Deciding a Uni for Law

Hi there!

I’m looking to study pure LLB Law at university and I am conflicted on what universities i should be applying too and how many i should keep for insurance and what grades should be within the insurance offers.
I’m predicted ABB/AAB (might change within the week to AAB)

My current options include:
1. York
2. Cardiff
3. UAE
4. Lancaster
5. Bath Spa

My concern is that all the first 4 offers range from AAA-ABB, with the first two being AAA. Should I focus on putting more lower insurance grades such as Bath Spa which offers BBB to ensure I have guaranteed locations. Or instead shall I am for higher grade uni’s and keep what I have as I am certain i’m going to achieve higher in actual exams.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Reply 1

telepathy

UAE and Bath Spa will be a waste of time

Reply 2

sofiyaOT5

Original post by early-morning-sl

Hi there!
I’m looking to study pure LLB Law at university and I am conflicted on what universities i should be applying too and how many i should keep for insurance and what grades should be within the insurance offers.
I’m predicted ABB/AAB (might change within the week to AAB)
My current options include:
1. York
2. Cardiff
3. UAE
4. Lancaster
5. Bath Spa
My concern is that all the first 4 offers range from AAA-ABB, with the first two being AAA. Should I focus on putting more lower insurance grades such as Bath Spa which offers BBB to ensure I have guaranteed locations. Or instead shall I am for higher grade uni’s and keep what I have as I am certain i’m going to achieve higher in actual exams.
Any advice would be appreciated.

i got an offer for ABB for law in York so i would deffo try it out. Are you contextual for york by any chance?

Reply 3

Lancaster Student Ambassador

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Original post by early-morning-sl

Hi there!
I’m looking to study pure LLB Law at university and I am conflicted on what universities i should be applying too and how many i should keep for insurance and what grades should be within the insurance offers.
I’m predicted ABB/AAB (might change within the week to AAB)
My current options include:
1. York
2. Cardiff
3. UAE
4. Lancaster
5. Bath Spa
My concern is that all the first 4 offers range from AAA-ABB, with the first two being AAA. Should I focus on putting more lower insurance grades such as Bath Spa which offers BBB to ensure I have guaranteed locations. Or instead shall I am for higher grade uni’s and keep what I have as I am certain i’m going to achieve higher in actual exams.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi @early-morning-sl

Yes Lancaster's Law entry requirements are AAB which seems to be what you are on track for. We have a mock courtroom which I think is pretty cool! Definitely read the module descriptions to see what you'll be studying about for all the unis you are considering. If you want to ask specific questions about Lancaster's Law course to find out more, you can ask a current student here https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/chat/?popcardRedirectData=P2RlZ3JlZT01ZGRiZGFjM2I2MTczMTAyMWE4OTJhOGMmbGFiZWw9TGF3&ub_medium=product&ub_source=University%20Popcard&ub_campaign=&ub_content=
In terms of choosing unis to apply for, I'd recommend having at least one or two unis that can definitely act as your insurance choice but you would still be happy to go to. Open days and offer holder days definitely help you get a proper idea if you like the uni!

Hope this helps,
Rachel -Lancaster student ambassador

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Lancaster Student Ambassador

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Original post by early-morning-sl

Hi there!
I’m looking to study pure LLB Law at university and I am conflicted on what universities i should be applying too and how many i should keep for insurance and what grades should be within the insurance offers.
I’m predicted ABB/AAB (might change within the week to AAB)
My current options include:
1. York
2. Cardiff
3. UAE
4. Lancaster
5. Bath Spa
My concern is that all the first 4 offers range from AAA-ABB, with the first two being AAA. Should I focus on putting more lower insurance grades such as Bath Spa which offers BBB to ensure I have guaranteed locations. Or instead shall I am for higher grade uni’s and keep what I have as I am certain i’m going to achieve higher in actual exams.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello @early-morning-sl

I am a fourth year LLB Law (Study Abroad) student at Lancaster Uni. When I was applying for universities, I put my firm choice (Lancaster) and then I put a uni with fairly lower grades as my insurance choice (Lincoln at BBB), this was just so I had the surety that I would be going to university, because I knew for a FACT I would not get lower than BBB.

I also applied to York for Law and got in but I'm so very glad that I chose Lancaster! Admittedly, the first two years of my degree were tricky as someone who had never studied Law before at college. Then, during my third year I studied abroad at a University in Prague, Czechia where I studied some very interesting modules that I had never thought existed before (Law of the Sea being one!), as well as studying abroad in your third year, you can also choose to do a year in industry, which can really set you apart from other applicants when applying for future jobs.

