Robert Gordon University

Our on campus Diploma course is taught by local solicitors and other practitioners who are supported by full time members of the academic staff. The majority of teaching will take place in small group tutorials and seminars. Full time Students are timetabled to be in university 3 days per week. Part Time students will have classes for 1.5 to 2 days per week. Classes are not over full days and some classes will be in the evenings. Diploma students are grouped in two/three groups one of which has classes Monday to Wednesday and the others Tuesday to Thursday each week. We try as far as possible to accommodate student group requests to allow students to continue with any employment they are undertaking whilst studying or to maintain other commitments they may have. We recognise that for many of you working within a legal firm whilst studying for DPLP is often important in your search for a traineeship and we aim to be as flexible as far as we can with our timetable in order to support these endeavours.

Online students will attend weekly evening classes (some of which may be on a Saturday morning) within a virtual classroom. Material is disseminated by recorded lectures and the virtual classes are in tutorial style. Most assessments will be completed and submitted online but some oral assessments will take place on campus at the mandatory on campus days each year. Our online course is taught mainly by solicitors as with the face-to-face course but some are based outwith Aberdeen, elsewhere in Scotland and teach in the virtual classroom within the online learning portal Moodle which is available to all students enrolled in the course.

Our tutors are in mainly in legal practice and are specialists in their fields. Teaching is practically focussed and there is regular assessment in all modules including one exam. As postgraduate students, you will be expected to research as required, using course materials, textbooks and library resources.

As our cohort is small we come to know our Diploma students very well and can offer support in terms of employability. The Course leaders act as personal tutors for all students within the cohorts. In conjunction with our Careers service we will assist with CV preparation, application forms and mock interviews.

ALL students will study four core modules:

• Conveyancing
• Private Client
• Litigation
• Business Finance and Practice

On campus and online students will select 3 of the following elective modules with part time students taking these over the two years of study:

• Commercial Conveyancing
• Advanced Civil Litigation (part time students can only take this module in year 2 once they have studied the core Litigation Module)
• Oil and Gas Practice
• Employment Practice
• Practical Dispute Resolution
• Practical Social Work and Child Law
  
  Note that is likely a further optional module for on campus and online students will be in place for academic year 2021-2022.
  
  Note that Oil and Gas Practice is not available  as an option to online students.

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£7000 and up to a maximum of £300 for materials.

You can either pay by one payment or a standard payment plan.

The standard payment plan for part-time courses and online learning courses is 22%, to be paid on or before enrolment, and 6 equal payments of 13% commencing in November to April for students starting in September or from March to August for students starting in January.

Modular

If your fees are more than £600, you can pay through our instalment plan during online enrolment. 50% at/before enrolment; 50% at start of Week 7

Currently 20% fee discount for alumni applies 

Payment can be spread in certain instalment plans

RGU has sources of financial awards, administered by the university. Find out more.

Students can also find out about funding the Diploma on the Law Society's website.

Subject to entry requirements and visa requirements, international students may apply but must contact the Course Director for information on traineeships and visa related restrictions on these before accepting any offer.

Applicants whose first language is not English should have an IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no component lower than 5.5, or an equivalent.
We accept a variety of in-country and secure English language tests

Find out more information here.