LLM at UCL or LPC with LLM component at the University of Law?

The LLM/LPC from UoL isn't a "proper" LLM at all. It is just the regular LPC with an additional module added on, and it is not an academic course if that is what you are looking for.

I am shocked it is allowed to award an LLB.

That is a pretty absurd position to take, in my opinion. Then again I am a chippy BPP grad, and I assume you are shocked they are allowed to award LLBs too.

Yes I am because the entry requirements are very low and the calibre of students is low as I know from people doing the UoL (practically the same as BPP) LLB. City law firms do not really bother looking at them. To my own admission though I am quite elitist in my opinion of where people should do Law (Oxbridge or Russell Group), but to be honest a lot of law firms are too

I think you are taking a legitimate point (UoL is not as reputable as a Russell Group uni) and taking it to ridiculous lengths. There are poor students everywhere (including Oxford, Cambridge, UCL etc). No doubt there are more poor students at UoL, but there will be some good students and some of them will no doubt get training contracts at large commercial law firms.

Only a very very small amount would in regards to your second point. UoL requirements are below what city law firms ask for in academic minimums e.g their A level filter. Most who attend will have the unis requirements which does not meet the firm's filters, hence why the big firms do not bother visiting UoL students as well as its lower reputation. It is quite rare someone doing an LLB at BPP or UoL with the necessary grades for a top firm will have chosen there to do their LLB...

I get the impression that an LLM from UCL would be more highly valued than an LLM/LPC combination from UoL. Can anyone let me know if I'm correct or if there's an obvious advantage to one or the other that I'm missing?

Only a very very small amount would in regards to your second point. UoL requirements are below what city law firms ask for in academic minimums e.g their A level filter. Most who attend will have the unis requirements which does not meet the firm's filters, hence why the big firms do not bother visiting UoL students as well as its lower reputation. It is quite rare someone doing an LLB at BPP or UoL with the necessary grades for a top firm will have chosen there to do their LLB...

hi does anyone has pointers with a UCL LLM application?

It's really not that competitive. If you're on course for at least a high 2:1, can get a couple of decent references and give some kind of sensible reason why you want to do it then I would be surprised if you didn't get an offer.

Thanks, that's reassuring to hear

Except I averaged at 66% at Bristol and am unsure if that's considered a high 2:1. Will I stand a chance at LSE?

Offer at UCL are usually conditional on a 65%+ average so if you have finished with a 66 average from what is a decent university then I expect you'll be fine. No idea about LSE but in general LLMs are not as competitive to get onto as LLBs.

Hello,

I got accepted to study an LLM at UCL but had also applied to UoL as a backup in case I didn't get into my LLM. When I asked UoL if I could defer my offer they responded reminding my that the LPC at UoL has a masters package.

I get the impression that an LLM from UCL would be more highly valued than an LLM/LPC combination from UoL. Can anyone let me know if I'm correct or if there's an obvious advantage to one or the other that I'm missing?