durham law dept

I know right. i have wanted to go into law (i'm doing my GCSE's atm)

I always thought of Durham as a top 10 uni but was astonished to hear terrifying tales about the place.

I know law is seriously depressing and requires a lot of hard work, but i know i can work hard.

Out of interest, What A-Levels and grades at A-level did people get to enroll at Durham - if you don't mind sharing

My A-level law teacher studied at durham and really didn't recommend it - on the basis that the staff then were useless and totally non-supportive or helpful. And this must have been 10/15 years ago, shame to hear its still bad.

aye, its so hit and miss - i guess if your a student and you've only ever been to one university then you don't know any better at the time - but id hate to resent it later in life...

personally i don't think its so much to do with the uni choice more the subject : you don't really know what a law degree is going to be like until you're actaully doing, for me i've done some background reading and found uni open day sample lectures good but i could potentially end up utterly hating it (yet i have to admit the risk was always part of the appeal...)

P.S Guy above is right, if you are predicted AAA when you are applying to uni, apply. Plus I went to the post offer open day at trevs college and we had the most insane two days. The uni is incredible.

I feel I've got to jump in here as a 1st year at Durham studying law.

Yes, I also get the feeling that a number of the lecturers are slightly aloof and dislike dealing directly with the students, but that is a minority. And after all, they are terrifyingly intelligent people.

As for no real bonding between Law students, I accept that the Law society is pretty **** and rarely gets stuff done (apart from the amazing law ball). That said, due to the college structure in Durham, with respect I have never found the need to get to know other law students that well, as I go to every lecture with my friends from my college who study law. And if I wanted to get to know more law students, I'd just start a conversation with them in a lecture or tutorial.

Also throw in the fact that Law students enjoy complaining. As a general rule, myself included, we are a very arrogant bunch who think we are very clever, and supremely confident. We dont like things not going our way and we nitpick often.

Just to pick up on another of the point, I've only had 1 phd student give a lecture to me all year, and that was really good quality as well.

Finally, you've got to understand that studying an incredibly challenging subject at one of the best universities in the world is not going to be easy, and you need a lot of personal strength and motivation. I've seen Durham compared earlier in this thread with Newcastle (dead average) and Northumbria (barely a university) which is just bizarre. Of course Durham is going to be more competitive than them.

If you are terrified of competition, dont do law. Or go do it at Northumbria.

Durham's not one of the best universities in the world, it just thinks it is. check out the ARWU stats.

What are your other choices?

Durham is an incredible university and place to be in the general sense.

Hi. I have to chose between Wawick & Durham for law. Please help.