is City University of london, the best law school to practice corporate law in the UK
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Original post by yasminxsarah
Mate not to take the piss, but you can't even spell 'arguably', or 'seriously'.
You say you want an answer to your question but you seem to be rejecting anyone's opion or advice that does not compliment yours. If you enjoy your univesity, stay there. If not, transfer; it seriously can't be that difficult to comprehend.
You say you want an answer to your question but you seem to be rejecting anyone's opion or advice that does not compliment yours. If you enjoy your univesity, stay there. If not, transfer; it seriously can't be that difficult to comprehend.
Here we go again, clicking the wrong word on my phone doesn't mean I can't spell it. As I said, people start taking the piss on here without actually answering the question. Qaoura's far better I guess.
Original post by Efron
Here we go again, clicking the wrong word on my phone doesn't mean I can't spell it. As I said, people start taking the piss on here without actually answering the question. Qaoura's far better I guess.
Pressing the wrong word? I assume you mean consonant or vowel. Those are letters for your information.
No though seriously, you are literally opening up the gates to having the piss taken out of you. You've created many articles over the past year thst you've been a member, your indecisiveness shone through. Probably only thing shining through.
Original post by Doonesbury
Autumn 2021.
It's likely a law course will include some elements of the SQE so you'd pass it quicker from Law than from Philosophy (or any non-Law subject).
https://www.sra.org.uk/home/hot-topics/Solicitors-Qualifying-Examination.page
LSE has a nice explanation.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/law/sqe
It's likely a law course will include some elements of the SQE so you'd pass it quicker from Law than from Philosophy (or any non-Law subject).
https://www.sra.org.uk/home/hot-topics/Solicitors-Qualifying-Examination.page
LSE has a nice explanation.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/law/sqe
Thanks
Original post by Efron
Why is it that nobody else from qaoura does the same to me or anyone else when someone asks a question. Because they are adults, but TSR (especially on the law forum) is full of know it all idiots, and your part of that idiotic circle, so be my guest, continue being a **** like you are. Just try not to be upset when you do not succeed in whatever plans you have for the future.
If anything you are being offensive, calm down. If you get pissed, every time someone corrects or points out a mistake, maybe being a solicitor is not the best career for you. Learn to take constructive criticism.
Original post by Efron
Why is it that nobody else from qaoura does the same to me or anyone else when someone asks a question. Because they are adults, but TSR (especially on the law forum) is full of know it all idiots, and your part of that idiotic circle, so be my guest, continue being a **** like you are. Just try not to be upset when you do not succeed in whatever plans you have for the future.
Idiotic circle? At least we know how to spell. We'd be adults with you, had you not just irrationally ignored advice and opinions.
Try not to be upset? There won't be anything for me to be upset about. That sentence gave me a boost of motivation, thanks lad.
Original post by Efron
No its because I have a passion for philosophy, and seeing that in 2020 one can become a solicitor by doing an sqe exam, with any degree, then I was thinking of doing that, and city doesn't do philosophy. Sereasly do I really have to explain everything to you peaple, can you not answer the question and form sensible opinions without harassing people.
In 2018, you can become a solicitor with any degree. By doing a GDL afterwards.
Original post by Efron
That may be true, I don't really know, but most people I've talked to will recommend city universitys LLM for corporate/commercial law, would you not agree to an extent? Because of the postgraduate alumni network for corporate areas of study. And City's building a new law school, apparently its gonna be the biggest in London. And my course in second year LLB allows me to choose 5 modules in corporate law, and third year I can do 8 modules in corporate/commercial/banking and finance law. So my LLB will be called LLB with corporate law. Amschel Rothschild, one of the founders of the rothschild bank did his masters in accountancy at City University, if one of the founders of literally the largest bank in the world goes there for a finance related course, I'll put my money on that. But anyways, for my masters would you recommend I stay at City given the progressions it's making, or would you recommend I go to LSE or Queens Mary for that?
