Academic Calendar
The Costs Lawyer Professional Qualification covers a two year period. Students may start in September or February at Year 1 or Year 2, depending on previous academic qualifications.
The following academic calendar provides an outline and should give you a good idea of the time required to complete the CLPQ.
Exact dates will be confirmed to students prior to the start of the term. Each module includes one one-hour online weekly tutorial session.
Spring term
| Online Induction – 1.5 hours | February 2025 |
| Online CLSB Session – An introduction to the Costs Lawyer Standards Board – 1 hour | February 2025 |
| YEAR 1:1 | |
| Contract Law & Tort – 12 weeks | February 2025 |
| Online Revision Day | May 2025 |
| Online Exam | June 2025 |
| YEAR 1:2 | |
| Civil Litigation – 8 weeks | February 2025 |
| Professional Standards & Ethics – 4 weeks | April 2025 |
| Online Seminar | April 2025 |
| Year 1:2 Assignments due | June 2025 |
| YEAR 2:1 | |
| Costs Pleadings and Process – 12 weeks | February 2025 |
| Legal Aid – 4 weeks | May 2025 |
| Costs Advocacy – 4 weeks | May 2025 |
| Online Advocacy Seminar | June 2025 |
| In-Person Advocacy Seminar | June 2025 |
| Year 2:1 Assignments due | June 2025 |
| YEAR 2:2 | |
| Practice and Procedure in Specialist Forums – 12 weeks | February 2025 |
| The lawyer-client relationship and funding arrangements – 12 weeks | February 2025 |
| Online CLSB Session – Becoming a regulated Costs Lawyer | May 2025 |
| Online Revision Day | May 2025 |
| Both Year 2:2 Online Exams | June 2025 |