COURSE INFORMATION
This course offers a variety of prospective career paths, most notably a future in the legal industry, but also access to professions such as management, finance, and business.
- Personal effectiveness, organisation, perseverance and resilience
- Self-motivation, self-direction and independent learners
- Collaborative working and problem solving skills
- Good communication skills and flexibility
- One year full-time
- Two years part-time
- The Scottish Legal System
- Property law
- Commercial law
- Scots private law
- Communication
- Legal research techniques
- Graded Unit 1
- At least one relevant Higher at level C or above; plus four National 5s at Grade C or above in relevant subjects (e.g. Business, English, Modern Studies, English, History, Admin and IT, Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, Computing, Geography, Maths or Science based subjects)
- Advanced Certificate: Business Enterprise (with Administration , Accounting or Legal Services) to include 12 SQA units at SCQF Level 5 or above, including one at SCQF Level 7
- Advanced Certificate: Tourism, Events and Business (to include 12 SQA units at SCQF Level 6 or above,
- HND: Legal Services SCQF Level 8
- Paralegal
- Mortgage executive
- Public sector legal departments
- Human resources
- Banking
- Management
- Sheriff’s officer
- Court officer
- Scottish courts service
- Precognition agent
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A contribution to the costs of any outside visits undertaken as part of the course
- Satisfactory personal statement
- You may be required to take part in an informal conversation as part of the application process.
- This group/individual conversation may be an information session, a portfolio discussion, or a skills based exercise