Reply 1
Original post by cyul8er
How much average reading would you need to do in a week?
I’m currently doing IB History at HL and I’m expecting university reading to be about double the amount lolololol
I’m currently doing IB History at HL and I’m expecting university reading to be about double the amount lolololol
Original post by thegeek888
You're expected to 'work' for your essays and 'read' the lists for typically anywhere from 20 to 40 hours a week.
im guessing that itd just replacing all my current sciences work with law then hahahhaha
thank you
Reply 3
Original post by cyul8er
im guessing that itd just replacing all my current sciences work with law then hahahhaha
thank you
thank you
Original post by thegeek888
Which Sciences do you do at HL? 😧
help sorry for the misunderstanding!! I just happen to spend most of my time on sciences bc my teachers this year are......... not good.
Heres my subject combination:
HL: English Lit A, History, Math AA
SL: Chem, Physics, French B
did you take the IB too? what subjects did you take o.o
(edited 12 months ago)
Reply 5
Not IB but UK Home A-Levels. Maths, Further Maths, Spanish, French, German and Chemistry. I am a mature student in my 30s and will be applying for Law at St. John's College, Oxford. 🙂
Original post by thegeek888
Not IB but UK Home A-Levels. Maths, Further Maths, Spanish, French, German and Chemistry. I am a mature student in my 30s and will be applying for Law at St. John's College, Oxford. 🙂
Woah that’s so cool, I don’t know much about a-levels but learning that many languages seems tough
Reply 7
Original post by cyul8er
Woah that’s so cool, I don’t know much about a-levels but learning that many languages seems tough
Reply 8
Original post by cyul8er
How much average reading would you need to do in a week?
I’m currently doing IB History at HL and I’m expecting university reading to be about double the amount lolololol
I’m currently doing IB History at HL and I’m expecting university reading to be about double the amount lolololol
Which College at Oxford University are you considering applying to for Law? 😧
Original post by thegeek888
Which College at Oxford University are you considering applying to for Law? 😧
I honestly haven't given it much thought
I'm putting down brasenose on my application as it has most of the facilities that l'd like, however I saw that some colleges more to the east have rivers ( think it'd look nice).
As for academic merit, I don't know much about how much "better" some colleges are than others for certain subjects, as far as I know there are minute differences and that some may not offer certain courses.
Reply 10
Original post by cyul8er
im guessing that itd just replacing all my current sciences work with law then hahahhaha
thank you
thank you
The study of law and the practise of law (should you be interested in the latter) require a very large amount of reading. There is quite a big step between sixth form and undergraduate study, and you should expect to read an order of magnitude more than you have been reading in the sixth form, especially if you obtain a place at one of the top five or ten universities.
Good luck!
Reply 11
Original post by cyul8er
I honestly haven't given it much thought
I'm putting down brasenose on my application as it has most of the facilities that l'd like, however I saw that some colleges more to the east have rivers ( think it'd look nice).
As for academic merit, I don't know much about how much "better" some colleges are than others for certain subjects, as far as I know there are minute differences and that some may not offer certain courses.
I'm putting down brasenose on my application as it has most of the facilities that l'd like, however I saw that some colleges more to the east have rivers ( think it'd look nice).
As for academic merit, I don't know much about how much "better" some colleges are than others for certain subjects, as far as I know there are minute differences and that some may not offer certain courses.
Lady Margaret Hall, St Catherine's College, Magdalen College, and St Hilda's College are next to the River Cherwell, which flows into the Thames (in Oxford the Thames is called the Isis). Christchurch is close to the Isis. Worcester College has a lake in its gardens and is next to the Oxford Canal.
Every college is academically strong.
(edited 11 months ago)
Reply 12
Original post by cyul8er
I honestly haven't given it much thought
I'm putting down brasenose on my application as it has most of the facilities that l'd like, however I saw that some colleges more to the east have rivers ( think it'd look nice).
As for academic merit, I don't know much about how much "better" some colleges are than others for certain subjects, as far as I know there are minute differences and that some may not offer certain courses.
I'm putting down brasenose on my application as it has most of the facilities that l'd like, however I saw that some colleges more to the east have rivers ( think it'd look nice).
As for academic merit, I don't know much about how much "better" some colleges are than others for certain subjects, as far as I know there are minute differences and that some may not offer certain courses.
I went to Brasenose for Law - can confirm it is awesome.
To answer your initial question, you read a lot. Oxford is magnitudes harder than IB/ A levels/ high school. You could spend all your time reading if you wanted to because the reading lists are long. The tutors will usually indicate which readings are more important, but I think on average I probably didn't even manage to finish reading all the "essential" readings.
For context, the Oxford undergraduate law handbook says the weekly workload is about 45 hours (akin to a 9 to 5 job).
