Under the agreement, currently at the consultation stage as an agreement in principle, ULaw would provide Sheffield’s Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC), as well as leading the rollout and delivery of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).
Dean of ULaw’s Leeds campus, Matthew Tomlinson said: ‘The University of Sheffield has run very successful and well established GDL and LPC programmes for more than 20 years, so it will be a privilege for us to work with the team in Sheffield to really drive the University’s offering forwards.
‘The Yorkshire legal scene is full of incredible talent and growing at a fantastic rate, so we’re excited to see what the future has in store.’
If all goes ahead as planned, the deal will be ULaw’s sixth partnership with UK universities including the University of Exeter, University of Reading, University of Liverpool, the University of East Anglia in Norwich and The University of Chester Law School.
Professor Graham Gee, head of Sheffield University's School of Law, said: ‘If agreed, this collaboration will allow our students who aspire to a career as a solicitor to receive expert vocational teaching and specialist employability support from The University of Law, while enabling the University's School of Law to focus on our excellent research-led teaching in criminology and law.’
