r/UKLawStudents

Major: LLB Law

I am an international student.

just currently gotten an offer to study history at ucl after countless law rejections from top schools, i applied for law first because i assumed it was the safe route although prior to year 13 i had the amazing opportunity to shadow solidifies, barristers and partners who encouraged me to partake in alternative routes into law. but although ive mapped out my future for the next 5 years as the destination will forever be becoming a solicitor in my desired field of practice!

however, i can’t help but look online and see history students or people drag apart the fundamentals of a history degree and class it as useless? i’m starting to get really worried and wondering to change my course to politics or international relations but what happens if i regret that? and i applied for history because i love it but i might not be cut out for it but i did it anyway because i hate living in regret.

does anyone have any advice that they’d like to share? any information is good information as long as its not misinformation in my books ! thank you

I’ve really been struggling to find part time paralegal work, I’m a student on the SQE course and would LOVE to work part time on something legal related (for cash and also experience). It doesn’t have to be QWE as I plan on doing a TC soon. I’ve done my LLB and had really good grades too if that helps and have some professional work experience. Please message me any opportunities.

Location: United Kingdom

Hi All! I hope this is the right place to write.

I am coming to the end of my first year studying Law. I only have one written exam but it is on Contract and Torts.

Given the heavy amount of content and cases, I am reaching out to ask if anyone has any advice for revising these topics and answering exam questions.

Sincerely, a terrified Law student.

Hiya so I'm currently in Year 12, and facing a big dilemma regarding my future. I am studying the IB so I do Higher Level Biology, Chemistry and Maths AA and Standard Level Economics, English Literature, and Chinese. I thought I wanted to go into medicine from the beginning of Year 12, but have recently (~2 months ago lol) come to the realisation that I only wished to follow that path for my parents' satisfaction. My parents are immigrants who both came to the UK without degrees and basic high school qualifications, but my mum locked in and did GCSEs and Level 3 qualifications and got into a nursing degree, while my dad works in a hospital as a support worker, and I think they (especially my mum) expect me to outperform them in the same field.

To get to the point, I have decided to follow law; this isn't a random decision. When I was in Year 9 I had a phase where I dreamt of becoming a lawyer at a top firm, but then I kinda just left it in the dust as I wasn't impressed by the long working hours. (ironic I know) This dream has been reignited, as I've always been into the humanities subjects, and I've never had a true affinity for science. My plan is to either go into a solicitor apprenticeship or go into a law degree /non-law degree at a top university, and then complete a law-conversion.

I might sound quite pretentious by constantly mentioning 'top' but I am forcing myself to aim as high as possible for my own satisfaction.

I got very decent GCSEs, with 99999998888 from a mid-performing state grammar school, with the 9s in English Language and Literature, Maths, Further Maths, Religious Studies, Biology and Physics. How likely am I to achieve my goals? I have no relevant work experience for law, apart from going to my local magistrates court and virtual courses. I also got into this programme called Black HERizons, but I have no idea how to source actual in person work experience since applications for most things are closed. What can I do, apart from reading around law, can I do? Am I at a disadvantage for taking irrelevant subjects? I'm aware that law firms do value applications from those who haven't completed a law degree, but at my stage, will I be seen as unfocused for my application?

currently 18 on a gap year going into lse law this autumn, i already did a 3 month internship at stephenson harwood and while it was a great experience i really didn't like the office nature of the job and with studying law in general i've had doubts and concerns. i've been given an oppurtunity though to do probably a month long internship at herbert smith freehills though but i'm not sure if it's a good use of my time. granted it's a great firm and more experience and cv stuff is always good but given my context is it still a good choice? how useful would it be if i were to go down the solicitor path post-uni?

im seeking advice so please dont comment something unrelated

hey everyone! im new to this account and never posted on reddit, so not even sure if im doing this correctly!

im a second-year non-law student at ucl. i got a 71 in my first year, but also achieved two 2:2s (54&55), largely due to some pretty serious ECs. I got 999888877 for my GCSEs and A*AA for my A-Levels (im first in my household to go to university/fsm student/carer if that matters). reallyyyyy hoping to get a first this year too. also had some part-time work bcs of difficult household finances.

i got 2 first-year schemes at magic circle law firms and a banking internship in the gulf for this summer. im also going to the States for my third year of university (year abroad)

this is just a super quick summary of my stats & extracurriculars. my question is, realistically, do I have a good shot at achieving a vacation scheme with Kirks in my final year?

