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Anyone going to BCU to do law??

Hi..

Any1 going to BCU to do law??
Or just going in general?
Am hoping to go if i get ma grades

Fort id try meeting ppl b4 i go ... less scary that way lol.

Any1 do law at A level ... done two of my exams today ... went well actually. Whats yas think??

Reply 1

jkyng1

maybe you should post in the BCU's page instead.

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Reply 2

LissRules!!

jkyng1

maybe you should post in the BCU's page instead.

good idea lol dunno how to do it ... only joined today ... am hopless :smile:

Thanks tho will try and find it.

Reply 3

jkyng1

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=168

Reply 4

Garden_Gnome

LissRules!!

good idea lol dunno how to do it ... only joined today ... am hopless :smile:

Thanks tho will try and find it.

This thread will be moved to the Birmingham City forum, so you might as well just wait. But just some friendly advice, please don't use text speak. It's against forum rules as some people find it difficult to read and this is an academic forum so there need to be some standards. Thank you.

Reply 5

LissRules!!

Garden_Gnome

Lol. That told me! :smile:

. Opps .. too late, already reposted it. Arhh well.

Reply 6

Controversial

I'm hoping to do law...got offers elsewhere but I will try through clearing, I think.
Did your exams go okay?

Reply 7

Sucuri

I'm a Second Year Law student at BCU. If you have any questions about the University or the degree, feel free to ask.

Reply 8

IThinkImDumb

Sucuri

I'm a Second Year Law student at BCU. If you have any questions about the University or the degree, feel free to ask.

This is my insurance course, which i have just been accepted at. I have a few questions about the university:
1) Because the campuses are fairly far apart, how does everyone get together and socialise?
2) Are there good events at freshsers week

Erm, I'm sure there are more questions I could ask, but these are the first that come to mind. Thankyou, I'll rep :smile:

Reply 9

LissRules!!

hayyleyy

Not really sure tbh. I got accepted today so i am definatly going here now. Got my introduction pack today about enrolling and stuff but theres nothing about freshers in there :frown:

. Does anybody know when we get the reading list?

Thanks

Reply 10

Sucuri

hayyleyy

Hi Hayley,

(1) During my first year I found that a great tool in getting people to socialise and integrate with people who don't study at their campus was Halls of Residence. As an example I lived in Hamstead Halls and most of my friends studied at the City North Campus however I had friends who studied in other campus' like the Jewellery Quarter, and I know that there were students at my Halls site that studied at the Conservatoire and Gosta Green. No matter where you study though, as a member of the University, you will be able to go to any of the campus bar's whether that's Bar 42 at City North, The Village Inn at Hamstead or The Lounge at Edgbaston. People do tend to socialise in those locations regardless of where they study or where they live. Fresher's Week will have The Main Event where the SU hires a club and we have one big night out at it - that is as close as I've seen to people from all campus' coming together to socialise beyond the situations already mentioned. I hope that answers your question.

(2) It all depends on what you're interested in. If you're after a good alcohol fuelled week with friends you've just met, then the Student Union will provide events every night during Fresher's Week for you to go out and have a good time. Wednesday the 23rd September will be the Fresher's Fayre where you can look around and see what societies you might want to join whether it's Poker, Kickboxing or perhaps Music Exchange as a few examples. The Fayre is legendary for picking up free stuff - I've still got a can of beans given to me at last year's Fresher's Fayre from Cross Country Trains.

The Student Union are currently advertising the following events for Fresher's Week:

MONDAY 21ST SEPT:
ALOHA WELCOME PARTY!
Last year this event sold out so we are transporting you all to a top city centre venue for this exclusive party! Advance tickets will be available! Coaches will be running from all accommodation and Union bars
9pm til 3am

TUESDAY 22ND SEPT
In House Band (Party Cover Band) - Bar 42 - 9pm - 2am
Hat Party - wear your best hat (Drun N Bass, Bassline) - Pavilion - 9pm - 2am
Retro Disco - Village Inn - 8pm til Late
Accoustic Acts - Lounge - 8pm - 11pm
There will be coaches to take you between each and every venue all night

WEDNESDAY 23RD SEPT
I LOVE RISA @ RISA
All 4 Uni's join together this year to bring you the biggest and only official wednesday student night. Over 2400 students will be uniting in the newly refurbished Risa. Do not miss out!
10pm til 3am

THURSDAY 24TH SEPT
CARNIVAL OF THE BIZARRE
Bar 42 - 8pm til 12am
NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED

FRIDAY 25TH SEPT
BONKERS LAUNCH PARTY
we have a marquee, a UV Disco, some VERY special surprises and guests, giveaways, Biggest Anthems, Best Party Tunes and soooo much more... This is going to be one of the biggest freshers' parties.
10pm til 3am

SATURDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER
HEADPHONE DISCO
10PM - 3AM
As seen at Glasto, we have the Headphone Disco coming down to get the (silent) party going.

Thanks for asking questions, and if you have any more, please feel free to ask!

Cheers,
Liam

Reply 11

Sucuri

LissRules!!