Reply 13
I do Oxford law and we do 1.5 modules per 8 week term. For the full module there's a reading list with about 20-30 cases/articles on it and a written assignment per week, and for the half module there's that amount every other week. So it's about 30-45 cases/articles to read a week and each one takes about an hour. Most people I know probably do about 30-40 hours a week because some cases you can get away with just reading summaries of
Reply 14
As a practising lawyer who has also taught law, I advise against "just reading summaries" of cases. There is no substitute for reading judgments. You need to learn how to read a judgment at speed, and to identify any important statements of principle which it contains, avoiding getting bogged down in the particular facts of a case. Non-lawyers sometimes think that the common law operates by a dumb sort of pattern-matching, and even some lawyers sometimes fall into the trap of assuming that stare decisis means "find me a case with the same facts as this one".
One day in the future you might rush back to your chambers at five past one, trying to snatch a sandwich and a cup of coffee (you got up at 4am), answer thirty emails on other pressing matters, and then rush back to Court at five to two. Meanwhile your opponent (MA (Cantab) LLM (Harvard) - a skiing buddy of yours) emails you three previously unseen authorities to deal with a point that the Judge (MA (Lond) D Phil (Oxon) - she taught you Contract when she was a Fellow of Merton) was interested in during the morning. You now have minutes to gut the cases, find out what helps and/or hinders your client's position, and maybe find another case or two which impact on the point. Slurp that coffee and hurtle back across the Strand with your pupil trotting after you balancing a White Book and two lever arch files.
Maybe your future involves transactional law. OK, it's now 3 AM in London and the deal is closing in Singapore in twenty minutes. The other side have just pointed out that clause 97.1 in the mezzanine finance agreement may be problematic because of something that the Court of Appeal said last week in a case about a charterparty. The exhausted partner looks at exhausted you, with your Oxford BA (maybe a BCL too), and says "what's the answer?" You are up for promotion to Senior Associate next week, so drink some of that cold office coffee, and crack on. Maybe you are the exhausted Partner. The client is annoyed about the last deal going a bit south, and has been talking to the rival law firm down the road. Your team did not make its billing target last month and the Managing Partner wants a meeting. Order more coffee.
One day in the future you might rush back to your chambers at five past one, trying to snatch a sandwich and a cup of coffee (you got up at 4am), answer thirty emails on other pressing matters, and then rush back to Court at five to two. Meanwhile your opponent (MA (Cantab) LLM (Harvard) - a skiing buddy of yours) emails you three previously unseen authorities to deal with a point that the Judge (MA (Lond) D Phil (Oxon) - she taught you Contract when she was a Fellow of Merton) was interested in during the morning. You now have minutes to gut the cases, find out what helps and/or hinders your client's position, and maybe find another case or two which impact on the point. Slurp that coffee and hurtle back across the Strand with your pupil trotting after you balancing a White Book and two lever arch files.
Maybe your future involves transactional law. OK, it's now 3 AM in London and the deal is closing in Singapore in twenty minutes. The other side have just pointed out that clause 97.1 in the mezzanine finance agreement may be problematic because of something that the Court of Appeal said last week in a case about a charterparty. The exhausted partner looks at exhausted you, with your Oxford BA (maybe a BCL too), and says "what's the answer?" You are up for promotion to Senior Associate next week, so drink some of that cold office coffee, and crack on. Maybe you are the exhausted Partner. The client is annoyed about the last deal going a bit south, and has been talking to the rival law firm down the road. Your team did not make its billing target last month and the Managing Partner wants a meeting. Order more coffee.
Reply 15
Original post by mishieru07
I went to Brasenose for Law - can confirm it is awesome.
To answer your initial question, you read a lot. Oxford is magnitudes harder than IB/ A levels/ high school. You could spend all your time reading if you wanted to because the reading lists are long. The tutors will usually indicate which readings are more important, but I think on average I probably didn't even manage to finish reading all the "essential" readings.
For context, the Oxford undergraduate law handbook says the weekly workload is about 45 hours (akin to a 9 to 5 job).
To answer your initial question, you read a lot. Oxford is magnitudes harder than IB/ A levels/ high school. You could spend all your time reading if you wanted to because the reading lists are long. The tutors will usually indicate which readings are more important, but I think on average I probably didn't even manage to finish reading all the "essential" readings.
For context, the Oxford undergraduate law handbook says the weekly workload is about 45 hours (akin to a 9 to 5 job).
what are your gcse/ a level results? x
Reply 16
Original post by klnlljkklhklll
what are your gcse/ a level results? x
I did the Singapore A levels - in UK A level terms, my workload was approximately 4 A levels (Economics, Geography, Mathematics and English Literature) plus EPQ. Top grades in everything.
Went to Oxford and got my a** kicked immediately. Never worked harder in my entire academic life.
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