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.
I applied to UCAS back in the days when it was paper applications although I tracked to progress online but I can explain a little about how I think it works. You can choose 5 universities/courses (you could choose to apply to just one university and apply for 5 different courses there or any other combination) and you fill out this one big central application form which includes a personal statement (not entirely unlike the 'sell yourself' part of a job application form where you saw why you want to study law, why you think you would be good at it, what academic strengths you have but also what non-academic past times you might partake in, most universities want to see all about someone and like a well-rounded person). You can now apply fully online in my understanding so it could all be done on the computer. UCAS then make contact with your chosen universities on your behalf with copies of your application form (i dont think each place gets to see who else you applied to either) and they make decisions which will show up on your UCAS 'profile' page but will usually be followed up by communication directly from the university (ie whether they are offering you a place or not or would like you to come for an interview). Usually applications are done in your final year of high school and universities give you a conditional offer, this means the university will ask you to achieve certain grades in your school exams in order to take up your place at university. You can sometimes be given unconditional offers which means they like you so much you can come without having to fret over good exam results. As someone already in the university system you are more likely to receive unconditional offers.
Phew, this was very warbled. I hope it is helpful and not misleading information, I dont know if things are different for overseas applications or if its different for someone who is already at university, etc. UCAS should have a useful FAQ page. If not, you could contact them for more information, the university terms are beginning to start up here just now so the UCAS mania will have died down and they should be more free to correspond with you.
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.
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.
I applied to UCAS back in the days when it was paper applications although I tracked to progress online but I can explain a little about how I think it works. You can choose 5 universities/courses (you could choose to apply to just one university and apply for 5 different courses there or any other combination) and you fill out this one big central application form which includes a personal statement (not entirely unlike the 'sell yourself' part of a job application form where you saw why you want to study law, why you think you would be good at it, what academic strengths you have but also what non-academic past times you might partake in, most universities want to see all about someone and like a well-rounded person). You can now apply fully online in my understanding so it could all be done on the computer. UCAS then make contact with your chosen universities on your behalf with copies of your application form (i dont think each place gets to see who else you applied to either) and they make decisions which will show up on your UCAS 'profile' page but will usually be followed up by communication directly from the university (ie whether they are offering you a place or not or would like you to come for an interview). Usually applications are done in your final year of high school and universities give you a conditional offer, this means the university will ask you to achieve certain grades in your school exams in order to take up your place at university. You can sometimes be given unconditional offers which means they like you so much you can come without having to fret over good exam results. As someone already in the university system you are more likely to receive unconditional offers.
Phew, this was very warbled. I hope it is helpful and not misleading information, I dont know if things are different for overseas applications or if its different for someone who is already at university, etc. UCAS should have a useful FAQ page. If not, you could contact them for more information, the university terms are beginning to start up here just now so the UCAS mania will have died down and they should be more free to correspond with you.
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