Higher Rights of Audience Preparation Course
(HRA)
Successfully gaining Higher Rights of Audience (HRA) allows you to represent clients as a solicitor-advocate in the senior civil or criminal courts throughout England and Wales. Helping you to develop not only your skills, but your career too in a fast-moving legal marketplace. The Preparation Course gets you ready for the centrally set assessments.
Course overview
Expand your career into the courtroom.
Prepare to excel in the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) advocacy assessments, covering advocacy skills, legal procedure, and ethical standards. After completing the Preparation Course, go on to undertake assessments* to gain rights of audience in the Crown Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, enhancing your ability to represent clients at the highest levels.
*The assessments are not administered by BPP and must be booked with the assessment provider.
- Price
- Online Live from £1,074.00All courses Inc VAT and excludes exams
- Duration
- Three days training plus mock assessments
Choose your courses
Civil Higher Rights of Audience 2026
Expand your career into the courtroom. Prepare to excel in the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) advocacy assessments, covering advocacy skills, legal procedure, and ethical standards. After completing the Preparation Course, go on to undertake assessments* to gain rights of audience in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, enhancing your ability to represent clients at the highest levels. *The assessments are not administered by BPP and must be booked with the assessment provider.- No extra learning materials
Criminal Higher Rights of Audience 2026
Expand your career into the courtroom. Prepare to excel in the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) advocacy assessments, covering advocacy skills, legal procedure, and ethical standards. After completing the Preparation Course, go on to undertake assessments* to gain rights of audience in the Crown Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, enhancing your ability to represent clients at the highest levels. *The assessments are not administered by BPP and must be booked with the assessment provider.- No extra learning materials
Why BPP for HRA?
Course structure
The preparation course for each assessment is structured into two training modules, plus mock assessments.
Build your knowledge of the law, procedure and rules of evidence in a practical setting. Targeted preparation for the written assessment.
Hone and enhance your case analysis, case theory, advocacy and presentation skills. Targeted preparation for all components of the practical assessment: interim applications, examination in chief, cross examination and trial speech skills
Undertake a written mock assessment within a one-week window (allow 2.5 hours) and prepare for and attend your practical mock assessment and receive feedback (a 2-hour slot will be allocated to you on the practical mock assessment date). Marks and feedback will be provided for both mock assessments.
Developing your understanding of ethics and professional standards is continuous throughout the course. Our experts will ensure you are fully versed in potential ethical situations that may arise and how to deal with them both in the HRA assessments and in practice.
HRA Preparation Course FAQs
Higher Rights of Audience (HRA) is a qualification that allows solicitors to represent clients as advocates in the higher courts of England and Wales, including the Crown Court, High Course, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court. This means that solicitors can conduct complex litigation without needing to instruct a barrister.