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Media release
Issued: Wednesday February 11th 2009
11 February 2009, London -- Kaplan, the legal and financial training provider, today announced the expansion of its legal professional development arm which now allows it to offer complete career-long training for lawyers.
Kaplan runs the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at its London-based Kaplan Law School, as well as the Professional Skills Course and Qualified Lawyers’ Transfer Test.
Now, qualified solicitors and barristers can satisfy the Continuing Professional Development they are required to complete each year with a range of more than 100 courses which are approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board.
“Leveraging the success of training providers Hawksmere and Altior which Kaplan acquired last year, we can now offer training at all levels, from graduate trainee and junior legal staff right through to firm partners and general counsels,” said Peter Houillon, CEO of Kaplan Professional.
Note to editors:
Nottingham Law at Kaplan Law School
Delivers Nottingham Law School’s market-leading Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course (LPC) in London for university graduates seeking to qualify as solicitors. The Nottingham LPC is the only course to have received the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s highest rating every year since its inception.
Kaplan Altior
In addition to offering the Professional Skills Course (PSC), a program that trainee solicitors must complete before they can qualify as a solicitor, Kaplan Altior offers the Qualified Lawyers’ Transfer Test (QLTT) which enables lawyers qualified in certain jurisdictions outside of England and Wales and UK barristers to qualify as solicitors in England and Wales.
Kaplan Hawksmere
Its legal division has been specializing in providing high quality training for the legal profession and senior management for over twenty years including professional development for practicing solicitors.
Kaplan Professional UK is part of Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of education services with 2007 revenues of $2 billion and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). For more information, please visit www.kaplanfinancial.co.uk
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