amelly from Malaysia reporting.... :)

have applied to oxford as well. but have yet to receive any offer.

cheers

Is it true that the longer it takes, the slighter your chance to be accepted becomes?

MBZ: It says in my offer that if I do not intend to accept the place, I should notify them no later than 15 April to allow them to re-allocate the place. However, it also says that we will receive further information on these matters in the follow-up letter that admitted students should receive in the next few weeks. I guess therefore that the admission process will probably go on to the end of April or beginning of May.

UT: Thanks a lot. It really helps.

May is quite late for me as I will need to let my employer know of my intention to leave in advance.

Decisions appear to be made on a rolling-basis with a clutch of admissions made every few weeks. So you shouldn't lose hope that you won't hear back from them until April or May. Hopefully, you'll get your decision before then.

Any responses in Canada yet?

My understanding is that due to huge amount of applicants that there will be a batch of offers every couple of weeks. Perhaps more frequently depending on responses given.

Règarding the fact that they want to ensure a certrain proportion of students from different countries, don`t you think, they are deciding about applications seperated by each country?

To all those admitted thus far, are you likely to accept Cam or are you still waiting to find out from other places? The only place that would force me to reconsider at this stage is perhaps the BCL at Oxford and I guess many would be in the same boat as myself. Does anyone know when these decisions are likely to be out?

I have not applied anywhere else, just cantab, so accpetance is probably my best option :)
Would you take ox over cambridge if both offers were on the table? I understand that this is akin to the harvard-yale debate in the sense that there is no clear winner yet people tend to get extremely emotional in defense of each. But, just for fun, which would people choose between these two great uk unis?
I applied to cantab becasue really liked the town and because I'm interested in international law, and my (perhaps incorrect) understanding is that cantab is better for international law.

Equity's Darling, I fear that you're opening another can of worms with this question knowing the emotive arguments each way!!! :) However, if I were in the fortunate position that I could choose between them, I would have a slight leaning towards Oxford although it comes more down to personal preference with teaching style rather than one programme being superior to the other. That being said, I'm over the moon with Cambridge and although I have applied to some places in the US, being someone who has always lived in the UK and intends to practice here, I cannot look past the reputation and strengths of either Oxford or Cambridge.

I only applied to Cambridge and LSE; didn't apply to Oxford BCL because I felt it was too academic for me. Besides, I read a lot of positive things about the reputation of the Cambridge and LSE LLM (especially international law).

LSE hasn't made me an offer (apparently the quota for international students has been met already), but I suppose I will ultimately opt for Cambridge.

One question I have, which I hope someone here can help me with, is this:

I am currently doing the BVC in London, and I assume Cambridge will insert a condition with regards to the BVC. Would Cambridge be so cruel as to require me to achieve an 'outstanding' grade (which I'm afraid I can't)?

I ask this because the Cambridge website states:

Entry requirements

* minimum entry requirement for those with a professional legal qualification, as opposed to a law degree, is the equivalent of a first class result in the relevant course

Help!

This is only a guess, but I suspect the answer is 'no'. That requirement seems to relate to those who do not already posess an LLb or equivalent. If you do (which I think you must if you're doing the BVC, right?) then admission to the LLM is based almost entirely on your grades from the LLB.
Do I understand your post as saying that you've recieved an offer from Cambridge and not from LSE. That is peculiar, isn't it?

This is only a guess, but I suspect the answer is 'no'. That requirement seems to relate to those who do not already posess an LLb or equivalent. If you do (which I think you must if you're doing the BVC, right?) then admission to the LLM is based almost entirely on your grades from the LLB.
Do I understand your post as saying that you've recieved an offer from Cambridge and not from LSE. That is peculiar, isn't it?

I guess I'm just surprised that if your qualifications are such that cambridge made you an offer (at this early stage, no less) then LSE would have done the same, notwithstanding the large number of applicants. I think it's true that Cambridge is more competative, isn't it?
And yes, I did forget which coleges I applied for, which probably wasn't the brightest of ideas.
Where are you from, btw?

Cambridge is definitely more competitive. I suppose I should have been made an offer earlier. What happened was that LSE informed me somethin was wrong with the transcripts I uploaded, and I didn't know until I returned from a short holiday.... the rest is history.

I suppose I'm not too concerned about which college I'm allocated to.. I just hope I'm not sent to one which is miles away from the law campus.

I'm from Malaysia btw. You're from Canada right? :)

ah, now it all makes sense.
And yes, I am from Canada.

Hello everyone;

I am having trouble choosing between UK and US law schools. From an academic point of view it is very hard (an probably very wrong) to compare Cambridge with Columbia and NYU as all three schools are within the top 10 in any ranking one can possibly find on the net.
Now therefore (uwwww sounds like the introduction of an SPA):

1)Does anyone know anything about becoming a sollicitor in England with a French Law Degree and an LL.M from a UK. Uni? (ps: I am a British Citizen)
2) And what about taking the NY state bar Exam under the same conditions?
3) In Columbia's web site it is expressly mentionned that students with foreign JD (or equivelent) should not expect the LL.M degree obtained in a US law school to qualify them for the Bar Examination. Does anyone have any experience or info on this issue.

Thanks for the tips.

Congrats to all of you who have already recieved and offer, and good luck to those who are still expecting one.

Hi there Istanboulyote,

I went to Columbia and sat the bar exam last July (and in fact, just got admitted to the NY Bar yesterday - yay!).

Here is the skinny: you can sit the NY Bar exam with a foreign degree provided you take a certain amount of credits in certain courses during your LLM. I can't remember all of them but I remember them being more practical courses (Banking, Evidence etc) than theoretical courses. If you have a Commonwealth LL.B. (NOT BCL, LL.M, DPhil or whatever - it has to be your FIRST degree in law from a Commonwealth country) you can sit the NY bar exam no questions asked.

So, in short, having a French law degree you could only sit the NY Bar exam with a U.S. degree.

I hope that helps.

fg.

Thanks fg that was very kind of you. Congratulations!!!!!!!