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If i do law at brunel and hopefully get a first will i be able to brcome a barrister or not?

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Original post by Pisces42
If i do law at brunel and hopefully get a first will i be able to brcome a barrister or not?


I've tidied your thread and moved it to the Law forum :smile:
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What makes you think you won’t, my knowledge around this area is weak
Original post by Doonesbury
I've tidied your thread and moved it to the Law forum :smile:

Thank you so much
Original post by Itsthe
What makes you think you won’t, my knowledge around this area is weak


Apparentlu you need to go to a really good russel group uni
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My aunt went westminister and did law there, she could have gone Leeds but my grandad passed away and had to stay in London for my grandma, but now she’s a solicitor, she was initially gonna become a lawyer But due to family reasons she didn’t. I’m not sure how it works
Original post by Itsthe
My aunt went westminister and did law there, she could have gone Leeds but my grandad passed away and had to stay in London for my grandma, but now she’s a solicitor, she was initially gonna become a lawyer But due to family reasons she didn’t. I’m not sure how it works


Thank you though, and sorry about your grandad
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Original post by Pisces42
Apparentlu you need to go to a really good russel group uni


There are plenty of barristers who didn't.

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Original post by Pisces42
Apparentlu you need to go to a really good russel group uni


The bar is the more "academic" legal profession, so it tends to recruit the most academically able. Typically, these people are found at the top-tier Russell Group unis.

You could become a barrister with a Brunel degree, though, especially for criminal law and other unglamorous practice areas.
hey im currently doing crim n law BA. We had this discussion not too long ago at uni. It is possible but very hard. Its very hard to get into one of the five in’s and more times people who are at the top institutes or are have members in their families who are lords etc have better chances. U must have a 2:1 or first to apply for the bar as its v competitive
Original post by Notorious_B.I.G.
The bar is the more "academic" legal profession, so it tends to recruit the most academically able. Typically, these people are found at the top-tier Russell Group unis.

You could become a barrister with a Brunel degree, though, especially for criminal law and other unglamorous practice areas.

What do you mean unglamerous
Original post by choco_monsterxo
hey im currently doing crim n law BA. We had this discussion not too long ago at uni. It is possible but very hard. Its very hard to get into one of the five in’s and more times people who are at the top institutes or are have members in their families who are lords etc have better chances. U must have a 2:1 or first to apply for the bar as its v competitive


What if you do your legal training to specialise to necome a barrister at a better university
Original post by Pisces42
What if you do your legal training to specialise to necome a barrister at a better university


not sure if thats possible? first u need a law degree only then i think its possible to move on to the bar
Original post by choco_monsterxo
not sure if thats possible? first u need a law degree only then i think its possible to move on to the bar


Thats what I mean, get a law degree from brunel then do legal training at a better university
Original post by J-SP
Working in any part of the justice system tends to be unglamorous. Being a barrister is not like how it is portrayed in films or TV, and the vast majority of barristers will also find the money they earn is not going to pay them enough to give them any level of glamour outside of work either.


Wouldn’t working in the bar be the same?
no.
Original post by Pisces42
Thats what I mean, get a law degree from brunel then do legal training at a better university


oh yes that is a possibility.
Original post by GausIsTheBoss
no.


What do you mean no?
Original post by Pisces42
What do you mean no?


No, If you are going to pay 9k you might aswell go to the best.

Would you pay 300k for a Nissan when you can buy a bentley with the same amount?

If your answer is yes then you either haven't got the grades due to poor revision/certain circumstances or simply an idiot.
Original post by choco_monsterxo
hey im currently doing crim n law BA. We had this discussion not too long ago at uni. It is possible but very hard. Its very hard to get into one of the five in’s and more times people who are at the top institutes or are have members in their families who are lords etc have better chances. U must have a 2:1 or first to apply for the bar as its v competitive


The Inns are not the problem. Getting a place on the BPTC is not that hard. It's getting a pupillage and consequently a tenancy which causes the bother.
Original post by Pisces42
What if you do your legal training to specialise to necome a barrister at a better university


The training to become a barrister (the BPTC) is not graded according to the name of the provider. They all cover the same basic stuff and are as hard (or easy) as each other. People often take a master's at a uni more prestigious than their undergrad; this kinda works.

Original post by Pisces42
What do you mean unglamerous


Criminal has the worst pay across the bar. Often people are on the bare minimum £12,000 pupillage and are rushing to represent clients in magistrates' and the Crown Court for trivial offences such as battery or criminal damage. The clients are not great. The subject matter is not exactly demanding. The pay is a travesty.

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