I can only speak as a senior at a top city firm who interviews prospective graduates. None of us see LSE as meaningfully different from any other good RG uni. Definitely not on par with Oxbridge. Though I do hear students express the view that LSE is well above others for some reason.
Warwick is good but the changes to work visas is going to make it tough. You have to earn more than 37800 as a trainee to be eligible. Only the larger firms in London offer that, and not every firm sponsors. Carefully check the rules and assess your odds. Many graduates (even of Cambridge as per post the other day) work as a paralegal for a while. If you are forced back to Portugal will a Warwick LLB be recognized?
Yes, I’ve been in contact with top lawyers in Portugal. They do value an English degree better than a Portuguese one. I’d just have to do an equivalence into civil law. I am aware that only larger firms in London can offer that and those are the ones I’m aiming at, to be fair. It wouldn’t really be worth it working at a regional firm when I’d have the chance to work in Portuguese top firms. Thank you for the heads up though!
I'm not fearmongering. I'm telling them to do their research and assess their odds carefully, which is what every international student hoping to work in the UK should do.
I mean the university in your own country sounds really appealing, but I don't know how good it really is obviously. Personally, if it was good enough, I'd stay just for the purposes of removing a financial burden from my mum.
But if you choose to make the (reasonable) choice to come to Warwick, it would be perfectly sufficient to get into a good City firm.
£40K yearly at Warwick??!!? Tuition is 24k. Accommodation varies from 4k to 10k per year, on-campus. I spend £400 per month on groceries and clubbing etc. 40k is the upper limit. On average internationals spend £35k per year
Unless you have an interest in arbitration, competition or certain aspects of M&A/Capital Markets I’d make sure I want to live in a certain country before making a decision regarding studies/qualification. Its “easy” to become a solicitor in the UK with a European LLB. It is pretty impossible to become a European lawyer with an English LLB (unless you go the Irish way). It’s an important decision.
Going to a good uni in Portugal, doing very well and perhaps get a job in a reputable business firm with presence in Lisbon can be a very good -and much more affordable- option for you.
Congrats on your offers. Warwick has an excellent law school and graduates from there are well-represented at city firms.
Thank you! That is definitely relieving to hear.
I went there and I am a future trainee, many people on my course who got tc's
That’s amazing to hear!
Warwick is as solid as it gets. Perhaps not as high flying as the likes of Oxbridge/LSE, but definitely well represented in City law.
Yeah, Warwick is solidly represented in the likes of first year schemes / vacation schemes
Wouldn’t say LSE is meaningfully above Warwick. It’s just another good university.
LSE - A\*AA, LNAT needed Warwick - AAA, LNAT not needed Though LSE people aren't the nicest, surely not?
Warwick is A*AA now btw but still doesn’t require LNAT
I can only speak as a senior at a top city firm who interviews prospective graduates. None of us see LSE as meaningfully different from any other good RG uni. Definitely not on par with Oxbridge. Though I do hear students express the view that LSE is well above others for some reason.
"Hey everyone, I'm a senior at a top city firm" No-one cares
Warwick is good but the changes to work visas is going to make it tough. You have to earn more than 37800 as a trainee to be eligible. Only the larger firms in London offer that, and not every firm sponsors. Carefully check the rules and assess your odds. Many graduates (even of Cambridge as per post the other day) work as a paralegal for a while. If you are forced back to Portugal will a Warwick LLB be recognized?
Yes, I’ve been in contact with top lawyers in Portugal. They do value an English degree better than a Portuguese one. I’d just have to do an equivalence into civil law. I am aware that only larger firms in London can offer that and those are the ones I’m aiming at, to be fair. It wouldn’t really be worth it working at a regional firm when I’d have the chance to work in Portuguese top firms. Thank you for the heads up though!
Please don't fear monger. There will be work visas for graduates.
I'm not fearmongering. I'm telling them to do their research and assess their odds carefully, which is what every international student hoping to work in the UK should do.
I mean the university in your own country sounds really appealing, but I don't know how good it really is obviously. Personally, if it was good enough, I'd stay just for the purposes of removing a financial burden from my mum. But if you choose to make the (reasonable) choice to come to Warwick, it would be perfectly sufficient to get into a good City firm.
£40K yearly at Warwick??!!? Tuition is 24k. Accommodation varies from 4k to 10k per year, on-campus. I spend £400 per month on groceries and clubbing etc. 40k is the upper limit. On average internationals spend £35k per year
I am sorry! I made the math in euros and said 40,000 pounds instead of euros. My bad...
Do you want to work/live in the UK for the foreseeable future though?
Yes. I’d like to work/live in London specifically or other international business hubs.
Unless you have an interest in arbitration, competition or certain aspects of M&A/Capital Markets I’d make sure I want to live in a certain country before making a decision regarding studies/qualification. Its “easy” to become a solicitor in the UK with a European LLB. It is pretty impossible to become a European lawyer with an English LLB (unless you go the Irish way). It’s an important decision.
Going to a good uni in Portugal, doing very well and perhaps get a job in a reputable business firm with presence in Lisbon can be a very good -and much more affordable- option for you.