Kaplan Law School to close after 2016

Kaplan Law School is to close at the end of 2016, it has been announced.

The institution has been quick to reassure that current Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC) students will continue to receive its full support as they complete their studies. However, it is clear that Kaplan will not be teaching these courses in the future, after its partnership with Nottingham Law School finishes at the end of 2016. Accountancy, finance and management courses will continue to be taught.

As Legal Cheek reports, Kaplan charged some £550 less than the University of Law and BPP Law School for the LPC, while its GDL fees were also over £300 cheaper than its competitors. Kaplan’s career service has also been renowned for its excellence, so for students are losing a valuable option for their postgraduate training.

Kaplan’s decision appears to be at least in part due to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Training for Tomorrow programme, which looking at new ways to qualify and new ways to deliver education and training. In a statement, Kaplan said: “Kaplan has … taken the view that it will not invest in a traditional LPC and GDL to replace the existing one, but rather will concentrate its resources on developing innovative new products that draw on the Training for Tomorrow framework.”