So a City student, who mixes with City students, has been told that City is very much desired and that it will have the largest law school in London. I suggest the people you have been talking to are biased or clueless, and that having a large intake does not make a course good. Many times it makes the course much worse. That's why studying at the new regional unis, with 30-40 intake, can actually result in a more supportive learning environment because there is more of a clasroom feel.
The Rothschilds are dead and you're not doing an accountancy course.
On City's website, it says to have a pathway you need to do 4 15 credits modules in your final year. If you take the path you suggest, you would not have a QLD. Which is fine if you don't wanna be caught in the SQE transition, and don't wanna fall back on completing the LPC, and don't want to use your degree to pass the academic stage, but is not fine if you miss "advanced tort" and only have intro tort. Will make your SQE1 prep much harder, meaning you did a law degree without having more than an A-Level studying of the major areas of law and will need to spend some time catching up. And not doing advanced tort will make your commercial modules much more challenging.
Original post by Professional G
If anything you are being offensive, calm down. If you get pissed, every time someone corrects or points out a mistake, maybe being a solicitor is not the best career for you. Learn to take constructive criticism.
It's okay if it happens once or twice, but all the time is just taking the piss, especially if there random criticism's outweigh the actual answers there giving to my question. And we're seeing this in many of the threads in TSR unfortunately.
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Original post by Efron
Thanks
Considering you mentioned the SQE first I'd have though you'd already have researched that route?
And if Quora is so good why are you asking on TSR?
Original post by Efron
It's okay if it happens once or twice, but all the time is just taking the piss, especially if there random criticism's outweigh the actual answers there giving to my question.
Honestly had never heard of City tbh, Before this conversation what does that tell you
Original post by Doonesbury
Considering you mentioned the SQE first I'd have though you'd already have researched that route?
And if Quora is so good why are you asking on TSR?
And if Quora is so good why are you asking on TSR?
I'm asking on TSR only to see your answer, alongside a couple of others. You seem to be the sensible one's.
Original post by M4cc4n4
Honestly had never heard of City tbh, Before this conversation what does that tell you
It tells me that you need to do a bit of research, because when top alumni have gone there, the university is not domestically unheard of.
Original post by Efron
It's okay if it happens once or twice, but all the time is just taking the piss, especially if there random criticism's outweigh the actual answers there giving to my question. And we're seeing this in many of the threads in TSR unfortunately.
Your way if posting is infuriating and you manage to get under the skin of even very mild members. This is why people remember you.
Why not just set out your situation and then provide a list of clear questions? You can then have your answers?
Put some thought into the questions so its at least possible to answer them.
Original post by M4cc4n4
Honestly had never heard of City tbh, Before this conversation what does that tell you
That you dont know many London unis?
Original post by 999tigger
That you dont know many London unis?
Oh I know the vast Majority of the College's of the UoL, and unis in London just didn't know of that one, But I really only applied to Scottish and NI Unis anyway so maybe that's why
Original post by Efron
It tells me that you need to do a bit of research, because when top alumni have gone there, the university is not domestically unheard of.
I mean, I go to a uni, I did my research.
Original post by Notoriety
So a City student, who mixes with City students, has been told that City is very much desired and that it will have the largest law school in London. I suggest the people you have been talking to are biased or clueless, and that having a large intake does not make a course good. Many times it makes the course much worse. That's why studying at the new regional unis, with 30-40 intake, can actually result in a more supportive learning environment because there is more of a clasroom feel.
The Rothschilds are dead and you're not doing an accountancy course.
On City's website, it says to have a pathway you need to do 4 15 credits modules in your final year. If you take the path you suggest, you would not have a QLD. Which is fine if you don't wanna be caught in the SQE transition, and don't wanna fall back on completing the LPC, and don't want to use your degree to pass the academic stage, but is not fine if you miss "advanced tort" and only have intro tort. Will make your SQE1 prep much harder, meaning you did a law degree without having more than an A-Level studying of the major areas of law and will need to spend some time catching up. And not doing advanced tort will make your commercial modules much more challenging.
