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Transactional & Business Skills
In addition to our two SQE preparation modules, in the DLP programme, we offer a range of training modules across core practice areas and legal business. Our learning structure for these modules replicates work-based transactional tasks, helping individuals work independently when performing the responsibilities commonly assigned to newly qualified solicitors.

Modules available:
- Acquisitions and Finance
- Commercial Law
- Commercial Property
- Dispute Resolution
- Employment Law
- Family Law
- Intellectual Property
- Legal Business Skills
- O Shaped Skills
- Personal Injury
Course overview
- 6-week full-time course
- 12-week part-time course
- 3-week full-time course
- 6-week part-time course
- 6-month part-time course
- 12-month part-time course
20 credit modules:
10 credit modules:
O shaped:
These modules will offer you:
Course details
Admissions Criteria
- UK undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification or experience
- If English isn’t your first language, English language qualifications equivalent to IELTS at level 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6 in each component (writing, listening, speaking, reading). You can be exempt from this requirement if you have a qualification which is equivalent to a UK undergraduate degree which was taught in English. Please refer to our Admissions Guidance for full entry criteria details.
For the Transactional Skills Modules focusing on specific practice areas, if you don’t have a law degree or equivalent experience based on the Law of England & Wales, we strongly recommend you take our Graduate Foundation in Law programme.
Credits for LLM in Legal Practice
20 at FHEQ Level 7 (10 for Legal Business Skills)
Course options
20 credit modules:
10 credit modules:
Modules can be taken separately or as part of an LLM in Legal Practice.
O shaped:
Course Fees
Transactional Skills Modules: £800
O Shaped Skills: £1,150
Legal Business Skills: £500
A deposit is required to secure your place, please see the fee schedule for details.
If you are a GFL student at the College, you are eligible for a 10% discount on course fees, please see the fee schedule for details.
Timing
Courses are running multiple times a year.
Click here to see schedule for course timings and courses for 2022-23.
How to Apply
Applications are open for the following modules:
- Acquisitions and Finance
- Commercial Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Employment Law
- Family Law
- Intellectual Property
- O Shaped Skills
- Personal Injury
MODULE DETAILS
- Acquisitions and Finance
- Commercial Law
- Commercial Property
- Dispute Resolution
- Employment Law
- Family Law
- Legal Business Skills
- Intellectual Property
- O Shaped Skills
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This Module has been uniquely designed in collaboration with The O Shaped Lawyer. It will enable you to develop an understanding of all the O Shaped competencies and their practical application within the sector, alongside learning and practising core business skills.
You will be assessed through the submission of a 1,500 word analysis of a legal services business challenge, scenario analyses and a portfolio of three submission outputs. These will demonstrate your ability to critically evaluate the challenge and application of O Shaped and legal skills.
By the end of the module, you will have studied the following:
- O Shaped and commercial mindset
- How to build relationships, through the use of emotional intelligence, trust and influence and communication
- Importance of personal brand and networking
- Developing leadership skills
- How to be adaptable, through the skills of courage, resilience, feedback and continuous learning
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate conclusions clearly to a variety of audiences
- What it means to create value for your clients and good client service, through identifying opportunities, solving problem, synthesizing and simplifying complexities
- Law firm economics, legal technology and innovation in legal practice
- The application of core O Shaped skills in the context of a working legal services business
- How to develop and refine your O Shaped skill-set to deliver the workload commonly delegated to an aspiring or newly qualified solicitor
- FHEQ Credits: 20 at Level 7
- Personal Injury
Short Courses
We will be offering short courses in Legal Business Skills, each focusing on a single skill. You will be able to completes these courses within your own time to support your professional development.
More short courses will be offered in 2023 within each practice area.