Most reputable places to study for your GDL?

What institutions are generally regarded by the top firms as the 'best' places to study for your GDL? Also roughly how much would a full time (one year)GDL cost? Sorry I'm new to all this.

I suppose doing the LPC at OXILP is vaguely prestigious in the sense that it's vaguely associated to the University of Oxford, but as the above poster said it's probably not really that important once you get to legal training.

No No NO ... please don't think this. I am at Oxilp and it would seem a load of people thought the same as you, almost as if it was another Oxford college and now harp on all the time about 'deception' ... the reality is, you're a Brookes student. You have a Brookes student ID card, all your classes are at Brookes, you can go into Brookes accommodation etc ... all you have are a few minor rights in relation to Oxford (you can get a Bod card, but not one for life like proper Oxford students; OXILP can enter a sports team into the inter-college league; you can use the Oxford careers service, though not to the full extent that Oxford students can).

Personally all of this is fine by me, I chose Oxilp because it is the easiest place for me to commute to, not because I thought I was getting the 'kudos' of Oxford, but an awful lot of people did and I can't be dealing with them fussing all the time, it drives me crazy.

There isn't the same sort of prestige hierarchy as there is for undergrad degrees. A commendation on the GDL is a commendation no matter where you studied.

On the other hand, I doubt you'll find very many people at major firms who've studied anywhere other than BPP, CoL, Nottingham, Kaplan, City, Oxford Brookes, and UWE. Probably in about that order as well.

What institutions are generally regarded by the top firms as the 'best' places to study for your GDL? Also roughly how much would a full time (one year)GDL cost? Sorry I'm new to all this.

City Uni does the GDL.

There's a better institution that offers the GDL, can't remember the name though.

There isn't the same sort of prestige hierarchy as there is for undergrad degrees. A commendation on the GDL is a commendation no matter where you studied.

On the other hand, I doubt you'll find very many people at major firms who've studied anywhere other than BPP, CoL, Nottingham, Kaplan, City, Oxford Brookes, and UWE. Probably in about that order as well.

I did some experience with a senior commercial barrister who was adamant that City Uni was more impressive than other places like College of Law. Something to do with its historic association with the actual Inns.

It's the GDL though, why would he care where you do it as long as you did it somewhere?

Because it's an educational course just as much as a degree is and the quality of its teaching/resources can vary just as much, presumably. Abstract prestige comes into it too, probably, since City law school used to be Inns of Court school of law , which had a familiarity with the profession which Manchester Met didn't and doesn't.

So, to return to the original question. Does anyone know if, for example, BPP Leeds is equivalent to BPP Manchester; CoL York to CoL London? Obviously, one would assume so; but if anyone knows better please enlighten me.