The Rothschilds are dead and you're not doing an accountancy course.
On City's website, it says to have a pathway you need to do 4 15 credits modules in your final year. If you take the path you suggest, you would not have a QLD. Which is fine if you don't wanna be caught in the SQE transition, and don't wanna fall back on completing the LPC, and don't want to use your degree to pass the academic stage, but is not fine if you miss "advanced tort" and only have intro tort. Will make your SQE1 prep much harder, meaning you did a law degree without having more than an A-Level studying of the major areas of law and will need to spend some time catching up. And not doing advanced tort will make your commercial modules much more challenging.
Thanks for the answer, the larger law school is to provide more research for the academics, and more facilities for the students, no change in intakes from what I heard of. So the bigger and newer and better the facilities, and the fact that it's smack down in the city of London, and that every part of the university is basically tailored towards corporate/commercial and finance, banking etc, e.g cass business school, accountancy subjects in city arguably the best in the country, and all of that I guess reflects on the law degrees value in corporate/commercial/finance law at city being arguably the best in the country specifically for that, that may be for the llm as you say, but the fact that you can specialise in corporate law in the LLB, and have an LLB with corporate law, is entirely unique to City and commercial firms are gonna prefer that to the many other law schools, because of the expertise a city student is gonna have, and regardless of the specialised modules at City, that's excluding the fact that city university may arguebly be the best in the country for corporate law in itself regardless of the course structure which allows you to specialise in corporate law even in the LLB (which is entirely unique to city) non withstanding its LLM.
Original post by J-SP
None of what you say makes City the best university for commercial law.
The Cass business school may do
Original post by J-SP
You are talking about law which doesn’t fall under Cass.
Casse's success falls under laws success at City as well, as I said, most of there courses are tailered towards business, finance etc
Original post by Efron
Thanks for the answer, the larger law school is to provide more research for the academics, and more facilities for the students, no change in intakes from what I heard of. So the bigger and newer and better the facilities, and the fact that it's smack down in the city of London, and that every part of the university is basically tailored towards corporate/commercial and finance, banking etc, e.g cass business school, accountancy subjects in city arguably the best in the country, and all of that I guess reflects on the law degrees value in corporate/commercial/finance law at city being arguably the best in the country specifically for that, that may be for the llm as you say, but the fact that you can specialise in corporate law in the LLB, and have an LLB with corporate law, is entirely unique to City and commercial firms are gonna prefer that to the many other law schools, because of the expertise a city student is gonna have, and regardless of the specialised modules at City, that's excluding the fact that city university may arguebly be the best in the country for corporate law in itself regardless of the course structure which allows you to specialise in corporate law even in the LLB (which is entirely unique to city) non withstanding its LLM.
The person asking advice is the one giving advice, which is neat.
As J-SP (the recruiter) said firms don't care about your degree. If you studied law in medieval France or insurance law. They accept 50% GDLs (with a basic law qual) for a reason -- they want academic potential and ability. And the City experience is not uniqu, as I said you can take a lot of commercial and corporate modules on an ordinary LLB.
Commercial law is not so unique that no other school teaches. Every school teaches it! The drawback of City is that its big-name lecturers are big names because of their full-time jobs, not their having a City post. Meaning they don't have a lot of time to fanny about with 2nd years. Most of them don't even like to knock about with PhDs and LLMs. What is more likely is you're getting taught by a big professor's research assistant/acolyte, while the big professor is in Rome breaking bread at conferences.
Anyway, as has been pointed out, you ask for advice and instead try to give it to users who know a lot more than you. This exchange is an exercise in futility.
Original post by J-SP
Commercial firms don’t care about degree subject let alone a specialism
They don't have time to look at the degree subjects, but if the LLB is blatantly called LLB with corporate law on the certificate, which city is fortunately offering, and city is arguebly the best for corporate law, as most of their subjects are tailered towards corporate/finance etc, I'll doubt that firms will not be quck to notice.
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