Is Maths, History and Chemistry a good combo at A-Level for Law?

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The deadline for choosing my A-levels is coming up, and I haven’t seen many people doing the same combination as me: Maths, History, and Chemistry. My sixth form doesn’t offer A-level Law, and while I’m not fully set on law yet, I’m quite interested and considering a law apprenticeship after A-levels. I’ve chosen subjects I enjoy and feel confident in — would this combo still keep law as a realistic option?

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BankaiGintoki

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by ElliottMacken08

The deadline for choosing my A-levels is coming up, and I haven’t seen many people doing the same combination as me: Maths, History, and Chemistry. My sixth form doesn’t offer A-level Law, and while I’m not fully set on law yet, I’m quite interested and considering a law apprenticeship after A-levels. I’ve chosen subjects I enjoy and feel confident in — would this combo still keep law as a realistic option?

If you look at universities offering law entry requirements.
They only say grades, they do not require specific subjects.

E.g
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/nottingham-law-school/ug/llb-law-full-time?year=2026
https://www.durham.ac.uk/study/courses/law-m101/#entry-requirements
https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/undergraduate/llb-bachelor-of-laws

(edited 7 months ago)

Reply 2

McGinger

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There are no required A level subjects for Law. You could be taking 3 STEM subjects, it would be perfectly okay - and no University will require or even prefer A level Law. Entry requirements are usually just 3 grades - in any subjects. An essay based subject like English, Politics, History etc is useful for writing/text skills but is not essential. So - it makes sense to pick subjects that you will enjoy studying, and where you feel confident of high grades.

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Reality Check

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by ElliottMacken08

The deadline for choosing my A-levels is coming up, and I haven’t seen many people doing the same combination as me: Maths, History, and Chemistry. My sixth form doesn’t offer A-level Law, and while I’m not fully set on law yet, I’m quite interested and considering a law apprenticeship after A-levels. I’ve chosen subjects I enjoy and feel confident in — would this combo still keep law as a realistic option?

Can't do much better than @McGinger 's post there. Maths is a good choice for law, because you refine skills of logic, deduction and attention to detail when studying it - all essentially skills for the study of law.

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ElliottMacken08

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by McGinger

There are no required A level subjects for Law. You could be taking 3 STEM subjects, it would be perfectly okay - and no University will require or even prefer A level Law. Entry requirements are usually just 3 grades - in any subjects. An essay based subject like English, Politics, History etc is useful for writing/text skills but is not essential. So - it makes sense to pick subjects that you will enjoy studying, and where you feel confident of high grades.

That makes much more sense now, thanks for the explanation!

Reply 5

Swahbuckler

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So yes, you can do any three A Levels for Law. To be frank, A Level Law is probably one of the least important you could do, just because strong departments are looking for breadth of thinking and learning stamina.
Maths, Chemistry and History are an impressive combination because they are ...... haaaarrrd. No, there are no easy A Levels, but those 3 are demanding. History, if you are doing an NEA, takes up a lot of reading and essay time and Maths and Chemistry strain your brain. So great choices if you honestly think they are your bag, and you could apply for anything from Medicine at Manchester to Political Science at Cambridge with them, but be prepared for a lot of work.

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by ElliottMacken08

The deadline for choosing my A-levels is coming up, and I haven’t seen many people doing the same combination as me: Maths, History, and Chemistry. My sixth form doesn’t offer A-level Law, and while I’m not fully set on law yet, I’m quite interested and considering a law apprenticeship after A-levels. I’ve chosen subjects I enjoy and feel confident in — would this combo still keep law as a realistic option?

I would say if your considering Oxbridge, they recommend that you take 2 essay-based subjects, but even if not you’re 100% fine ☺️

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