Now in my fourth year, I can safely say that things have started to fall into place and I am really loving all of my modules this year and will be gutted when I have to finally graduate!

If you have any more questions about Law or just life at Lancaster in general, please feel free!

Taylor (Lancaster Uni Student Ambassador).

Reply 5

CardiffUni Rep 2

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Original post by early-morning-sl

Hi there!
I’m looking to study pure LLB Law at university and I am conflicted on what universities i should be applying too and how many i should keep for insurance and what grades should be within the insurance offers.
I’m predicted ABB/AAB (might change within the week to AAB)
My current options include:
1. York
2. Cardiff
3. UAE
4. Lancaster
5. Bath Spa
My concern is that all the first 4 offers range from AAA-ABB, with the first two being AAA. Should I focus on putting more lower insurance grades such as Bath Spa which offers BBB to ensure I have guaranteed locations. Or instead shall I am for higher grade uni’s and keep what I have as I am certain i’m going to achieve higher in actual exams.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Hiya!

Awesome to hear that you're interested in studying at Cardiff! I don't study law myself, but its a brilliant university for Law 🙂

Based on my own experiences, I chose my firm and insurance choices based on what I liked more, rather than putting too much emphasis on the grade requirements. I made this choice because I knew that even if things went bad, I could still attempt to apply to universities through clearing. I made my insurance choice ever so slightly lower than my firm (like by one or two grades) but not severely lower. If you're certain you're going to do well in exams - thats great!

Hope that helped even a little bit!

~ Fatiha, Cardiff University Student Rep

Reply 6

Ada357996

I’m gonna say this, i think insurance offers are bogus, if you get rejected from all of them UCAS extra exists and u can always reapply next year, it’s not worth wasting choices.

Reply 7

UoL Students

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Original post by early-morning-sl

Hi there!
I’m looking to study pure LLB Law at university and I am conflicted on what universities i should be applying too and how many i should keep for insurance and what grades should be within the insurance offers.
I’m predicted ABB/AAB (might change within the week to AAB)
My current options include:
1. York
2. Cardiff
3. UAE
4. Lancaster
5. Bath Spa
My concern is that all the first 4 offers range from AAA-ABB, with the first two being AAA. Should I focus on putting more lower insurance grades such as Bath Spa which offers BBB to ensure I have guaranteed locations. Or instead shall I am for higher grade uni’s and keep what I have as I am certain i’m going to achieve higher in actual exams.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello @early-morning-sl !

Congratulations on your predicted grades of ABB, that is really impressive!

I think your current university options provide a good range of grades. A bit of advice from my perspective as a student - as you are quite confident that you will achieve higher in the actual exams, I would advise basing your firm and insurance of the universities that you genuinely want to study at, even if they require AAA. If results day does not go well and you don’t get into your firm or insurance choice (I’m sure it won’t!) you will always be able to phone other universities up during clearing.

If you are interested in studying Law LLB, another option to consider is the University of Leicester. The current entry requirements for 2025 are AAB, which passed off your current progress, are definitely attainable!

It would allow you to apply to a prestigious university without having to worry about grades.
There are many fantastic things about studying law at the University of Leicester. The teaching is excellent, with every lecturer offering ‘office hours’. This is a time slot where students can go and speak 1-1 with their lecturer and ask questions to gain a deeper understanding of the module content. There are also lots of optional modules to pick in your third year to cater your degree towards your career aspiration goals, whether you want to study family law, medical law, commercial law etc.

The University of Leicester also has the UK’s second-largest law society. The University of Leicester Law Society hosts a number of competitions for students throughout the year, with the majority providing work experience prizes for the winners. Some examples of competitions are mooting, negotiations, client interviewing and mock trials. I did a few negotiation competitions in my first year and they have been useful to talk about on law firm applications! This year I am the Mock Trial Officer, organising criminal mock trials, where students get to act as the prosecution and defence in our Mock Court Room. The Law Society also have a barrister and solicitor representative, who get law firms and chambers to come into the university to talk to students about graduate opportunities and give application advice.

The University of Leicester also has the University of Leicester Legal Advice Clinic. This gives students the chance to provide members of the public with free legal advice under the supervision of the solicitor. Since volunteering in the Clinic, I have worked on matters related to immigration law, intellectual property law and family law. This also all counts as ‘Qualifying Work Experience’!

I would really recommend checking out the University of Leicester to see what you think – it provides a really good education, but also makes sure that all the students have the skills and opportunities necessary to be employable after graduation.

https://le.ac.uk/courses/law-llb/2025

Feel free to ask me any further questions ☺️

Claire
Law LLB Student