University of Law vs. City Law

Hi,

I have offers for both. Unsure to what uni to attend.

I have heard terrible things about City Law School; Low quality teaching/facilities. Not reputable within the legal industry.
However, you get your books provided and the opportunity to gain an additional language.

My logical thinking behind University of Law; A lot of associates do their LPC's there, I have a few friends doing their LPC there. Also accelerated, two year degree over 3. More work but its more contracted on practicing Lawyers.

What is your opinion?

What are you going to study? An LLB? Don't go to either of them. Go to a real university for your undergraduate degree; the experience is incomparable.

Do not touch University of Law.

City isn't amazing. Certainly not worth the cost of being in London.

Do you have no other options? I'd rather go to clearing myself.

Talk to students at City. Have you been?

https://www.citylawsociety.co.uk/contact

UoL is standard. City has the advantage of being a full uni. Did you go to the open days?
https://www.law.ac.uk/about/student-life/

City is not that bad of a law school. I wonder if @J-SP can elaborate more on how receptive firms are of City, but from an academic POV (and particularly commercial law) they have some pretty solid academics. You get many quality students ending up there, notwithstanding its not being stellar, on account of its being in London and having some pretty decent commercial specialists. I guess if it is not successful with firms it will most likely be because most students there miss the A-Level reqs for top firms.

I would not advise going to UoL, for the reason stated above. I believe @Forum User studied at BPP for their LLB, and probably can share their experiences (which were not that positive). BPP and UoL being similar for the LLB, as you might imagine.

I’ve worked with City with the majority of firms I worked at/with. Main issue is that a fair proportion of their students won’t meet minimum UCAS points criteria if the firm still has them (that’s changing though as more firms are scrapping UCAS points criteria).

I did not attend any open days due to being swamped with work, I wasnt in the country for months at a time.

UoL seems very bare...

You could have had a look round on a non open day
You didnt get any better offers with those A levels?
Did they decide they were out of date?


They are ok, just nothing special.

ps couldn't think of anything worse than being stuck with 100% law students for 3 years.
If I did UoL then I would do it outside London.

ps couldn't think of anything worse than being stuck with 100% law students for 3 years.

What the ****, man?

What the ****, man?

Can you imagine it? Nightmare. Three years on a small campus.

Much prefer a full selection of students instead of retards banging on about statutes and cases. Not all Law students are that bad, but going to a uni with other sorts of students and better facilities is a bit more interesting.

I applied to:
Queen Mary; Not enough A's in GCSE for them.
LSE: Havent been in reputable education in the past 3 years.
City: Unconditional
UoL: Unconditional

I dont want to leave London as my apartment is in central and has a long lease and my business is here... I am in a difficult situation.

No, I quite agree. I know on some of the BPP/UoL campuses the LLB cohort is literally 5 or 6 people. Would be dire indeed.

That said, as an LLBer other LLBers were the only ones worthy of my privileged LLB time. It isn't that bad.

I did not attend any open days due to being swamped with work, I wasnt in the country for months at a time.

UoL seems very bare...