Click
/news/birmingham-law-firm-challenges-university-of-birmingham-injunction/ - Birmingham law firm challenges University of Birmingham injunction/news/legal-executives-gain-royal-charter/ - Legal Executives gain Royal Charter/news/law-student-charged-for-racially-abusing-stan-collymore/ - Law student charged for ‘racially abusing’ Stan Collymore/courses/llm/bangor-university-law-school-llm/ - Bangor/courses/llb/bangor-university-law-school-llb/ - Bangor/news/law-school-fees-continue-to-rise/ - Law school fees continue to rise/news/pannone-announces-scholarship-with-college-of-law-llb/ - Pannone announces scholarship with College of Law LLB/news/law-firms-begin-to-announce-retention-rates/ - Law firms begin to announce retention rates - BPP PSC types of lawyer - solicitor - sky - BPP PSC types of lawyer - skyscraper - routledge-home-2012/news/summer-schools-increase-chances-of-a-top-university-place/ - Summer schools increase chances of a top university place/news/law-student-takes-on-policeman/ - Law student takes on policeman/news/law-student-rejects-oxford/ - Law student rejects Oxford - bpp-nonlaw-conversion - bpp-nonlaw-home - BPP-undergraduate-home - BPP-graduate-home/news/good-news-for-graduate-positions/ - Good news for graduate positions/news/student-sues-her-students-union/ - Student sues her students union/news/study-into-student-prostitution-launched/ - Study into student prostitution launched - BPP PSC types of lawyer - solicitor - BPP PSC types of lawyer/careers/solicitors-directory/howes-percival-training-contract-vacation-scheme/ - Howes Percival/news/law-student-crumbles-of-countdown/ - Law Student Crumbles on Countdown/news/are-teachers-cheating/ - Are teachers cheating?/news/stephen-lawrence-murderers-convicted/ - Stephen Lawrence Murderers Convicted - penningtons-leader-profile - penningtons-leader-ros - penningtons-sky-profile - penningtons-sky-ros - vac schemes ros 2 - Vacation Scheme ros - vacation schemes - Vac scheme deadlines 2012 - RPC-ROS - RPC-profile/news/allaboutcareers-launches-courses-section/ - AllAboutCareers launches courses section - DWF-Profile - DWF-ROS - OUP-homepage-2 - OUP-homepage - weil-sky - Kaplan LPC/news/number-of-law-grads-taking-up-professional-courses-drops/ - Number of law grads taking up professional courses drops/news/legal-futures-conference-a-great-success/ - Legal Futures Conference a great success/news/wilberforce-chambers-makes-big-increase-to-pupillage-award/ - Wilberforce Chambers makes big increase to pupillage award - Ashurst-Profile - PwC leader/news/law-student-crashes-at-twice-the-drink-drive/ - Law student crashes at twice the drink drive limit/news/law-student-crashes-at-twice-the-drink-drive-limit/ - Law student crashes at twice the drink drive limit/news/aspiring-lawyer-swaps-the-bar-for-a-pole/ - Aspiring lawyer swaps the bar for a pole/news/allaboutcareers-launches-a-career-test/ - AllAboutCareers launches a Career Test - Kaplan BPTC Section - Kaplan Non Law/news/viennese-law-student-challenges-facebook/ - Viennese Law Student Challenges Facebook/news/york-rockets-up-league-tables/ - York Rockets up League Tables/news/university-responds-to-cost-conscious-career-minded-students/ - University responds to cost-conscious career-minded students/types-of-lawyer/paralegals/paralegals-the-backbone-of-the-legal-sector/ - Paralegals: The Backbone of the Legal Sector/news/applications-to-university-are-down/ - Applications