Postgraduate diploma or conversion program · Standalone law qualification
Diploma in Professional Legal Practice
Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Award
- Diploma in Professional Legal Practice
- Subject
- Legal practiceFull time, Part time
- Format
- On campusFull-time: Nine months (two semesters); part-time: 18 months over two years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Practice-focused diploma described by the school as a bridge between a law degree and legal practice.
- School and department
- Edinburgh Law School, University of EdinburghEdinburgh Law School
- Subject or specialization
- Legal practiceRecorded only where the official program page names it as a focus, not for individual modules.
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Postgraduate diploma or conversion program
- Purpose
- Part of a professional legal qualification pathwayIntended by the provider as a step toward a professional legal qualification. Whether it actually qualifies a graduate to practice depends on the jurisdiction and its regulator.
- Exact award
- Diploma in Professional Legal Practice
- Credential type
- Academic award (non-degree)A certificate or diploma issued by an academic institution, shown with its credit status.
- Academic credit
- Credit status not stated
- Awarding institution
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- Access and price model
- PaidPaid enrolment.
Professional eligibility must be confirmed with the relevant regulator. Where an official source has been recorded for a jurisdiction, see professional pathways. Academic recognition is not professional recognition.
Stated by the providerLaw Society of ScotlandProgram approval
Scope not stated in the source.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Full-time: Nine months (two semesters); part-time: 18 months over two years
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full time, Part time
- Teaching location
- Edinburgh Law School
Admissions, prerequisites and intakes
- Prior law degree
- Not stated
- Prior degree
- Not stated
- Work experience
- Not stated
- Admission test
- Not stated
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
Intakes and deadlines
- 07 September 2026 · closed · this date has passed; check the current cycle
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each fee keeps its basis (per term, per year, per credit, whole program) and the academic year it applies to and is never converted or added up for you.
Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the institution for current fees, equipment costs and any deposit or refund terms.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, prerequisites.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 1 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 1 November 2026)