Hi everyone,

I am an LLB student from the City University of Hong Kong keenly interested in applying to the BCL program at Oxford and would like to seek your valuable advice.

I shall be sending in my BCL/LLM applications at the end of 2005 as a graduating (3rd year LLB) student. The following is a profile of my LLB studies

A) I have a culmulative GPA of 3.85 and I anticipate that I graduate with first class honours in June 2006.
B) I have been granted a full scholarship for my LLB studies
C) I have a summer placement (this coming summer as a student completing 2nd year LLB) with a magic circle firm and another city firm.
D) I took part in the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot.
E) I expect to get good references from an associate professor who has an OX PhD and the Dean, both of whom are international lawyers.

I am hoping to seek your advice in respect of the followings:

1) What chances do I stand in obtaining an offer/conditional offer from OX?
2) I am also planning to apply to 3 other law schools for their LLM programs: Cambridge, Harvard and Yale. What chances do you think I stand in getting a place in these schools?
3) Does it make a different if I ended up getting 1st of first class?
4) Since I am not an LLB student from a very well known law school, will this fact count against me a lot for my applications?
5) Does an LLM/BCL add something significant to one's CV if one intends to practice as a (A) barrister in Hong Kong (B)solicitor with a city firm in Hong Kong?

Thank you for your kind assistance in advance?