Urgent: Bristol or Manchester or Warwick for law?
Hi, any info on these unis for law would be very much appreciated. Trying to see which would be the best.
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by valerieeeeHi, any info on these unis for law would be very much appreciated. Trying to see which would be the best.
Warwick is definitely better, it has a higher ranking and arguably better teaching for law.
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Warwick or Bristol.
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by jemmablnWarwick is definitely better, it has a higher ranking and arguably better teaching for law.
Bristol ranks a lot higher than Warwick on the Complete University Guide which is the like go to source for uni rankings.
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All three of those are excellent. Please do not make your decision, between those three institutions, based on rankings. Choosing a university city is a hugely subjective decision and there will be factors, which are personal to you, which should far outweigh whether one Uni slightly outranks another in some league table. This is where you're going to spend three of the most formative years of your life, so you need to be confident that you (not the respondents to a league table survey or members of this forum) will be happy and motivated.
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Manchester very low student satisfaction ratings tho and thats gotta make you pause and wonder why compared to other Uni's. So if all the same otherwise I would be picking one of the other 2.
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by surfergirlsManchester very low student satisfaction ratings tho and thats gotta make you pause and wonder why compared to other Uni's. So if all the same otherwise I would be picking one of the other 2.
So Manchester and Bristol have the same student satisfaction rankings for Law (71%), which is less than Warwick (77%). The Guide's data is based on the NSS 2024 survey i.e. from nearly two years ago.
I would suggest that that information, on its own, should not guide someone's decision making.
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Bristol if you are wanting a career in law rather than just academics.
It has a very active University Law Club and as well as its ties with visiting City firms more and more City firms are opening offices down there. When it gets to the competition of applying for vac schemes and training contracts it will have the edge.
Manchester - similar can be said if you are wanting to work up that way after qualification. Some of the big nationals are based up that way.
Warwick has a good rep too obviously and ties but it's location makes it harder to access firms.
It has a very active University Law Club and as well as its ties with visiting City firms more and more City firms are opening offices down there. When it gets to the competition of applying for vac schemes and training contracts it will have the edge.
Manchester - similar can be said if you are wanting to work up that way after qualification. Some of the big nationals are based up that way.
Warwick has a good rep too obviously and ties but it's location makes it harder to access firms.
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Bristol Law grad here so I might be biased but I'd pick Bristol if you are looking further than uni and at careers. From a city law firm perspective - Bristol grads have one of the highest representations at leading US and magic circle firms other than Oxbridge, and the London trio (LSE, UCL, Kings).
As a former committee member with full visbility on the club and its sponsorships with law firms when i was there, I second what Rover5 said about the Law Club and that there is strong alumni to tap into.
In terms of lifestyle/livability, I'd say Manchester and Bristol are on a higher tier given the size and strong focus on arts and cultur, while Warwick is more disconnected and have heard that uni students go to Birmingham for a night out. DM if you need more input.
As a former committee member with full visbility on the club and its sponsorships with law firms when i was there, I second what Rover5 said about the Law Club and that there is strong alumni to tap into.
In terms of lifestyle/livability, I'd say Manchester and Bristol are on a higher tier given the size and strong focus on arts and cultur, while Warwick is more disconnected and have heard that uni students go to Birmingham for a night out. DM if you need more input.
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