The course includes the following 4 elements: Core/pervasive areas: professional conduct and client care (including solicitors’ accounts and financial services act); taxation, probate and tax planning; European Union law and human rights; skills areas: practical legal research; document drafting; advocacy; interviewing and advising; compulsory areas: litigation; business law and practice; property law and practice; students choose 3 from a variety of private and corporate client areas: personal injury and clinical negligence; commercial property; commercial law and practice; employment law; family law; private client, immigration and welfare law.