Law Offers for 2016?

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When I applied it took at least 1.5 months before I got any offers or was invited to interview. It can seem a long process, but pls bare in mind that the time is not because their oowing and ahhing over you, its because of administrative backlog. Some are quicker than others at it.

Additionally I'm a final year law student so if anyone has any questions for me do go ahead. Additionally I got offers from all the uni's I applied to and was predicted AAA (got AAB in the end):

York (where I am now and my firm)
Cardiff (my insurance)
Newcastle
Manchester
Glasgow

You posted this three times consecutively.

Oh dear, apologies, I didn't mean to, there was problem in the slow browser and it kept on asking me to refresh. A technical glitch....

Oh right, technical problems (like in the LNAT )?

About your situation:
-No option for non-LNAT universities?
-Was your application strong overall?
-What universities were they?

I appreciate that there may have been computer difficulties on your end, did you raise this concern with the appropriate bodies?

There were mainly the Lon unis e.g. SOAS, UCL KCL etc. Employer, like many US based employers, would only sponsor/pay for the entire degree only at the selected chosen LNAT unis, sadly that is the case. They apply the same method back in the US e.g. only sponsor for degrees at LSAT approved institutions.


I did clarify my position with the unis concerned but to no avail other than standard response and welcoming me to consider applying in the next cycle, which I can't afford to wait given age is not in my favour.

Got rejection from all 5 choices (mainly Lon unis/those with LNAT requirements), M100 LLB Law A bit perplexed and baffled as my tutor and others were predicting I would have got an offer based on what I have. I think it's possibly down to LNAT due to my low score of 13, which was due to my total misunderstanding of the computerised system and I missed a complete section out. Never sat in a computerised test. It's a pity that as a mature student in early 40s with wealth of experience in fields of both practical and academic areas (e.g. work demanded to comply professional research reports for corporations and gov etc), I couldn't make it through. Certainly my employer wouldn't be impressed, given they would have sponsored for the entire programme, as the degree is closely connected to my area of profession. Sadly my sponsor would only pay to study law at selected unis.

Have to resort to Open Uni or ULaw as other unis would prove too expensive and won't be worth taking a career break that would prove too costly.

:-(

durham or ucl?

obviously ucl

There is nothing obvious - UCL will make no material difference in anything.

it is obvious if you want to go to the better, more reputable, more internationally renowned university with much better networking connections with magic circles etc

Between Durham and UCL there is no difference.

This idea that Law firms only pick applicants from one Uni is something school leavers obsess about - and is actually total bunkum.

I dont think anyone said that: i do law at UCL and there's networking events every week and from the people i've spoken to at Linklaters, A and A, S and May etc they've said they do prefer LSE, UCL and Kings to Durham.

I dont think anyone said that: i do law at UCL and there's networking events every week and from the people i've spoken to at Linklaters, A and A, S and May etc they've said they do prefer LSE, UCL and Kings to Durham.

it is obvious if you want to go to the better, more reputable, more internationally renowned university with much better networking connections with magic circles etc

Its a form of professional flirting - they want you to think you are 'special' to them.

They say exactly the same thing to Law grads at Bristol - and probably Durham as well.