BPP has launched the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) in Leeds, the first to be offered in the city. Students will be able to study the course full or part-time from September, with the Bar Council validating BPP to teach 48 full-time and 48 part-time students.

Jonathan Haines, managing director of BPP’s law school in Leeds, said: “There is strong support both from the local Bar and students in Leeds for a course to cater for the active northeastern circuit.”