Not really sure tbh. I got accepted today so i am definatly going here now. Got my introduction pack today about enrolling and stuff but theres nothing about freshers in there :frown:

. Does anybody know when we get the reading list?

Thanks

I do. You will get your reading lists when you get your Module Programme booklets, which will include: what you are studying, what cases and/or statutes control the area of law, what chapters of books to read to prepare for seminars and seminar questions. If I remember correctly from this year - you'll get this in your second week.

I'll repost an answer I gave to another 09/10 first year Law student on a different Student site. You may find it informative:

Monday 21st September is the start of Fresher's Week. The first week will be kept free to allow people to enrol, move into halls, sort out bank accounts etc. Law students need to be available for Law School Induction stuff on Tuesday 22nd – Friday 25th September. There will be IT training on Wednesday 23rd September and some other Fresher's stuff on Friday 25th September. Fresher's Fayre will be on Wednesday 23rd September.

Teaching week starts on Monday 28th September. The second week will be spent introducing you to the modules you'll be studying in the first year which will be the Law of Contract, Criminal Law, Skills, Processes and Scholarship and the Law of Tort. All first year lectures will be 1pm. You can expect to have a 1 hour lecture Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with an accompanying 90 min Seminar (which alternate on two week cycles) in either the morning or afternoon.

Something new for this year is that you will also be given an opportunity, via your formal joining instructions, to elect whether to be a morning or afternoon student, which will dictate when you come in for your seminars. All efforts will be made to accommodate everyone’s wishes however spaces will be allocated to those with childcare or medical needs on a priority basis.

Some top tips for studying Law:

(1) Don’t buy textbooks until September. Your lecturers will have a list of recommended texts for you. Be careful with Criminal law textbooks; the law is often changing and a textbook fit for 2008 may not be fit for 2009.

(2) You will get out from your studies what you put in. Attend lectures and seminars; participate in seminar discussions; prepare for seminars in advance; don’t do your preparation the night before. It is the intention of Seminars for you to have a knowledge of the area of the law you will be discussing so that you can ask questions about the area of law i.e. the nuances of a judgement, rather than to scramble around, not knowing the answers to questions, expecting your Seminar Tutor to give you them, unable to add more to the discussion than what cases and statutes are used to control a specific area of law.

(3) Lecturers are people as well as educators. Treat them how you wish to be treated yourself. This means: show up to your lectures and seminars; don’t avoid them; if you have problems, let your Seminar Tutor know. If you engage a lecturer as a person first, and not solely as your educator, then they are more likely to be responsive to any questions or queries you have. One of the advantages I think this University has over other Universities is that you can socialise with your lecturers outside of Lectures/Seminars. Don’t let this experience slip away!

(4) Your lecturers are the people who mark your work. If they tell you to follow a certain formula, or what they expect out of a piece of work, you would be foolish to ignore it. Give them the information they want in the way they want it and it is a recipe for success.

(5) Find a group of friends you can study with. Not only will you be able to bounce ideas off of other people, you will be able to have access to another perspective that you might not have thought of and as the old adage says- a problem shared is a problem halved.

(6) Each module will provide you with a Module Programme Booklet (e.g. Law of Contract, Criminal Law and Law of Tort). Each booklet will have the areas of law you will be studying with cases that are authority over that area of law. In your preparation you should come across the cases which are most important, most persuasive and most influential; read them. There are two reasons for this: (a) reading cases is a skill you need in your second and third year as well as a skill needed if you want to go into the profession, (b) the more you read cases, the better at reading them you’ll become. It can be hard when you have a long judgement that doesn’t seem to make any sense, and you feel like the Judge(s) are writing the way they are purposefully to hide the judgement from you; stick with it and keep reading them.

(7) This tip isn’t specific to studying Law. Be active. Get involved. University is a real experience. The worst thing you can do, in my opinion, is go to University and solely concentrate on the degree. Of course the degree is important but so is the rest of University. More than anything University is about shaping your future and shaping yourself as an individual, so get involved with as much as you can manage, meet new people, learn new skills and have a great time.

(8) Definitely get involved with either the Mooting Society or the Legal Society; both, if you can manage it. The Mooting Society focuses around an academic exercise which asks students to pretend to be Barristers and debate or discuss a point of law, using the law itself, in an Appellate Court (either the Court of Appeal or House of Lords/Supreme Court). It can be a really fun exercise as part of your studies as well as an extracurricular activity which some lecturers will tell you is vital if you want to go into the legal profession and really helpful otherwise if you don’t. There are things I’ve not mentioned above regarding Mooting because I don’t want to overwhelm with too much information.

I’ve been asked by the Admissions Tutor to answer any queries about the Mooting Society, so if there are any questions about the society or about Mooting itself, please feel free to ask about that as well.

Cheers,
Liam

Reply 12

Sucuri

There has been an official Facebook group set up for LLB Law students starting in September 2009.

You can use it to ask more questions or meet next year's colleagues and potential friends.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=107567608982

Reply 13

Avtastic