GDL 2013-4 College of Law (Guildford)

Hey! I have confirmed my place for full time study at Guildford for Sept 2013 entry. I'm just waiting to hear back from some other applications and stuff but to be honest I'm really excited about this one I'm a BSc Psychology grad so I'm pretty nervous about starting up a whole new topic that I've never done before, especially since I've been told to expect the worst from it by a friend who is studying it atm. She's been telling me horror stories about the workload lol. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she's just trying to terrify me!

Hi,

I'm considering joining the GDL program in Guildford from the University of Law in January 2014. Would you guys recommend it? How are you finding the course?

Overall, I'm trying to decide between BPP University (Bristol, Manchester or London) and University of Law (any branch). However, this particular course in Guildford is what I'm most drawn to.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Thank you.

Hi there,

I'm half a term into the GDL at the moment. I am really enjoying the course so far. I'd recommend doing the GDL if you're sure that's what you want to do, otherwise it's a lot of work and money if you've not decided you want to be a solicitor or barrister yet. I've already got a training contract sorted so that definitely helps with the motivation when the work gets hard!

From the sound of things you're looking at loads of different locations. If I may ask why are you attracted to Guildford in particular?

I'd thoroughly recommend booking onto an open day at the University of Law so you can see the campus for yourself and find out more about the course etc.

Let me know if you have any questions.


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Hi,

Thank you very much for your reply! I'm glad you're enjoying the course.

The reason why I want to choose Guildford is because some family friends live nearby and it would be nice to be close to them.

I'm from Hong Kong and the competition for PCLL (LPC equivalent) here is very, very tough. They basically require a distinction at GDL to obtain a place. Do you happen to know if students have a reasonable chance of achieving a distinction in the GDL at Guildford if they put the hours in or is competition for that very tough too?

Thanks so much.

Best wishes,

Jessica

Hi Jessica

That makes sense.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. It's about working hard and putting the hours in as you say.

Good luck with it all and let me know if you have any questions.

Hannah

Ah so they do award them?

For hard work etc., in competition, but if it's not too elusive (i.e. if the process is fair) then hopefully going there will be useful.

Any idea how many per year?

Thanks for your kind replies. Best of luck with your studies.