Studying law

[fabemmy]

Does anyone know what qualifications a person as to have already if they want to study Law at college or university.

[Buenchico]

Each university law faculty is free to determine it's own entry requirements but Law is one of the hardest courses to get onto. For example, my Alma Mater, Sheffield Uni', requires 3 A-grades at A-level:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/law/prospectiveug/entryr eq.html

Sheffield doesn't specify any particular subjects but preference is likely to be given to more 'academic' studies (e.g. maths rather than art). It's unlikely that General Studies would impress them.

Southampton doesn't specify grades (although they'll definitely be looking for a high UCAS points score) but they do state that they prefer 4 A-levels (with at least 2 of them in traditional academic areas of study) and that General Studies is not acceptable:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/law/ugopportunities/adm issions.html

Chris

[pingping]

look at the UCAS website: http://www.ucas.ac.uk/
for information on all UK universities that offer an undergraduate degree in Law (known as an LLB). As Chris says each university will set their own entrance criteria, so it is worth checking out the undergraduate prospectus for the uni you are interested in (largely available online these days) to see what their criteria are.

Don't forgot that you can also do a specialised law degree e.g. Criminal Law, Taxation Law etc which may require different entrance criteria to a more generic LLB.

[justlearning]

Personal qualities :- lateral thinker, decisive under pressure, natural curiosity, leadership, sense of humour, quirky, logical, original, resilient, pedantic, integrity, sense of fairness, honesty, non-judgemental and adaptabie (English Law is based on precedent)

Education :- mostly three academic A levels at a high standard. Competition is fierce.

Employment :- those with good communication and numeracy skills have the advantage with employers.

Job satisfaction :- equal to none, exhilarating, challenging, testing, extremely well paid for the dedicated and hard working.

Ask for advice from the Law Society, who will quickly tell you what they expect of you.

Good Luck, work hard and you will never regret it :-)

[richard_soza]

Most online college degrees are from For Profit corporations and are not respected by many employers. If your goal is to go to law school -- you should go to as good an undergraduate college as possible. If money is an issue, the better state universities cost only half as much as the typical online bachelors degrees.