HELP URGENT what uni for law

Oxford undergrad, Oxford BCL (basically a masters), now working in legal recruitment before starting a Harvard LLM in autumn. Then have a training contract offer to start in 2016.

Oh nice, I thought BCL was a bachelors in civil law though no?

Will your training contract be in US?

Oh nice, I thought BCL was a bachelors in civil law though no?

In a medieval university you studied 3 arts subjects to get a BA, and another 4 to get an MA. Then you started vocational training to get a higher bachelor's degree in divinity, law or medicine. Eventually you received a doctoral degree in one of the higher faculties.

What has happened from the mid 19th century in London, is the award of bachelors degrees in the higher faculties to undergraduates. As a result the first postgraduate degree in those faculties has generally been renamed as a masters.

Oxford still has a few bachelors degrees in the higher faculties; BM, BCL, BMus and BPhil (the latter two not being medieval). Most of the others; the BPhil (other than in philosophy), the BLitt, and the BSc have been converted into masters degrees and the BD is no longer awarded.

i have BCC b in maths c in bio and chem. although i was predicted an A in maths but was brought down due to M1 module and in biology i was an A/A* so getting an c was was very unexpected and really upsetting. i know i can do alot better if i do retake, as i could of done more papers and it makes me soo sad as the grades do not reflect me at all. however family and friends are saying to leave retakes and try to get an 2.1 or first in uni and then complete a masters at a better uni. Although im still in fear of job prospects due to the fact i want to become a barrister and getting onto the bar and getting pupillage's is already soo difficult! ;(

Oxford undergrad, Oxford BCL (basically a masters), now working in legal recruitment before starting a Harvard LLM in autumn. Then have a training contract offer to start in 2016.

I'm curious - why the LL.M after the BCL?

This is incredibly inaccurate and misleading. Can you point me towards a top 50 firm that has awarded training contracts to multiple BPP llb grads? Any firms where you can show BPP applicants had higher success rates than Russell Group applicants? I sense your going to avoid answering this q's or just post a cop out.

Fact remains, employers ARE fussy about your choice of University.



Surely the most important thing is that they are able to actually get the kind of job they want? Or what about the University experience as a whole? Maybe they want a proper range of student societies, the experience of living in halls or some actual sports facilities?



Wow, talk about trying to mislead someone. The 32 firms you refer to send LPC students to you. I.e. people who will have already got training contracts and have come from top Universities. Those firms have a limited choice of providers and basically pick whoever will get them the cheapest deal. The LPC is entirely separate to the LLB, so trying to piggyback off that is illogical and flagrantly deceptive. You've not said anything about how many of this years LLB grads got training contracts- interesting that.




Everywhere offers this.



Again, everywhere offers this.

I note with some amusement that you use the term "legal position". Some recognition of all those people sold law degrees on the promise of becoming a solicitor or barrister who instead end up stuck as a paralegal on woeful pay perhaps?




I'm going to be honest Emily, you ought to be absolutely ashamed of how misleading and selective your post on here was. It's incredibly unprofessional for starters. You'd hope for some ethics or human decency from those employed in such a role, particularly at a time of year where people are feeling worried/stressed, but you really have tried wholeheartedly to take advantage of that.