Warwick OR cardiff llb/law!!!

Hey...

I have received offers from Cardiff and Warwick for straight law.

Although most people will think it's a no brainer and I should go for WARWICK.. I'm stumped cos I really like the location of cardiff and the fact it's got a county standard cricket team that I could get into.

However the fact that Warwick is one of the top law schools in the UK is undeniable and my goal is to work in a city law firm in the future. I know this is hard enough from any uni but I'm pretty sure a 2.1 from Warwick would put me in a better position than a 2.1 from Cardiff.

Basically my question is, how big an advantage would warwick give me?

I mean if it would give me a much better chance at the city I'd be willing to sacrifice by love for cardiff for better prospects!

Or is the gap between the 2 uni's exaggerated on tsr!?!?

Any help is greatly appreciated

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Reply 1

Smtn

pakilicious

Although most people will think it's a no brainer and I should go for Cardiff..

P

Surely you mean Warwick?

Anyway, go for Warwick. Screw sport unless it'll pay your wages.

Reply 2

hunty91

The gap isn't that big. Go for Cardiff - the reputation of a Uni should not be the sole reason you go there. If you don't enjoy Warwick you're not going to get a 2:1, and a 2:1 from Cardiff is better than a 2:2 from Warwick.

Reply 3

pakilicious

Smtn

Surely you mean Warwick?

Anyway, go for Warwick. Screw sport unless it'll pay your wages.

HAHA, yeah thanks for pointing that out....

Reply 4

pakilicious

hunty91

Yeah I def get your point about enjoyment, problem is I don't want to go to Cardiff and wonder what if... especially if i fail to get a tc...

hmmm decisions decisions!! :frown:

Reply 5

pakilicious

Hunty, man you're annoying! Offers from Lse, kings and UCL!

Hahah, jokinggg.. well done! :shifty:

Reply 6

Happy1

Clearly you want to come to Warwick.

Everyone enjoys it when they get here - its hard not to... its a campus thing :smile:

*goes for teh hard sell because she's upset about graduating and having to leave*

Reply 7

pakilicious

Happy1

Clearly you want to come to Warwick.

Everyone enjoys it when they get here - its hard not to... its a campus thing :smile:

*goes for teh hard sell because she's upset about graduating and having to leave*

Hey, thanks for the reply.

I've heard something about Warwick doing 'law in context' sounds kinda interesting but Ima bit skeptical about a law degree being that interesting!?

If you could let me know how much they go into the 'context' thing that would be cooool.

Thanks

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Reply 8

AnnabelleGC

pakilicious

Why do you want to study law if you don't think it will be that interesting?

Although Warwick definitely does have a better reputation than Cardiff, I applied to Warwick and regretted it. When I saw Cardiff I really liked it. Cardiff's a great city and the university looks like a really vibrant city university. Warwick on the other hand, seems to be in the middle of nowhere. I don't think I could deal with that having grown up 5 minutes from the centre of Manchester. Apparently to go shopping you have to get like a 20min bus ride *cue all the Warwick students to correct me here*

But honestly I'd go for Cardiff. Especially if you think you're going to be bored by Law (which it appears) - you'll get a better graded degree if you enjoy the university setting and are happier.

Reply 9

Happy1

pakilicious

Ha the law in context thing... well Im still not sure what it is to be honest.
I think it's to do with the way the course is structured... for example, contract law is a qualifying module, but at warwick we split it in half, with the first bit being basic contract law, and the second bit being consumer and commercial contracting. Its 2 modules then, but it makes life easier because the context of what youre learning is clearly spelt out by the module title itself.
Also, there are a lot of contextual modules available here... e.g. business finance and insolvency is basically advanced contract law, but its taught in the context of businesses needing loan finance and how they raise it through securities etc. Makes it a bit more interesting and a little less abstract.
There are also a few more practical modules, which defintitely prove the !law in context" label - e.g. law in practice - which includes negitiation, interviewing etc (i think - i didnt take it lol) and human rights in practice - which involves taking on a pro bono human rights project as half of the course.

Obviously because of the qualifying degree status, its not all contextual, you'll still end up doing property law and trusts in their hideously complicated forms, but there's a lot of module choice, and a lot of unique things you can do.

Reply 10

Schott

I don't think you would fail to get a TC simply because you went to Cardiff over Warwick.

I've been to a lot of interviews and assessment centres at London City firms and there do seem to be a fair number of Cardiff trainees at some of the best firms, but there are of course trainees from a whole host of other redbrick unis too, including Warwick. When it comes down to post-interview selection, I don't think they'd ever pick someone on the basis that they went to Warwick over Cardiff unless there was simply nothing else to differentiate them, which is unlikely once you've gone through an entire assessment process.

Reply 11

Shelbymj123

Hey, this post is old but someone may stumble across it. I'm in the same predicament, although my offer from warwick is to do law and sociology BA. Reaaaaaally don't know what to do :/