to University are Down/news/law-student-wins-top-prize-for-top-marks/ - Law student wins top prize for top marks/news/law-works-law-school-challenge-2012/ - Law Works Law School Challenge 2012/news/college-of-law-launches-future-lawyers-network/ - College of Law Launches - Future Lawyers Network/news/proposals-for-law-students-to-plug-legal-aid-gap/ - Proposals for law students to plug legal aid gap/news/margin-not-billing-is-key-for-lawyers/ - “Margin not billing is key” for lawyers/news/nick-clegg-calls-on-legal-industry-to-open-its-doors/ - Nick Clegg calls on legal industry to open its doors - Nottingham-GDL - Nottingham-LLM/index.php/undergraduates/ - tf-ug-home/news/dwf-creates-career-opportunities-with-paralegal-academy/ - DWF creates career opportunities with Paralegal Academy/news/potential-new-route-for-law-students-into-city-law-firms/ - Potential new route for law students into city law firms/news/lse-law-student-takes-part-in-house-of-lords-debate/ - LSE Law student takes part in House of Lords debate/news/new-apprenticeship-scheme-kicks-off-at-gordons/ - New apprenticeship scheme kicks off at Gordons/news/23-law-firms-launch-prime/ - 23 Law Firms Launch Social Mobility Initiative/news/school-leaver-scheme-for-law-students/ - School Leaver Scheme for Law Students/news/the-third-highest-fees-in-the-world/ - The Third Highest Fee’s in the World/blogs/jacks-blog/difficult-difficult-lemon-difficult/ - Difficult, difficult, lemon difficult… - CoL-Law-Conversion/news/college-of-law-conducts-review-and-potential-sale/ - College of law conducts review and potential sale/news/boys-are-going-to-turn-their-back-on-education/ - Boys are going to turn their back on education/news/tv-trials/ - TV Trials/news/failure-turns-to-success/ - Failure turns to success/news/law-student-accused-of-ransacking-a-cafe/ - Law student accused of ransacking a cafe/news/the-law-conversion-course-is-looking-less-attractive/ - The Law Conversion Course is looking less attractive/news/graduate-recruitment-partner-offers-his-views-on-results-day/ - Graduate Recruitment Partner offers his views on results day/news/us-law-teacher-raped-16-male-student/ - US Law Teacher raped 16 year old male student/news/the-most-employable-students-are/ - The most employable students are…/news/firms-reveal-training-contract-retention-rates/ - Firms reveal training contract retention rates/news/law-student-wins-mentee-of-the-year/ - Law student wins mentee of the year/news/law-student-goes-into-labour-during-exam/ - Law student goes into labour during exam/news/sj-berwin-vac-schemer-works-all-night/ - SJ Berwin Vac Schemer Works All Night/news/law-student-becomes-miss-london/ - Law student becomes Miss London/news/law-student-overcomes-brain-damage-to-graduate/ - Law student overcomes brain damage to graduate/news/universities-pull-out-of-gdl-market/ - Universities pull out of GDL market/news/big-drop-in-lpc-students/ - Big Drop in LPC students/news/rape-victim-jails-dad-after-studying-law/ - Rape Victim Jails Dad after Studying Law/news/judge-gratwicke-crowns-city-university-mooting-champions/ - Judge Gratwicke crowns City University mooting champions/news/bpp-introduce-law-loan/ - BPP introduce law loan/news/law-student-found-in-possession-of-child-porn/ - Law student found in possession of child porn/news/law-student-competition-in-miss-galaxy-beauty-pageant/ - Law student competition in Miss Galaxy beauty pageant

