How long does the Diploma in Contract Law take?

The Diploma in Contract Law runs 9 to 12 months. Full-time on-campus students on the Diploma in Contract Law usually complete in nine months, while distance learners pace across twelve.

Is the course delivered online?

Yes. The Diploma in Contract Law is delivered on-campus in central London, online with live seminars, and by distance learning. All three modes share the same syllabus and capstone project.

What are the entry requirements?

You need a Level 3 qualification or equivalent, plus GCSE English and Maths at 4/C. International applicants for the Diploma in Contract Law need IELTS 5.5 overall, no band below 5.5.

What are the fees and is funding available?

Fees for the Diploma in Contract Law are published on the LSLPE fees page and vary by mode. Instalment plans, employer sponsorship and international scholarships are supported by the admissions team.

Diploma in Contract Law | LSLPE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The Diploma in Contract Law is a UK Level 4 practitioner-foundation qualification running 9 to 12 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. Students work through the doctrinal architecture of English contract law from formation to discharge, moving through offer and acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations, express and implied terms, misrepresentation, mistake, frustration and remedies, aligned with the Solicitors Regulation Authority foundation-subject conventions and the Bar Standards Board's contract-law expectations.

By graduation, students on the Diploma in Contract Law are drafting simple commercial contracts, running structured contract-analysis exercises, producing case notes on landmark authorities and completing a capstone project on a live contract-drafting or contract-dispute question.

Key Features

Practitioner-foundation modules mapped to the Solicitors Regulation Authority foundation-subject conventions and the Bar Standards Board doctrinal framework.
Case-book teaching on landmark authorities from Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball to Yam Seng.
Guest sessions from practising commercial solicitors and junior barristers.
Assessment through case notes, drafting exercises and moot-standard problem answers.
Named programme tutor with contract-practice background for every student on the Diploma in Contract Law.
Three intake windows a year with admissions response within one working day.

What You Will Learn

Analyse offer and acceptance in classical and electronic-communications contexts.
Handle consideration, promissory estoppel and modification of contracts.
Interpret express and implied terms including the Sale of Goods Act 1979 framework.
Draft simple commercial contracts to practitioner-foundation standard.
Advise on misrepresentation, mistake and duress.
Handle discharge by frustration and breach.
Analyse expectation, reliance and restitution damages.
Present a contract dispute in structured written argument.

Who This Course Is For

Certificate graduates in law seeking a Level 4 practitioner foundation.
Paralegals and legal assistants in commercial teams.
Working professionals in procurement, sales, HR or finance handling commercial documents.
International applicants preparing for UK legal study or SQE routes.
Career changers moving from finance, sales or the professions into legal practice.

Career Pathways

Paralegal in a commercial or dispute-resolution team.
Contract Lawyer trainee in a corporate or in-house team.
Legal Executive on the CILEX commercial-law route.
Legal Adviser to a procurement or vendor-management team.
Compliance Officer trainee at a regulated firm.
In-house Counsel trainee at a commercial employer.
Legal Researcher on contract-law reform.

The LSLPE careers service supports every Diploma in Contract Law student with entry-level applications to commercial paralegal roles, in-house teams and legal-tech firms across the City and beyond.

Entry Requirements

A Level 3 qualification (A-levels, BTEC, Access to HE) or equivalent, OR a relevant Certificate at LSLPE.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
IELTS 5.5 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
A personal statement outlining your progression aims and interest in the Diploma in Contract Law.
Applicants with paralegal, procurement or contracts experience are encouraged to reference it at application.

Why Study at LSLPE

LSLPE reads contract law as the operational backbone of commerce, sitting at the intersection of doctrine, economic incentives and regulatory constraint. Central London places the Royal Courts of Justice, the Rolls Building, the Commercial Court, the Inns of Court and City firms within a short tube ride of every classroom, and every intake shares the same select-committee seminar structure in small tutor-visible cohorts.

Three parallel study modes let progressors, working paralegals and international applicants complete the Diploma in Contract Law without stepping away from employment, and the LSLPE careers service holds relationships with City firms, in-house teams and legal-tech businesses recruiting practitioner-foundation talent every year.

Apply for Diploma in Contract Law

Progressors seeking a UK Level 4 practitioner foundation in English contract law can step up with the Diploma at LSLPE. Three intake windows a year and admissions responds within one working day. Enrol Now.