The UK’s main legal practice course (LPC) providers have formed a new association to represent their views, it was announced today (25 April), as education professionals prepare to square up to the Law Society.

The Association of LPC Providers (ALP) will count 26 of the UK’s 28 official LPC providers among its membership and will be chaired by Melissa Hardee, the high-profile LPC director at the Inns of Court School of Law.