Forum

Do firms have ‘no go’ unis?
TaraT (11 Posts) - Forum User
Posted: 05 October 2009 09:15 PM

I know they obviously all love the Oxbridge characters, but what other unis are on law firm’s lists?

Posted: 06 October 2009 09:16 PM

If you look at the Times of Guardian list you should be aiming for the top twenty really. Seems as if the uni profiles on this site have the rankings of the law schools anyway so best to have a route through. Don’t go to an average uni though if you want to go to a top employer!

BVCbud (9 Posts) - New User
Posted: 06 October 2009 09:25 PM

Right, I’ve be the first to give it a bash with a list:

Durham
LSE
Bristol
UCL
KCL
Nottingham
Cardiff

I’ve undoubtedly missed out a lot, but there’s a start at least!

Posted: 06 October 2009 09:50 PM

Good start! Although you’ve missed out the following:

Warwick
Sheffield
Manchester
Leeds
Southampton
Edinborough

I’m pretty sure there’s a few more left.

Sanjay (18 Posts) - Forum User
Posted: 07 October 2009 06:32 PM

Not bad attempts ladies and gents. I’d have to add the following: Newcastle
Queen Mary, Exeter and Lancaster.

Posted: 07 October 2009 07:20 PM

Take a look at which law fairs firms attend for example. It’s a great indicator of which unis they care about and which they don’t.

Andr (162 Posts) - Power User
Posted: 21 October 2009 12:44 AM

Not all firms id imagine want Oxbridge as i would like to believe they want a greater spectrum of people in their firms, although obviously a lot of the best legal minds do often come out of Oxbridge due to the level of teaching and also the resources and of course the best people getting the grades to get there in the first place.

 Signature 

Coventry University
3rd Year LLB

JoJogo (9 Posts) - New User
Posted: 22 October 2009 07:10 PM

Some must be no goes. Canterbury Christchurch 91 out of er… 91.

:S

Andr (162 Posts) - Power User
Posted: 22 October 2009 07:37 PM

Wow is canterbury that bad? i know two people who done law degrees there…maybe why neither are in the legal field!

 Signature 

Coventry University
3rd Year LLB

Posted: 04 November 2009 08:26 PM

That’s Canterbury CHRISTCHURCH not the University of Kent, 2 different animals apparently…

Andr (162 Posts) - Power User
Posted: 05 November 2009 12:01 PM

Ah never realised there was two! Think they went to Uni of Kent one.

 Signature 

Coventry University
3rd Year LLB

Shaun (3 Posts) - New User
Posted: 05 December 2009 05:34 PM

Hello all, I am new, recently registered.

I noticed that it has been said Leeds (currently ranked 8th in UK) is a no go? Why is that? I am planning to do an LLM there as Leeds is the only University to offer what I am wanting.

Can this be expanded upon please smile

Beth (68 Posts) - Power User
Posted: 07 December 2009 02:46 PM

Shaun,

If you re-read the thread, I think you’ll find that Leeds is on the “top universities list” not the “no-go” list. I think people were speaking largely in terms of LLBs, too. If you are doing a specialist LLM that’s not offered anywhere else, that’s something an employer will take into account.

Posted: 04 January 2010 06:23 AM

Some must be no goes. , I know that

jermstar (51 Posts) - Power User
Posted: 15 January 2010 05:46 PM

Top 30 from the Times Good University Guide 2010 for Law.

A notable miss would be leeds, at #33

1Cambridge
2Oxford
3London School of Economics
4Nottingham
5University College London
6King’s College London
7Birmingham
8Aberdeen
9Queen Mary, London
10Durham
11Edinburgh
12Bristol
13Southampton
14Glasgow
15Dundee
16Strathclyde
=16Kent
18Cardiff
19Newcastle
20Exeter
21Leicester
22Warwick
23Reading
=23Liverpool
=23Sussex
26Queen’s Belfast
27Manchester
28East Anglia
29Hull
30Sheffield

Posted: 20 May 2010 09:42 AM

Obviously these are probably all universities that you need to get the top grades to get into - i.e. the firms that automatically exclude based on your A-levels, so it makes sense peoeple from those unis get TC’s

However your uni is only one of many things a potential employer will look at. I am from a non UK uni, one that isn’t well known outside my country, and I had a VS, 3 TC interviews (at SC firms) and have secured a TC in the area I want to work in, all without my uni disadvantaging me.

Law firms look for more than just people who get into good unis - they look for good all rounders, those with extra curriculars, good grades and part time jobs. Obviously some of those people are from Oxbridge and will have an edge, but if you tick all the right boxes you will eventually get somewhere. People choose unis for all sorts of reasons - where they live, commute etc. Choose the best uni for your circumstances, with the best options on the course for you (i.e. pro bono, years in industry, study abroad as well as rankings) and do your best there. If you enjoy it you will get a better degree and be more likely to do better.

   
Page 1 of 2
1
 
20
Legend
Visitor Stats
The most visitors ever was 453, on November 15, 2010 12:27 AM
Total Registered Members:
Total Topics:
Total Posts:
21973
285
1281
Legend
Post Marker Legend
New Topic New posts
Old Topic No new posts

Copyright © 2010 - Graduate Schemes - Law Careers - All rights reserved.
Design by Fabric Interface

Advertisers | Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy | Sitemap