律师专业培训课程（BPTC）是那些希望成为英格兰和威尔士大律师的人的职业培训阶段。它充当了法律学术研究与法律实践之间的桥梁，使您能够从教室转移到法庭。作为东北地区最大的法学院，我们以提供出色的培训以帮助您确保学生身份并为您成为大律师的生活而感到自豪。在整个课程中，您将使用出色的设施，包括专门的法律业务图书馆，一组模拟法庭，并可以使用一系列令人印象深刻的选择，其中包括获得女王周年纪念奖的学生律师事务所。
In a demanding and rapidly changing legal landscape, the highest quality training is required to succeed as a barrister. Northumbria University's Bar Course will support you in gaining the necessary knowledge and practical skills that are essential to practice at the modern Bar. The new Bar course replaces the former Bar Professional Training Course. Teaching on Northumbria's Bar Course is led by a team of highly experienced barristers and supported by a well-established network of members of the Bar, Judges and other practitioners. You will study: Civil Litigation (incorporating evidence and alternative dispute resolution), Criminal Litigation (incorporating evidence and sentencing), Advocacy, Conferencing, Drafting, Opinion Writing,Professional Ethics and Legal Research . From our law school you will develop the knowledge and skills to practice in a broad range of briefs. These are focused on the foundation areas of pupillage and early practice. From the outset you will be taught to think and behave like a barrister. You will be instructed in cases conducted as in practice, incorporating conferences, advocacy, drafting and opinion writing. You will also learn your professional, ethical obligations. This invaluable, practical experience will equip you to be immediately effective in pupillage. You will benefit from generous contact hours throughout the course including dedicated exam-focused teaching sessions . During which the teaching team will share their expertise to support you in preparing for the Bar Standards Board (BSB) centralised assessments. Alongside practice-focused teaching, students will also benefit from a year-long series of workshops designed to support knowledge, understanding and exam techniques and preparation for these assessments. You may also gain, at no further cost, an additional qualification in Mediation.