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Q: Outside Oxbridge which institution would give the most "employable" law degree

Q: Outside Oxbridge which institution would give the most "employable" law degree?

Please give names and justify.... :wink:

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Reply 1

H&E

AM1

Q: Outside Oxbridge which institution would give the most "employable" law degree?

Please give names and justify.... :wink:

Harvard Law School :tongue:

Reply 2

CamSPSer

AM1

Q: Outside Oxbridge which institution would give the most "employable" law degree?

Please give names and justify.... :wink:

depends what you want to do :P umm if you get a 2:1 you can go on to do the law thingamejig no matter what uni uve got ur qualifaciton from. otherwise good places include pretty much anywhere in the russell group

Reply 3

house badger

Yeah, as above, what do you want to do, bar, solicitor (magic circle/other solictor firms)? Not all the Russel group are the same, I'd say The London Unis, Notts, Warks are the best.

Reply 4

seana

house badger

Yeah, as above, what do you want to do, bar, solicitor (magic circle/other solictor firms)? Not all the Russel group are the same, I'd say The London Unis, Notts, Warks are the best.

Russel group?? magic circle?? more details please!!!

Reply 5

shiny

seana

Russel group?? magic circle?? more details please!!!

http://www.hero.ac.uk/reference_resources/russell_group3706.cfm

http://www.eurolegal.org/webresources/uklawfirms.htm

Reply 6

seana

shiny

http://www.hero.ac.uk/reference_resources/russell_group3706.cfm

http://www.eurolegal.org/webresources/uklawfirms.htm

thanks a million!

Reply 7

kingslaw

Get a good degree from any Top 20 uni (esp. Russell Group) as well as good A-levels and work experience and you'll probably find yourself on an equal footing with everyone else applying for top jobs. It then just comes down to your interviews, etc.

Reply 8

young_free

kingslaw

KCL, Nottingham and Bristol.

Reply 9

Me2

what about durham and queens?

Reply 10

EmJ

London School of Economics?

Reply 11

NDGAARONDI

Sometimes I think it depends on your specialism such as optional units taken and if you intend to undertake any postgrads such as diplomas and LLMs. If you've done a 'basic' degree like the older topics I guess a prestigous uni like Oxford will be fine but if you want to get into other stuff like hacking etc then a postgrad from Queen Mary's will be fine and perhaps may be an optional unit in something similar at LL.B level? Just my thoughts....

Reply 12

Lawz-

The Top ones I would say are (aside from Oxbridge)

In no order:

Bristol
Durham
Nottingham
LSE
KCL
UCL

Maybe then Manchester, War. and Birmingham

I would heavily disagree with the notion that if you are in a top 20 school you are on an equal footing with everyone - firms DO hire from target Unis like the one above. However grades are the most important thing. If you can get a 1st - then if you are to 7 schools or so - you are on a better footing than Oxbridge people with 2:1s

Reply 13

Leeroy

Lawzzzzzz

However grades are the most important thing. If you can get a 1st - then if you are to 7 schools or so - you are on a better footing than Oxbridge people with 2:1s

I think one or two people on this forum will disagree

Reply 14

Lawz-

Leeroy

I think one or two people on this forum will disagree

They can disagree all they want - all things being equal - a person from LSE with a 1st will beat out a person from Oxford with a mid range 2:1. I tend to think that most of the people who would disagree will be from Oxbridge - but I think they will get a nasty shock.

Reply 15

muncrun

Lawzzzzzz

you can get a 1st - then if you are to 7 schools or so - you are on a better footing than Oxbridge people with 2:1s

I'm in complete agreement. It's all well having an Oxbridge degree under your belt, however that alone is certainly not your ticket to a high flying career. Excellence at a good non-Oxbridge university counts for more than a mere average performance at Oxbridge.

Reply 16

dotacdotuk

muncrun

Another in firm agreement here..and this notion is applicable to a whole range of careers. Graduate recruiters have long been taking note.
The message appears time and again: a First/2:1 from a "good" Law School within a "top tier" University will open doors for you. Don't forget that recruiters all but stop short of taking on clones - one needs to be a well-rounded individual, ideally offering something "different".

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Watching the recent developments among law schools, one proxy measure for those departments destined to remain at the top includes the institutions preparing to use the LNAT as a "supplementary" tool in the admissions process for undergraduate (LLB) degrees. The LSE is strangely absent from that list, preferring to continue to use its "own" selection methods..for the time being.

Onto some "empirical data"..
Times rankings - select "Law" at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,6734,00.html
place the following after Cambridge and Oxford:
LSE, Durham, SOAS, Nottingham, Manchester, UCL.

The classic 'target schools' for "Magic Circle" law firms include (but are not limited to): Ox, Cam, UCL/KCL, Durham, LSE, Nottingham, Bristol.
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All the best!

Reply 17

Howard

AM1

Q: Outside Oxbridge which institution would give the most "employable" law degree?

Please give names and justify.... :wink:

It really does depend. Remember you're far more likely to get onto a BVC course with a 2:1 from the Open University than you are with a 3rd from Oxbridge.

I wouldn't get too hung up about where your LLb(Hons) comes from. What's more important is that you get a good enough classification to go onto the next stage.

Reply 18

muncrun

Howard

Seconded. Good advice.

Reply 19

young_free

You all seem to be talking about LLB, do you not acknowledge BA in law as a proper undergraduate degree (do firms feel this way too?) Oxford's law degree is a BA.