare to children's rights
- Children and family crisis - understanding the private law in the context of safeguarding
- The Youth Court - community and custodial sentences
- Legal options for permanence for looked after children
- Education of looked after children
- Religion, the state and the law
- Equality, Discrimination and Minorities: The Case of Muslim Youth in Englan
- Islamic Dress in Schools
Registration for specific sessions sessions is subject to availability, so please contact us for more information or to register your interest in CPD courses at Keele.
Did you know you can gain CPD points whilst studying for a recognised postgraduate qualification?
The School of Law also offers a number of postgraduate diplomas and Master's degrees. Each of these postgraduate programmes is taught by way of four three day block sessions. Each block meets the annual CPD requirement of 16 hours as currently set by the Law Society. Legal practitioners may also like to consider enrolling for a postgraduate diploma or masters level degree. This can be completed over up to 5 years. For the first four years, you could complete a single module that would meet your CPD obligations. At the end of four years and after the successful completion of four modules you could be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma. If you wanted to convert your diploma to an MA or LLM, then you will have the option to complete a dissertation of 15,000-20,000 words, supervised by a member of academic staff.
For more information about CPD sessions and the possibility of combining CPD obligations with undertaking a masters degree please contact the CPD Course Administrator, School of Law, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, Tel: 01782 733229, Fax: 01782 733228, E-mail: law-postgrad@law.keele.ac.uk.
