What's best for the bar?
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What's best for the bar?I'm about to start an access to law course.
I'm now considering my degree options.
The commercial bar is my aim.
I'm 29.
Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and hull are my uni choices, Nottingham is also a possibility.
Which LLB is going to see me best?
Law as a stand alone subject.
Law + politics/business?
Law + international law (4 year course)
I'd rather stick to a 3 year course, I'll be 34 when I finish as it is.
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Re: What's best for the bar?I forgot where the link is, but i think the UK law society has a page where they provide some info on Barristers. This included a graph where it showed the alma mater of practicing Barristers, and Sheffield was the 4th in the country (after Oxbridge and UCL i think). Leeds isnt too far behind either
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Re: What's best for the bar?If you are heading for the bar, I think you should do a straight law degree. You need to be comfortable with technical law, politics/business isn't quite the same.
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Re: What's best for the bar?AFter OXbridge -UCL, then daylight, then QMUL, then the rest(Original post by Cristocracy)
I forgot where the link is, but i think the UK law society has a page where they provide some info on Barristers. This included a graph where it showed the alma mater of practicing Barristers, and Sheffield was the 4th in the country (after Oxbridge and UCL i think). Leeds isnt too far behind either -
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Re: What's best for the bar?This is interesting how QMUL is on your list. Do you have any evidence for this?(Original post by Indo-Chinese Food)
AFter OXbridge -UCL, then daylight, then QMUL, then the rest -
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Re: What's best for the bar?(Original post by KnowstheLaw)
This is interesting how QMUL is on your list. Do you have any evidence for this?
Its fairly common knowledge that QMUL is highly ranked in the uk for law, particularly regarding rates of subsequent barristers. I think a year or so ago its was ranked 3rd nationally.
currently UCL is superior, buts thats my personal opLast edited by Indo-Chinese Food; 01-07-2012 at 13:53. -
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Re: What's best for the bar?Page 45: http://cms.barcouncil.org.uk/assets/....01.12_web.pdf(Original post by Cristocracy)
I forgot where the link is, but i think the UK law society has a page where they provide some info on Barristers. This included a graph where it showed the alma mater of practicing Barristers, and Sheffield was the 4th in the country (after Oxbridge and UCL i think). Leeds isnt too far behind either -
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Re: What's best for the bar?Your choice of degree is not going to make any notable difference to your prospects at this stage. Your degree classification will, though. Even within the realms of the competitive nature of the pupillage race at the moment, the commercial bar steps it up a couple of notches further. You need to be academically flawless at the very least, which means a First from any one of the universities that you've mentioned there. If you go down the straight three year LLB it might be serve you better to look at doing something further for a year to boost your academic standing, such as a Masters in Commercial Law. That would be a better use of your extra year than tacking on politics or business to your degree. That said, your position is slightly different because clearly you have done something notable prior to going down the law route. Depending on what that is it could prove to be a great advantage to you or a significant hindrance.
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Re: What's best for the bar?"You have clearly done something notable prior to going down the law route."(Original post by Crazy Jamie)
That said, your position is slightly different because clearly you have done something notable prior to going down the law route. Depending on what that is it could prove to be a great advantage to you or a significant hindrance.
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Re: What's best for the bar?His/her age. By notable I don't mean anything special necessarily, but clearly s/he has spent a number of years doing something other than moving down a relatively straight path towards a career in law, which is what most applicants have done. Whatever that is, it will be noted by Chambers when pupillage is applied for, and as such will be relevant to any application that is made.(Original post by Zedd)
"You have clearly done something notable prior to going down the law route."
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Re: What's best for the bar?Actually I kind ****ed my life up.(Original post by Crazy Jamie)
His/her age. By notable I don't mean anything special necessarily, but clearly s/he has spent a number of years doing something other than moving down a relatively straight path towards a career in law, which is what most applicants have done. Whatever that is, it will be noted by Chambers when pupillage is applied for, and as such will be relevant to any application that is made.
I flew as cabin crew for 5 years, left for a job on a private jet.
The jet never moved to this country And I was left high and dry.
The last two years have basically been a write off. My grandmother got cancer, I cared for her, she died and I'm only really just getting back on my feet.
