What masters can I do with a law degree?

Hi,

I'm graduating from Bristol with a mid range 2:1 law degree. I would love to do a masters after the BVC but am not sure if I want to do on in law!

Can you do a masters in something you dont have an undergrad degree in? I was thinking politics/economics/management/psychology maybe?

I'm not quite sure how it works. Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks! x

Reply 1

Jazzza

Yeh. Business and Management tend to always offer Masters for people who didn't go a degree in b&m. You shouldn't have a problem at all getting a place on a masters course in Business and Management but whether you could get a place at one of the top 5 unis..? Surrey's only 17th but would offer you a place on International Business Management, Business Management or Human Resource Management MSc. based on a 2:1 in Law. (subject to personal statement etc etc)

Reply 2

username36063

The best thing to do would be to decide what subject you woyuld like to do a masters in first. the subjects mentioned will be fine, but try and think of the finer detail, ie politics, is that UK, European, foreign policy etc, physcology; is that development, cognition, behaviour, clinical etc. Some things lead into into masters easier than others.

Bottom line yeah cause you can do a different subject masters. Same old nugget of advice, check with depts at unis.

Reply 3

Craigy_Boy

Masters programs in politics are usually quite receptive to law graduates (I did one after my LLB).

However, I have a feeling it would be difficult to get into an economics master's, since they seem to require a great deal of mathematics/statistics as a prerequisite for entry at the post-grad level. It is possible, at LSE I think, to do a foundation year before commencing an econ masters, in order to make up for a non-econ background. But I presume that's really only going to be worthwhile if you are dead set on a career as an economist of some sort.

A word of warning though - I remember a barrister telling me that his chambers might be a little suspicious of an applicant for pupillage with a non-law master's, since it might reflect less than a complete commitment to the law. As it happens, I don't actually agree (but then I don't make pupillage decisions!). Some chambers are indeed very diverse in the intellectual makeup of their members and, furthermore, in some cases I would have thought it a definite virtue to have a non-law, though still relevant, post-graduate qualification (e.g. an MA in Human Rights if you wanted to practise in that area, etc.).

Reply 4

rhododendron

How about the LSE's MSc in Law and Accounting - see my other reply for further details. But places for this year are full, so their site says.

http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=232161

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