Funding for Graduate Conversion Course

[samanthatruly]

Hi, I am new to this platform and the world of Law.

Over the weekend I concluded that I would like to pursue a career in Law to be an advocate for the poor and marginalized , preferable Human Rights, Family & Private Law with the goal of being a Judge someday.

I have a Bsc in Psychology and a Msc in OcPsych and understand that I will need to do a conversion course GDL, LLM Intensive or MA then the BPC/ BPTC and pupillage .

I have narrowed my school options to ULAW or SouthBank.

My dilemma is that I do not have the financial means to fund the course. Can someone please advise.

Additionally I want to do a LLM in International Human Rights.

 

[Dheepa]

@Jessica Booker

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hi, I am new to this platform and the world of Law.

Over the weekend I concluded that I would like to pursue a career in Law to be an advocate for the poor and marginalized , preferable Human Rights, Family & Private Law with the goal of being a Judge someday.

I have a Bsc in Psychology and a Msc in OcPsych and understand that I will need to do a conversion course GDL, LLM Intensive or MA then the BPC/ BPTC and pupillage .

I have narrowed my school options to ULAW or SouthBank.

My dilemma is that I do not have the financial means to fund the course. Can someone please advise.

Additionally I want to do a LLM in International Human Rights.

Can I double check? You want to be a barrister rather than a lawyer?

Funding will be exceptionally difficult given the area of law you want to go into. There isn’t a huge amount of money in these areas and so sponsorship of such courses is significant lower than commercial law.

I would look into scholarships with the providers and also other scholarships with chambers who may work in this area. Outside of that, it will generally be a case of funding yourself unfortunately. You can apply for a postgraduate loan but I am assuming you may have already used this for your master course.