NCLT will not recruit students in 2013-14
updated on 31 May 2013
The National College of Legal Training (NCLT) has announced that it will not recruit intakes for the GDL or LPC in 2013-14 because of a decrease in applications for the courses.
Part-time students who will be completing the second year of their courses in 2013-14 will not be affected. Meanwhile, UWE Bristol and the University of Derby intend to run UWE Bristol's LPC at Derby for both full-time and part-time first-year students in 2013-14, though the arrangement is subject to SRA approval.
NCLT will be contacting its students to provide reassurance that they will be able to complete their studies, while UWE Bristol will ensure that second-year students will be able to continue their studies in the same locations. New prospective students wanting to commence study in 2013-14 will be offered places at UWE Bristol (and possibly the University of Derby), and will be charged at the existing NCLT fee rate.
Rob Farquharson, the managing director of Central Law Training, the company which formed NCLT with UWE Bristol, said: "The challenging market conditions for legal training have made it difficult continuing with the initiative to provide a national network of support for law firms and students alike. We have had some excellent students studying at NCLT and we have been proud to provide an accessible, affordable and high quality provision for students who might otherwise not have attained a LPC qualification."
