Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)

Our GDL course is a conversion course that allows non-law graduates or those with an overseas law degree an opportunity to pursue a career in law. This rigorous and challenging one or two year learning experience; which is commended by employers; can lay the foundations of law knowledge necessary for you to move to the professional stages of legal training in the UK; either by way of the Bar Professional Course (BPC) for barristers, or the Legal Practice Course (LPC) for those wishing to become a solicitor (for practice in England & Wales only). It is also recognised by the Council for Vocational Legal Education (CVLE) in Mauritius for admission onto the vocational examination conducted under the supervision of the CVLE.

Your studies on this course aim to consolidate and enhance your existing intellectual rigour through legal research, reasoning, and argument. You will be equipped with knowledge and experience with foundational legal areas such as contract law, criminal law, and public law. You can also develop transferable skills in areas such as oral and written communication, group work, advocacy, critical thinking and more to support you in entering the law professions and throughout your career.

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To apply, refer to the checklist below:

Application Checklist for 2025 Intake
Application Checklist for 2025 Intake – International