law

As an international student, I would recommend you to get into Oxbridge or RG universities. Some might argue that it is not important which university you are studying, but I personally believe that the ranking will affect your future. I read several articles in TSR related to solicitors or barristers. Firms and Chambers tend to hire more Oxbridge students and RG students. I am not saying that non-RG universities are bad. But I can tell you that being a lawyer or barrister is really competitive. IMO, the ranking of the universities meant something such as the teaching quality. Studying in a high-rank uni does not guarantee a good job but you get more chance during the application. Particularly, employers will be impressed that you have the capability of getting into some uni which is well-known for the low admission rate like Oxbridge. I am interested to work in the Commercial law field as a barrister but I could not help to notice that top chambers in London require applicants with a grade of first-class or very high second upper. Furthermore, you cannot practice as a lawyer in certain countries as they might not recognize your LLB. For instance, Singapore only recognized 10 law schools in the UK.
I would advise you to consider your future on where you would prefer to work and the impact of getting into a non-RG university. Sorry if my comment offends anyone who is reading this.

Hi,
Thanks for your advice, I am looking into applying for either city university, university of law or Greenwich university as I want to stay in London. However, I am more inclined to apply for a City university, as I have seen their reputation grow over the years.
If anyone knows if these universities are good, in terms of their teaching can you let me know?
Thanks.

This is really not true. Employers don't care if you went to a RG or not.
The thing about law being applicable in other countries I can't comment on as I don't know about law but a law degree is something you would do in the country you get the degree in really, from what I know they cannot be used in most other countries.

https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/where-to-start/newsletter/law-firms-preferred-universities-2019
https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/where-to-start/newsletter/law-firms-preferred-universities
https://www.legalcheek.com/2019/07/nearly-a-third-of-magic-circle-trainees-went-to-oxbridge/
https://www.cityam.com/almost-a-third-of-trainee-lawyers-at-elite-magic-circle-law-firms-educated-at-oxbridge/
I am not here to convince you about it as I believe everyone is subjective due to their background. However, I believe that low admission rate of Oxbridge send a message to everyone that 'we only want the best to study here'. Not to look down on other universities as I am studying in an RG university. The number of law student graduate every year is a lot.
https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/law-careers/becoming-a-solicitor/entry-trends/
26,655 law students were accepted on 2017-2018 cohort. Furthermore, I was told that students have to apply for training contracts 2 years in advance and 1 year in advance for a pupillage.

Personally I believe (may be wrong) that it is very likely that these numbers are due to the fact that RG universities have more applicants and so usually have more higher level applicants that are more adamant about their degree and so usually they will have a higher rate of higher grades and more people doing work experience etc.
I do believe places like Cambridge and Oxford for example will offer an advantage but everyone I've spoke to (many many people) have said that employers don't take into account where you got your degree.

Yeah, I agreed with you that some employees might not care about it at all. What if 3 applicants graduated from Oxbridge, RG and non- RG university with first-class with similar achievements in sports. I believe the employer will favour the Oxbridge student more as the law courses were established a long time ago. The assessment of some universities might help the student to achieve a good result easily. As I had mentioned legal careers are always competitive, just assume that Ferrari reduces their price to Mercedez or BMZ. Are you still going to buy Mercedez or BMZ? Do not forget that international students are applying for the job position as well.

Personally I believe (may be wrong) that it is very likely that these numbers are due to the fact that RG universities have more applicants and so usually have more higher level applicants that are more adamant about their degree and so usually they will have a higher rate of higher grades and more people doing work experience etc.

It's not so much that RG unis have more applicants it is the fact that people who make it into a RG uni normally have good A level grades (A/B) and a lot of law firms have minimum A level requirements

As an international student, I would recommend you to get into Oxbridge or RG universities. Some might argue that it is not important which university you are studying, but I personally believe that the ranking will affect your future. I read several articles in TSR related to solicitors or barristers. Firms and Chambers tend to hire more Oxbridge students and RG students. I am not saying that non-RG universities are bad. But I can tell you that being a lawyer or barrister is really competitive. IMO, the ranking of the universities meant something such as the teaching quality. Studying in a high-rank uni does not guarantee a good job but you get more chance during the application. Particularly, employers will be impressed that you have the capability of getting into some uni which is well-known for the low admission rate like Oxbridge. I am interested to work in the Commercial law field as a barrister but I could not help to notice that top chambers in London require applicants with a grade of first-class or very high second upper. Furthermore, you cannot practice as a lawyer in certain countries as they might not recognize your LLB. For instance, Singapore only recognized 10 law schools in the UK.
I would advise you to consider your future on where you would prefer to work and the impact of getting into a non-RG university. Sorry if my comment offends anyone who is reading this.