Strand Campus
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Overview
The MSc Law & Professional Practice is a two-year postgraduate degree, with the first year available as a stand-alone Postgraduate Diploma. It provides a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to law and practice in preparation for the SQE and a legal career as a solicitor or barrister in an evolving and competitive sector.
The programme is open to graduates obtaining a higher 2:1 degree classification, or above, who have not undertaken, nor are currently undertaking, legal education or training which substantially comprises the study of, and/or practice in, the laws of England and Wales.
International students are reminded that it is their responsibility to ensure that their study programme meets their visa requirements both during and after the programme.
Key benefits
- Study at a Top 20 global Law School with rich professional links in the heart of legal London. (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
- Achieve your master’s level legal training from a world-class Russell Group university where both legal research and breadth of professional experience inform your teaching.
- Gain deep foundational legal knowledge, study specialist, practice-based legal subjects and develop critical legal practice skills to maximise your employability prospects.
- Develop your academic and professional skills, knowledge, and practical experience by working in small groups, in the manner of teams in a law firm, applying legal principles to client issues focused on ‘real-life’ problems, using a blended pedagogical approach, including our bespoke problem-based learning model and other interactive activities.
- Taught by leading legal academics and experienced lawyers who have also worked extensively in legal education, supported by King’s professional networks and links with law firms, and underpinned by the academic excellence and the cutting-edge research of our globally renowned Law School.
- Includes access to BARBRI SQE1 preparation course at no cost (MSc) or at a 50% discount (PGDip).
Course essentials
Our innovative and professionally focused programme enables students to train in the foundational and specialist areas of the Law and Practice of England & Wales, whilst gaining expertise in analysis, research, and application to ‘real life’ client and commercially orientated issues in an international context.
Students will, in addition:
- Gain industry specific knowledge and have opportunities to explore, in-depth, key complementary areas for legal practice such as Legal Technology, Business Strategy and Psychology.
- Put their skills into practice through workshops encountering ‘real-life’ applications and problems, including representing, engaging with, and advising simulated clients.
- Access options for work experience with real clients in the King’s Legal Clinic and other pro-bono opportunities.
- Develop the systematic mindset required of legal practice along with key ‘practice-ready’ skills and attributes, such as problem-solving, teamwork, leadership, time and self-management, resilience, confidence, flexibility, creative growth mindset, research, legal analysis, critical thinking, and appropriate, contextualised oral and written communication.
- Acquire other vital employability skills via our integrated careers team.
The Year One MSc modules provide the foundational knowledge basis in the core areas of substantive law for those wishing to pursue further training to qualify as a barrister or solicitor in England & Wales, with access to the BARBRI SQE1 preparation programme at no cost for MSc students and at a 50% discount for Diploma students.
The MSc additionally provides modules in a range of business-critical legal practice disciplines in:
- Specialist, practice-based legal subjects, including Mergers & Acquisition, Employment and Company Financing.
- Practice-focused non-law modules including Strategy for Legal Practitioners, Clinical Legal Education and Psychology for Legal Practitioners, with an optional module also available in Legal Practice Technology
MSc students will also develop their research and critical thinking skills by way of a practice project module.
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time
Duration:
PGDip: 1 year; MSc: 2 years.
Credit value:
UK: PG Dip 120; MSc 270.
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026
Taught in
Administrative bodies
Regulating body
Application closing date guidance
Applications for our Law and Professional Practice programme will be considered in several recruitment rounds:
- Applications that are complete (including all necessary documentation and references) by 31 January 2026 will be considered in the first round.
- Applications that are complete (including all necessary documentation and references) by 2 April 2026 will be considered in the second round.
- Any applications incomplete as of 2 April or received after this date will be reviewed in the final round if places remain.
The final application deadlines for this programme are:
- Overseas (international) fee status: 25 July 2026 (23:59 UK time)
- Home fee status: 25 August 2026 (23:59 UK time)
After the first two recruitment rounds:
- if the programme is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above
- if the programme becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications
Please note, you will not be eligible for an application fee refund if you apply after the first application deadline, and we are unable to process further offers because places are filled and we close the course before the final application deadline.
Base campuses
This course is primarily taught at the King’s College London Strand and Waterloo campuses. Please note that teaching locations may vary depending on which optional modules you select.
Waterloo Campus
Our Waterloo campus is home to the Florence Nightingale Faculty Nursing & Midwifery, and a vibrant hub for health, social science, and law students. Located moments from the iconic landmarks of South Bank and just a short walk to the Stand campus.