Legal consultancy
At Nottingham Law School, we provide expert consultancy and contract research to a wide range of organisations in the legal sector.
Past consultancy, contract research education and training projects include:
- bespoke training courses for junior and senior lawyers in the UK and elsewhere
- work with police forces, education providers, and a range of charitable bodies on hate crimes
- public education and training on human rights
- reports on the regulation and enhancement of legal education and professional training in numerous jurisdictions worldwide
- reports on aspects of corporate, partnership, and insolvency law
- reports on legal protections for vulnerable and excluded communities
- reports on the application of ecclesiastical law
In particular, Nottingham Law School offers a specific consultancy service to compliance and training officers in legal services organisations, legal services regulators and similar organisations. This includes educational audits, gap analysis and competence mapping; mentoring educational developers, evaluation of internal policies and strategies relating to education, training, and compliance; consultations and other investigations.
To find out how our academic team can help, contact Jonathan.doak@ntu.ac.uk, Associate Dean for Research, Nottingham Law School
If you are seeking legal advice rather than consultancy services, contact Nottingham Law School’s award-winning teaching law firm, NLS Legal, which is fully regulated by Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Continuing personal development
At Nottingham Law School, we are committed to supporting your continuing professional development. In addition to our bespoke training offer, we offer courses to enhance your skills and practice knowledge.
For Solicitors, Barristers, and paralegals
- Postgraduate Diploma in Commercial Intellectual Property
- Registered Trade Mark Attorney Intensive Qualification for Solicitors and Barristers
- SRA Higher Rights of Audience course (Criminal or Civil Advocacy) Qualification for Solicitors
For Trade Mark Attorneys:
- Professional Certificate in Trade Mark Practice
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Litigation
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Higher Courts Advocacy
For Patent Attorneys:
Bespoke training
Our expert practitioner tutors can support your business needs by providing experiential training in areas such as negotiation, mediation, advocacy and vulnerable witnesses.
Our versatile and innovative approach to training combines online, self-directed study with in-person practical exercises, enabling delegates to work through “real world” examples and obtain feedback on their performance. To find out more about how we can help support the training needs of your business, contact Melanie.King@ntu.ac.uk
Access our students
Build a talent pipeline for your organisation by recruiting our students.
Whether it is a work placement, internship or short-term project, our graduates and postgraduates can help your business to achieve positive results.
Over the 2020/21 academic year, more than 2,300 businesses benefitted from the resource, ideas and skills of over 3,700 NTU student placements. Contact Melanie.King@ntu.ac.uk to find out more about accessing the talents of our students.
Placements and employer challenges
There are a number of ways that you can look to recruit our own students to work within your organisation.
Short-term placements
These are a low-cost, temporary, and flexible way to get student talent into your business. They also represent a great opportunity to trial future employees and add extra resource for a specific project – from one week up to 16 weeks.
Longer-term
Placements Lasting up to a year, these are an effective way to attract future employees and upskill your workforce whilst giving students practical work experience. Our students are looking to undertake paid sandwich placements in their second or third year of study, starting between June and September.
Virtual placements
We understand that the working landscape has shifted, and many employers are now able to offer virtual placement opportunities. A virtual placement offers flexibility to both the student and employer, and can be completed remotely from home, by communicating through online platforms. This enables you to reach a larger pool of talent, harness digital skills and access students from various geographical locations.
Get in touch with Luke.Lynch@ntu.ac.uk to find out more about placement opportunities.
Employer Challenges
Do you have a legal or business related challenge you would like solving? Our students could work with you to understand the problem, and come back to you with recommendations and actions to alleviate the problem.
Get in touch with Melanie.King@ntu.ac.uk to find out more about our employer challenge.
Apprenticeships
Nottingham Trent University have been successfully delivering higher and degree apprenticeships since 2015, providing training solutions to a wide range of businesses.
The Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship is a six-year distance learning apprenticeship, incorporating the six foundation subjects traditionally found in a law degree, together with preparation courses for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).
The course is in two stages:
Stage One: Years one - four will be spent on our LLB (Hons) Law by Distance Learning course
Stage Two: Years five and six will be spent on preparation for the SQE.
Stage Two focuses on what the SRA term ‘Functioning Legal Knowledge’, and the application of that knowledge to ‘Practical Legal Skills’. Stage Two is two-years in duration and results in the award of PGDip following successful completion of 120 Credit Points. Successful completion of the End Point Assessment (which is separate to the NTU assessment regime) will also result in the apprentice’s admittance to the Roll of Solicitors, allowing them to practise as a solicitor in England & Wales.
Upon completion of the course, students will gain an LLB law degree, Postgraduate Diploma and prepare students to undertake the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). Successful completion of the SQE allows formal qualification as a solicitor.
The apprenticeship is aimed at post-A Level school leavers, paralegals, chartered legal executives and those seeking a career change, who wish to qualify as a solicitor. It is recommended that applicants are employed in a legal environment for 30 hours or more a week, with at least 50% of their time based in England.
Applicants must be sponsored by an employer to undertake an apprenticeship at NLS.
The L7 Solicitor Apprenticeship starts in September 2023.
Years one – four consists of four study weekends per year.
Year Five consists of five study weekends (October, December, January, March and April).
Year Six consists of four study weekends (October, December, January and February).
Apprentices are entitled to 20% Off the Job. As the teaching takes place on weekends, employers must give time back in lieu to the apprentices. Generally, apprentices take one study day per week, in addition to the weekends.
Law firms or companies who have a law department with a full in-house legal team are eligible to take on apprentices.
Level 7 Solicitor Degree Apprenticeship
This six-year, distance learning apprenticeship is intended for post-A level school leavers, paralegals, chartered legal executives and those seeking a career change, who wish to qualify as a solicitor.