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Leicester University Law

Hi currently have both offers from Queen Mary and Leicester doing my research i can see both are prestigious and respected law schools with both having benefits against each other wanted to ask what people would think is the best one out of the 2 to pick for undergraduate law as i have law with business at Queen and Leicester just law LLB. I would have applied to much more universities near the same ranks as these but i had low faith in getting offers so i went for bottom ranked unis which i feel was a waste of choices.

Also i have gotten all my offers with all unis offering me so currently just struggling to decide which to pick.

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by GanZ_1

Hi currently have both offers from Queen Mary and Leicester doing my research i can see both are prestigious and respected law schools with both having benefits against each other wanted to ask what people would think is the best one out of the 2 to pick for undergraduate law as i have law with business at Queen and Leicester just law LLB. I would have applied to much more universities near the same ranks as these but i had low faith in getting offers so i went for bottom ranked unis which i feel was a waste of choices.
Also i have gotten all my offers with all unis offering me so currently just struggling to decide which to pick.

Hello @GanZ_1 ,

I am a current Law Student at the University of Leicester, and although I am responding from an official account all these opinions are my own personal opinions. I appreciate how difficult it can be to decide between two Universities, this was a problem I had when deciding. The first and most important question is have you visited both Universities at an Open Day? If so that should give you an initial idea of the two Universities. You do not have to finalise your offers just yet. This is important because from February the University of Leicester will host offer holder days. These are really useful as you get to engage with some of the academics from the law school, ask them any questions you may have and take part in an interactive law workshop, giving you an idea of what it is like to study law at Leicester. If you have not done so previously, you should also visit Leicester City Centre.

If you are looking for a legal career, Leicester Law School have close connections to a number of the Magic Circle law firms, including some connections just for Leicester students. We also have the legal advice clinic, which I am part of, which specialises in a range of areas including family, housing, business and wills and probate to name just a few. This is an amazing opportunity to provide real legal advice to real people. Also, many of our law lecturers are leading academics meaning that many of the textbooks we use are written by the lecturers who are teaching us.

The main reason I chose Leicester is because of the people; both at the University and in the City. The University of Leicester was the friendliest university I visited when I was searching, and I looked at a number of the top Universities. The city is also very welcoming of the students as well and I have found myself fully immersed in the local community with both new and old hobbies.

If you have any further questions about Leicester Law School, the University of Leicester, Leicester as a city or anything else at all please do let me know!

Charlie
Law LLB Student

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GanZ_1

currently Leicester is my number one option based on the connections and the ranking but just have a question on the pricing of accommodation and how it works

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currently Leicester is my number one option based on the connections and the ranking but just have a question on the pricing of accommodation and how it works

Hello again @GanZ_1,

That's excellent to hear that Leicester is your number-one option! In terms of accommodation, you can find all details regarding the different accommodation options from locations to room types and prices on our website- https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation. There are also 360 room tours on the website as well. The prices can vary so those stated on the website will be the correct prices at this moment in time.

When you put Leicester as your firm choice in UCAS, you will be able to apply for accommodation when applications open next year. You will receive confirmation of your room type after your place at the University has been confirmed. If you apply for accommodation as a first-year student before the 1st of September, you are guaranteed accommodation. There is also the option to stay in university-managed accommodation after your first year.

When you apply for accommodation, you will need to select five different options. This can include different locations (The City or The Village), different accommodations (Freemens Common, Nixon Court, Bowder etc) and different room types (Single bedroom with shared bathroom, ensuite, premium ensuite etc).

This is a summary of the key points which I hope answers your question. If you have any further questions please let me know.

Charlie
Law LLB Student

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by GanZ_1

currently Leicester is my number one option based on the connections and the ranking but just have a question on the pricing of accommodation and how it works

Please feel free to ask any specific questions that you may have about accommodation!

For context, I stayed in Freemen's Common in my first year! I loved the location of it as it was a 5 minute walk to campus (I snooze all my alarms about 12 times) and was in walking distance to the city centre which made it easier to get a part-time job in my first year. Additionally, I come from London so I preferred the high-rise city feel of City Accommodation over the more green and community feeling Village Accommodation.

Claire
Law LLB Student

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Picnicl

Leicester is more known for Medicine than Law, to be fair, but I love Leicester University. Part of it is to do with the architecture. I like how they created a compact campus of all these different styles and how they really ran with some bold examples of Brutalism in the 60s. The Engineering Building is actually famous in architectural circles but I think Denys Lasdun's Charles Wilson Building should be too. (Don't worry if you don't like Brutalism - the Law department has the most traditional building, the impressive Fielding Johnson Building which used to be an asylum!) The halls of residences in Oadby are beautiful too, more like colleges in feel (with catering and events and gardens) than just accommodation. Some say Leicester, (despite not being as old as, say, Leeds, Birmingham or Liverpool University, and despite not having much of any literal 'red brick') is the archetypal redbrick university (the novel Lucky Jim was said to be inspired by Leicester University). In that it has something of a modern outlook whilst never abandoning traditionalism either.