The Bar Vocational Course (usually termed the BVC) is a postgraduate course that is completed by those wishing to be called to the bar, i.e. to practice as a barrister in England and Wales. This vocational stage is the second of the three stages of legal education, the first being the academic stage and the third being the practical stage, i.e. pupillage. You cannot practice as a barrister unless you have completed this course. Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ... A bar association is a professional body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... This article is about the country. ... Vocational education prepares learners for certain careers or professions, which are traditionally non-academic and directly related to a trade, occupation or vocation in which the learner participates. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ... A pupillage, in England and Wales, is the barristers equivalent of the training contract that a solicitor undertakes. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Entry requirements

The entry requirements for the BVC is a qualifying law degree with no less than upper second class (2:1) honours, or a degree in another subject with no less than 2:1 honours in addition to a pass in the Graduate Diploma in Law or Common Professional Exam (CPE) (also known as a law conversion course.) Lady Justice or Justitia is a personification of the moral force that underlies the legal system (particularly in Western art). ... A B.A. issused as a certificate A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... The Graduate Diploma or Higher Diploma in Ireland is a postgraduate award taken after a Bachelors degree. ... Common Professional Examination (CPE) courses (sometimes referred to as a Graduate Diploma in Law or GDL) allow non-law students in England and Wales to convert to law after university (exceptions exist for non-graduates, depending circumstances). ...

Course options

The course bridges the gap between academic study and the practical work of a barrister by teaching subjects with which a pupil barrister will need to be familiar. Core modules include: Advocacy, Drafting, Opinion Writing, Conferencing (client interviewing), Negotiation, Criminal Procedure and Evidence (including Sentencing), Civil Procedure and Evidence (including Remedies), Practical Legal Research, Case Analysis, Professional Ethics. Advocacy is an umbrella term for organized activism related to a particular set of issues. ... Web conferencing is used to hold group meetings or live presentations over the Internet. ... Criminal procedure refers to the legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated the criminal law. ... For other senses of this word, see evidence (disambiguation). ... In law, a sentence forms the final act of a judge-ruled process, and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. ... Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the process that courts will follow when hearing cases of a civil nature (a civil action, as opposed to a criminal action). ... For other senses of this word, see evidence (disambiguation). ... Remedies is the debut album by The Herbaliser, released on Ninja Tune in 1995. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ...

Optional modules vary between institutions but as a guide, those offered at Northumbria University in 2005-6 are: Northumbria University is a modern university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...

• Criminal Practice,
• Civil Practice,
• Employment Practice,
• Family Practice,
• Landlord and Tenant,
• Professional Negligence and
• the Student Law Office.

Manchester Metropolitan University offer a similar choice of modules (subject to demand) in: A leasehold estate is an ownership interest in land in which a lessee or a tenant holds real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord. ... In the English law of tort, professional negligence is a subset of the general rules on negligence to cover the situation in which the defendant has represented him or herself as having more than average skills and abilities. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is based in Manchester, England. ...

• Advanced Criminal Practice (ACP),
• Business Law and Corporate Finance,
• Chancery Practice,
• Child Law,
• Employment Law,
• European Competition Law,
• Family Law,
• Judicial Review,
• Personal Injury Litigation, and
• Sale of Goods Law.

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Providers

There are 8 BVC providers in England, and 1 in Wales - at least one provider on every circuit.