Glasgow Law Rankings( Scots or Common Law)
Curious about Glasgows high rankings for law in the UK- 7th in CUG subject table for it, and maintains this same position across most rankings.
Of course it’s taught Scot’s law since the medieval period, and thus developed such rankings in the area of Scot’s law, but with them introducing the Common Law LLB in 2019, I’m wondering if these rankings would be carried across to this subject.
For context- for practice in England and Wales, would a strong RG English institution( top 12) still be stronger than Glasgow Common Law( despite it being 7th) as it’s in 7th for it’s Scot’s law teaching, as surely a course with only 6 years to its name( Common Law) in a different jurisdiction country wouldn’t be 7th were it to only teach common law for example.
As in, even if a highly ranked English university for common law offered Scots Law too, this likely wouldn’t be viewed as highly as the top Scottish institutions for its teaching.
Any thoughts?
Of course it’s taught Scot’s law since the medieval period, and thus developed such rankings in the area of Scot’s law, but with them introducing the Common Law LLB in 2019, I’m wondering if these rankings would be carried across to this subject.
For context- for practice in England and Wales, would a strong RG English institution( top 12) still be stronger than Glasgow Common Law( despite it being 7th) as it’s in 7th for it’s Scot’s law teaching, as surely a course with only 6 years to its name( Common Law) in a different jurisdiction country wouldn’t be 7th were it to only teach common law for example.
As in, even if a highly ranked English university for common law offered Scots Law too, this likely wouldn’t be viewed as highly as the top Scottish institutions for its teaching.
Any thoughts?
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by AnonymousCurious about Glasgows high rankings for law in the UK- 7th in CUG subject table for it, and maintains this same position across most rankings.
Of course it’s taught Scot’s law since the medieval period, and thus developed such rankings in the area of Scot’s law, but with them introducing the Common Law LLB in 2019, I’m wondering if these rankings would be carried across to this subject.
For context- for practice in England and Wales, would a strong RG English institution( top 12) still be stronger than Glasgow Common Law( despite it being 7th) as it’s in 7th for it’s Scot’s law teaching, as surely a course with only 6 years to its name( Common Law) in a different jurisdiction country wouldn’t be 7th were it to only teach common law for example.
As in, even if a highly ranked English university for common law offered Scots Law too, this likely wouldn’t be viewed as highly as the top Scottish institutions for its teaching.
Any thoughts?
Of course it’s taught Scot’s law since the medieval period, and thus developed such rankings in the area of Scot’s law, but with them introducing the Common Law LLB in 2019, I’m wondering if these rankings would be carried across to this subject.
For context- for practice in England and Wales, would a strong RG English institution( top 12) still be stronger than Glasgow Common Law( despite it being 7th) as it’s in 7th for it’s Scot’s law teaching, as surely a course with only 6 years to its name( Common Law) in a different jurisdiction country wouldn’t be 7th were it to only teach common law for example.
As in, even if a highly ranked English university for common law offered Scots Law too, this likely wouldn’t be viewed as highly as the top Scottish institutions for its teaching.
Any thoughts?
Hi there,
If you go to the undergraduate law page on our website here, you're able to scroll down to the chat to our students function, where you'll be able to talk to students currently studying law at the university who can hopefully provide some insight.
Hope this helps!
Elise, 2nd Year Student Rep
Mechanical Engineering, BEng
Reply 2
Original post
by AnonymousCurious about Glasgows high rankings for law in the UK- 7th in CUG subject table for it, and maintains this same position across most rankings.
Of course it’s taught Scot’s law since the medieval period, and thus developed such rankings in the area of Scot’s law, but with them introducing the Common Law LLB in 2019, I’m wondering if these rankings would be carried across to this subject.
For context- for practice in England and Wales, would a strong RG English institution( top 12) still be stronger than Glasgow Common Law( despite it being 7th) as it’s in 7th for it’s Scot’s law teaching, as surely a course with only 6 years to its name( Common Law) in a different jurisdiction country wouldn’t be 7th were it to only teach common law for example.
As in, even if a highly ranked English university for common law offered Scots Law too, this likely wouldn’t be viewed as highly as the top Scottish institutions for its teaching.
Any thoughts?
Of course it’s taught Scot’s law since the medieval period, and thus developed such rankings in the area of Scot’s law, but with them introducing the Common Law LLB in 2019, I’m wondering if these rankings would be carried across to this subject.
For context- for practice in England and Wales, would a strong RG English institution( top 12) still be stronger than Glasgow Common Law( despite it being 7th) as it’s in 7th for it’s Scot’s law teaching, as surely a course with only 6 years to its name( Common Law) in a different jurisdiction country wouldn’t be 7th were it to only teach common law for example.
As in, even if a highly ranked English university for common law offered Scots Law too, this likely wouldn’t be viewed as highly as the top Scottish institutions for its teaching.
Any thoughts?
Hi,
I'd say firstly, the newer rankings would definitely take into consideration both the LLB courses we offer. And secondly, a lot of the compulsory modules required by the bar to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales are similar or the same as some of the compulsory modules required to qualify in Scotland under the Scots Law LLB programme (for example constitutional law or jurisprudence). Similarly UofG offers a lot of international law modules, comparative law modules and more general legal modules, within both courses which are electives - mostly during the third and fourth year - such as law and genetics, public international law, and so on. These modules are all taught for both Scots Law and Common Law students by the same qualified professors through lectures and seminars/tutorial groups which maintains the same quality of teaching across both courses which is reflected on our rankings.
Personally, I just graduated from the Common Law programme and I've had a great experience studying at UofG. I did not feel disadvantaged studying in Scotland for a course that helps me qualify in England & Wales. Our common law course is also accredited by the Canadian bar and recognised by a couple other international legal bars for cross-qualification. I still managed to get vac schemes in England and was able to meet with many law firms who came up for law fairs through my degree. If anything I enjoyed the flexibility of the four year programme which I feel like gave me more time to be more involved with University and all the different diverse modules within law I could study about. I also enjoy travelling a lot and took a year abroad in my third year (without adding any extra time to my degree as would in an English university), and studied in Canada for the year. This was considered pretty advantageous to some of my applications in international law firms in London since they appreciated the intercultural background and the academic resilience demonstrated from it.
I hope this helps
Alisha
4th year Common Law
UofG Student Representative
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