Scottish Law vs. English Law

How differnt is scottish law and can you get the same job opportunities after?
Hi, i wish to study law next year and have chosen 4 english unis to apply to which leaves a fifth decision to make between bristol university and the university of edinburgh, knowing that this will probably my second choice.
Im stuck and i dont know whether to apply to edinburgh with its international reputation and slightly lower requirement (but scottish law and 4years instaed of 3) or whether to apply to bristol
I wanted to know what u guys might think or know about this dilemna on scottish law or have an opinion on the unis which i dont honestly know much about...

Reply 1

Fwapper

Don't be fooled by Edinburgh's BBB policy - it's just the absolute minimum you need for them to even look at your application. The de facto requirements are much higher - they generally only let you in with Bs if you have some special circumstances and a great personal statement.

Plus, Edinburgh is an awesome city to be a student in, go there :smile:

University of Edinburgh

Reply 2

olivia.m

thanks so you think scottish law isnt an issue to work in england after?

Reply 3

Prudy

You will have to do a conversion course if you wanted to practice law in England and Wales.

Reply 4

olivia.m

so is it worth going to edinbrugh instead of bristol? cauz edinbrugh is already 4years not 3 plus the added conversion course...

Reply 5

pamelaa

I'd pick bristol if I were you. You can't practice scottish law in england :P which would make finding a job veryyyy difficult and apparently the conversion course is really expensive and hard to get into, plus I don't think a lot of unis do it.

Reply 6

olivia.m

ok thanks a lot... being unfamilar with this whole scots law thing i was already leaning towards bristol anyways... except for edinbrughs international rep. but i guess bristol is pretty good as well

Reply 7

pamelaa

Even if you went to Edinburgh, you still have to do the diploma and 2 years of training in a legal practice, adding all that together and then the conversion course (not sure how long it is, I presume 1, 2 years?) You're taking on quite a lot when you could have just go down the easy route and gone to bristol. That's unless you want to work in scotland.

Reply 8

olivia.m

thanks, yes i guess bristol seems like the logical choice to be a barrister/solicitor in england... problem is im not 100% sure i want to go into the legal proffesion after... might like to branch off to finance or business or something and employer & internationally i believe edinbrugh is better?