I want to work in private equity and am really into PE in the Gulf. im very willing to work hard and change what I can but know they mostly take Oxbridge; genuinely only see straight A*s on the linkedns of current/future trainees. is it highly unlikely that they would consider me?

please be real w me, have no one else to ask & please only respond if you know what youre talking about (kindly <33)

I’m reaching out to all my fellow colleagues out there who have either completed or currently on this course from hell, aka LLM-LPC. I want to know if any of you are currently experiencing even a fraction of the absolute shit show I’ve been suffering through. I can’t write it all down here or I’d write a 10 part novel but in a nutshell their perpetual incompetence has destroyed my whole experience with this uni and this course. There are a few genuinely good people on their team - higher ups who’ve helped me a lot but it’s because everyone else was not doing their job.

So, in particular my whole PPD experience has been bloody abysmal and in a nutshell the last time I submitted my dissertation, they made me wait an extra 4 months ontop of the usual 2 month waiting period (6 MONTHS altogether) to release my grade and that only happened because I had to get a higher up involved and he forced their hand after many emails back and forth and all I got was an apology and shitty explanation that they “accidentally took me off the course”. Then this time around I’ve waited a total of 3 months with the same back and forth emails just giving me the run around until I had to get the same higher up involved for them to even acknowledge me and this time they apologised saying the 1 month delay “was because of an IT issue” and only today they released my result but it was the exact same percentage as last time which makes absolutely no sense. It just seems suspicious to me, like this time around I hired a professional tutor to review my old papers, teach me about essay writing, time management and research to make sure this paper was worlds improved from the last and the last one was bare bones and it’s so weird that they delay my grade for a month and then it’s exactly the same as before? I can’t help but fear they just lost it and kept my former grade there and updated the date. I don’t even have any proof it was marked.

I am at my last straw of tolerance and because I’m an online student, I feel super frustrated and isolated as I don’t know anyone else on the course right now to discuss this with (my cohort has all gone onto graduate but because of the plethora of problems I’ve experienced I’ve had so many factors delaying my completion of this course).

Has anyone experienced anything like this where you had to deal with extreme delays only to recieve the exact same percentage? Were you able to investigate the issue of whether your grade was accurate? Were you able to get it remarked and received a different grade?

Any feedback would be so much appreciated,

Thank you in advance.

Hi everyone,

I think this post might be a bit of a rant and a cry for help/advice. Let me give you some background about me and my journey so far. Trying to keep it short. 
I moved to London in 2020 December because of Brexit (from another EU country). I was then working in London (like a normal gap year after college). About a year and a half in, my family home burned down back home and I was lost (I was 20 when that happened). At that point, I started to reach 2 years in London, but didn't want to go back home cause I didn't have anything, so I applied to university through clearing. I got in to a non-Russell uni in London, and I had no idea at that time that ranking was a thing (it's not a thing where I am from). Anyways, 3 years, I graduated with a 1st and had a good time at uni. I then applied for a masters with SQE prep in London (Russell Uni), got in and that's what I am doing now, about to graduate in September. 

My course is integrated with the SQE, so I sat SQE1 in Jan 2026, passed FLK2, but was 2 marks away from passing FLK1 (worst thing is, I know which questions made me fail lol). Anyways, super upset, because I was juggling other modules at university at the same time and was working really hard to pass. 

I have now come to a point in my life where I am starting to wonder what I am going to do next. Naturally, I need to find a job to sustain myself and I would love to find experience within the field that I have been studying at my masters (commercial law, M&A, corporate governance). I have never really worked at a law firm except for a work experience for a month last year, or at the legal advice clinic at my old university. Other than that I worked part time as a receptionist throughout my entire undergraduate. 

So I started looking at training contracts/opportunities to apply to that is open now. One of them being Macfarlanes, but I just found out that I would not be applicable to even apply for their training contract because I failed FLK1. I don't know why, but it completely broke me because I have been very interested in Macfarlanes as a firm for 3 years. I feel like an absolute failure, I am stressed, worried and many other things. I don't really know what to do next. 

Just fyi: I will be resitting the FLK1 in July 2026

But yeah, is anyone else been in a similar situation? What can I do as my next step? It feels like I can't really think clearly and that my thoughts are just flying all around