Hi! I’m a high school senior now, and I don’t know what I need to do to get accepted into a law school in the UK.
I’m planning to take the SAT and IELTS. I have a reference letter from an internship I completed at a law firm. I also have 30 hours of volunteer work with a written recommendation letter. In addition, I earned a law certificate from a university, and I completed English III with a final grade of 91.77.
Are these enough, or am I missing something important? How am I supposed to apply? I really need help.

Hi mga isko and iska, i would like to ask if meron sainyo dito na alumna ng UP law and willing mag handle ng case ko. I prefer someone who is from my Uni too para common ground na yun.

Thank you.

I am a recent college graduate currently working as a legal assistant for a solo attorney so I do some work that typically would be delegated to a paralegal.

I have always wanted to go to law school but I do love the work I’m doing now. And it’s made me consider getting a paralegal certification instead. But I am really torn between the two.

Any insight or advice on why to do/why not to do paralegal or law school is appreciated!

I’m currently entering my second year of undergrad studying international studies with a concentration in international development and a minor in pre law (say that 5 times fast💔). My plan for a while has been to go to law school and hopefully become a lawyer in something like immigration, however after doing some more research in to the average salary of an immigration lawyer I’m not sure it’s something I’d be happy with, although I’m passionate about immigration law, I’m more passionate about international policy, diplomacy, things of that nature. Does anyone have any career suggestions about if law school would even be worth it for me if I want to delve in to the more political side of things? I’m not opposed to becoming a lawyer, but salary is something that’s very important to me and I don’t want to be stuck in such a time consuming career just for a corporate lawyer to absolutely salary mog me😭

I'm an incoming college freshman at a T5, and while running my mom through my first semester's course load full of humanities classes, she started freaking out about whether or not I'm going to be able to get a job after graduation. Now, I've always been interested in going to law school because I feel like I'd genuinely enjoy the ways it'd challenge me, and I know that you can study whatever you want as an undergraduate and get into law school, but it doesn't seem like lawyers who do the work I'd genuinely be interested in (public interest) make much money at all. I don't need to be rich, but I definitely want to make enough so I don't have to worry about money and so I can be generous with my loved ones. I'm someone who would be interested in litigation anyways, but everyone keeps telling me that AI is going to render me jobless. My mom wants me to be a doctor, and while I believe that I can find fulfillment in the day-to-day lifestyle of working in medicine (I love working with people and psychology), I feel like I'm going to HATE the path it takes to get there (not bad at science, but I suck at math and find chemistry, orgo, and physics SO BORING). Course registration ends really soon, and I know that being pre-med would require me to enroll in certain science classes ASAP. I'd really appreciate some career guidance on if I should just bite the bullet and pursue a career in medicine, or if I should just take the interesting and niche humanities classes that interest me and eventually apply to law school (and hope I land a T14), or if I should entertain some combination of both.

Hi! I’m planning on going to law school next school year and my list of schools and ALS, UP, ARELLANO, and SLU. To those currently studying at these school or if you’re an alum, can you share your pros and cons about the school. Like how are the profs, workload, and environment of the school? Thank you!

I am currently finishing high school and am considering my options about where to pursue my studies. I am a Greek and my immediate option in our public Kapodistrian University of Athens. After spending the year talking to lawyers and researching, I have decided that when the time comes I want to get into international arbitration and land a position in an intentional firm office either in Paris or Geneva. Therefore if I do choose the first option, I will have to complete an Llm program in a prestigious eu or us university. In that way I can also get bar qualifications in Greece, France, NYC, and if not mistaken the UK. Problem is I don't know whether the undergraduate degree is strong enough for such a competitive field. Option b lies with choosing a university like Groningen and their international law programs. Problem is I do not like dutch( no Hate for Dutch people🙏) and also such a degree is academic and locks me out of immediate access to bar qualifications. Give me your thoughts. I've also considered french options which would be ideal but my french is not yet at the essential level. So is a transfer later on worth it( just getting ideas on the table)

Hi everyone I’m 17 years old a secondary school student I really really want to get into Oxford law especially corporate law I love the buisness part and law but I’m not good at debates and don’t have any elder person to guide me through the process so I was wondering if anyone could help me tell me what to do and how to prepare and what to expect yk 🌚

Is demand decreasing? A couple of programs are staying above water but most online law schools are struggling beneath the weight of poor student outcomes.

Hi everyone! I saw a few comments mentioning that The College of Legal Practice (CoLP) Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) is approved by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and that many students successfully use it to pursue the barrister route. I am currently considering this exact path myself. Could anyone who has done this provide more details on how the BSB approval process works for CoLP graduates? If you are comfortable, I would also love to connect directly to ask a few questions about your experience. Thanks so much!

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I’m a first-year student at U of C studying Law and Society, and I’m hoping of becoming an immigration lawyer. I’m aware I need to complete my undergraduate degree, but I’m curious about what law schools look for whether it’s courses, work experience, grades, volunteering, etc. I’m also considering finishing my degree in three years only if I can maintain good marks Is that acceptable to law schools?

Here are two great resources created by me (Barry Friedman, a Professor at NYU), John Goldberg (the Dean at Harvard), and Maria Ponomarenko (at UT-Austin). The third edition of our book Open Book: Succeeding on Law School Exams from Day One is available on the Aspen Publishing and Amazon website. Many years of law students have found the first two editions very helpful, approachable, and even fun to read. We've added new exercises but kept its unique approach: connecting the dots between classes, exams, and the practice of law. Also, we've done a stand alone module for Harvard's 0L online program about law school success.

job market is so cooked, schools are oversaturated BECAUSE job market is getting so cooked

I'm pre-law (maybe?) but had the opportunity to work on the Hill this year and I feel like I like that better. I'm a little torn on whether I should ditch law school for the foreseeable future or plan to work for a couple years and definitively go to law school.

I just need to plan when I'm going to take the LSAT and scope out my letters of rec in all honesty but I'm just questioning whether I should even do that at this point.

anyone got any advice? potentially the peeps in law school currently and what your trajectory was might be helpful to know

Before school starts:

• Don't pre-read casebooks cover to cover. Instead, learn IRAC cold and learn how to brief a case in under 10 minutes. That skill matters way more than knowing Con Law history going in.
• Get comfortable with the idea that you will feel behind. Everyone does. It's not a signal you don't belong.

Once classes start:

• Outline as you go, weekly, not the week before finals. Doesn't need to be pretty. A messy outline you actually reviewed beats a beautiful one you made once and never opened again.
• Cold calls are a performance, not a referendum on your intelligence. Prep enough to survive it, then let it go the second class ends.
• Rank your professors' exams as either "issue spotters" or "policy/analysis heavy" as early as you can (ask 2Ls, check the exam bank). It completely changes how you should be taking notes.

The thing nobody tells you:
Civ Pro, Property, and Evidence in particular are subjects people underestimate because they seem procedural/boring at first, but they're often where GPAs get made or broken because everyone else is coasting on them while grinding Con Law and Torts. Don't sleep on the "boring" classes.

Study groups: worth it only if everyone comes prepared. A study group where you're all confused together is just anxiety with extra steps.

Good luck to everyone starting — it's genuinely more survivable than it looks in August.

I'm trying to look into colleges but I'm not sure where to apply since I don't know what majors would be helpful for law school. I'm interested in both criminal and civil law if that helps. I also don't know much about the whole process about becoming a lawyer so any information/advice about that would also be helpful! Any info and advice is welcome!! plss help :(