Languages and Law at SOAS

As a student at SOAS. It all comes down to whether you have any open modules . Which is probably unlikely year one. Year two onwards you may. Now it’s worth pointing out that SOAS going through a major restructuring that is absolutely gutting the language departments.
I get three hours of chinese a week ( even thoug chinese is my degree ) yes you read that right 3! More than two thirds of my degree despite its title have absolutely nothing to do with the chinese language . I had previous knowledge and I am on one of the top end levels despite only being a year two student . The quality of the courses are apparent by analysing my fellow students . Some will be graduating this year and their chinese is awful . I would imagine that you (just like I did ) that if you were studying a chinese degree at uni , during your final year you’d expect to be pretty good . The majority of students in my class cannot understand basic commands in chinese . The teacher literally has to explain assignments in English . Now I’m not telling you this to bash my fellow students , merely to point out that if you are really set in doing law and maybe chinese on the side , I would recommend you choose a different university .