Structured prep, built from the LPC's own syllabus
Self-paced courses with practitioner-drafted notes and self-test questions — for the final four-paper sittings in 2027 and the new five-paper exam from March 2028.
Finishing the four-paper exam (2027)
Four-Paper Exam: Last-Chance 2027 Programme
Two sittings left — March and August 2027
For candidates finishing the legacy four-paper exam: the LPC has confirmed that March and August 2027 are the final sittings, and that all credits are forfeited after the August 20…
The new five-paper exam (March 2028)
Paper 1: Civil Court Practice & Contracts
For the five-paper exam — first sitting March 2028
The biggest paper of the new exam: High Court and Magistrates' Court procedure, pleadings and motions, delictual claims including personal injury, and contract drafting. Built dire…
Paper 2: Criminal Court Practice & ICT
For the five-paper exam — first sitting March 2028
Criminal court practice gets its own paper for the first time — bail, charge sheets, pleas, trial and sentencing — paired with the modern content the old exam never had: electronic…
Paper 3: Wills & Estates
For the five-paper exam — first sitting March 2028
Wills drafting, testate and intestate succession, and the administration of deceased estates from reporting to the final liquidation and distribution account — now a focused paper …
Paper 4: Ethics, Constitutional Practice, Labour & ADR
For the five-paper exam — first sitting March 2028
The successor to the old exam's most feared content — professional ethics, constitutional practice, labour dispute resolution and ADR — now spread sensibly and taught with the Code…
Paper 5: Legal Accounting, Costs & Practice Management
For the five-paper exam — first sitting March 2028
Trust accounts and the Fidelity Fund, legal costs from estimate to taxation, numeracy skills, and running a practice — the paper that decides whether you can be trusted with other …
Conveyancing & notarial
Conveyancing Exam Programme
The profession's hardest exam, taught by admitted conveyancers
A complete programme for the conveyancing admission exam: the Deeds Registries Act and the registry system, drafting deeds and powers of attorney, bonds, servitudes and sectional t…
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