The lucrative legal education market has seen the law schools eager to sign exclsive course provision tie-ins with firms over the last 12 months or so. The College of Law just has signed three more firms up to its LPC programme including Ashurst, Harbottle & Lewis and Stevens & Bolton. The Ashurst contract is a three year deal which will see up to 60 trainees each year study the LPC at the college’s London Moorgate. The CoL will also provide its GDL course to future Ashurst trainees.

The College of Law and BPP Law School now stand neck and neck having both signed up 18 firms to exclusive course provider deals.

Meanwhile Legal Week reports that Northumbria Law School has exceeded its 100 allocated Bar Vocational Course places by 30. This follows recent news that BPP Law School asked volunteers from its BVC course to defer following a request from the Bar Standards Board. The magazine has now confirmed that the BSB’s request was made because BPP also exceeded its allocated numbers of 456 by 80. This figure has since been reduced to 63 as a result of deferrals and withdrawals.

Questions over BPP’s BVC deferral request [SolicitR]
Northumbria Law School exceeds BVC student allocation [Legal Week]