We apply to go to university for undergraduate degrees via UCAS. In my understanding, law is offered here as an undergraduate degree course, you then move into working as a trainee lawyer in a law firm and pass your bar exams to become a qualified lawyer. There is a difference between Scottish and English/Welsh law, so if you do law in Scotland you can only really train and practice in Scotland and vice versa.
The UCAS website should be able to tell you which universities offer law. My former university have started doing law degrees in the last couple of years, Bangor University in North Wales. Their website is here. I can only suggest you find out via UCAS which Universities offer law and then check out each universities website and law department web pages, they will usually detail all the compulsory and optional modules you take during your degree
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thank you so much- this is an amazing start! i didn't understand what happened after you went into the central system- ie. how you choose your schools and such: and i wasn't having much like with the website at first. (but, honestly, i might just be overwhelmed with applications and details right now that i just reached out for help). i probably need to spend some more time on there, or set up an initial profile so i have access to more of the information.
And then there was more!mslozSeptember 21 2008, 17:48:14 UTC
Seems this would be the most useful page. Its a run down of all the law courses in the UK, once you click on the type of course that suits you it should tell you which universities offer it. I wasn't even aware they offered things like International Law, shows how much I know!
I should have said before, when i graduated from Bangor they wrote to me and offered me the chance to go back and do a law degree in 2 years rather than the usual 3 due to the fact that I had already completed a degree. If you would be in that position too (already having a degree prior to studying law) it is worth letting them know incase that cuts down your time spent studying (which also cuts down some of the costs involved!)
Re: And then there was more!lil_titchSeptember 22 2008, 17:25:21 UTC
i have one more question.... this seems to be mentioning law courses and then the degree beside it says Hon BA- but i want to do law as in to be a lawyer, so i should only look for LLB courses, right? thanks again- this is really helpful! at least i can find out which courses are offered and then go to the uni webpage to see what it's like. and location ;)
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The UCAS website should be able to tell you which universities offer law. My former university have started doing law degrees in the last couple of years, Bangor University in North Wales. Their website is here. I can only suggest you find out via UCAS which Universities offer law and then check out each universities website and law department web pages, they will usually detail all the compulsory and optional modules you take during your degree ( ... )
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I should have said before, when i graduated from Bangor they wrote to me and offered me the chance to go back and do a law degree in 2 years rather than the usual 3 due to the fact that I had already completed a degree. If you would be in that position too (already having a degree prior to studying law) it is worth letting them know incase that cuts down your time spent studying (which also cuts down some of the costs involved!)
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this seems to be mentioning law courses and then the degree beside it says Hon BA- but i want to do law as in to be a lawyer, so i should only look for LLB courses, right?
thanks again- this is really helpful! at least i can find out which courses are offered and then go to the uni webpage to see what it's like. and location ;)
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