I got into Bristol's 2 year MA in Law (which is a basically an LLB and one unit from the LLM) and Edinburgh's 2 year LLB in Scot's Law, am having a hard time deciding on which to accept.

Congratulations!

Will Bristol's MA in Law allow you to qualify as a barrister or solicitor?

Yes it will. This is what they said about it on the website.

"The MA in Law is recognised by the Law Society and the Bar Council as a qualifying law degree for practice in England and Wales."

What do you want to do in the future? In my opinion Scottish law may limit your opportunities unless you want to work there. English commercial law is often used throughout the world and chosen in contractual choice of law clauses.

I don't know how limited you may be by attending Edinburgh, and it is worth investigating. Having said that, I would probably prefer Edinburgh's prestige to Bristol's at first impression. Before making your decision, you may consider investigating English law or American LL.M. programs, if it turns out you are significantly limited in attracting attention from firms outside of Scotland.

I spoke to a professor at the Wake Forest law school in the United States. He said Edinburgh is considered more prestigious despite a lower rank than Bristol, and yes it turns out that I might be limited because Edinburgh uses civil law while Bristol like the English system teaches common law, which would be less of a hinderance should I return to the states. Which I plan to do and do an LLM in International Law, possibly a JD in 2 years offered by some schools to foreign law students (GWU, Georgetown, Columbia, Yale etc.)

You should contact David Cabrelli (david.cabrelli@ed.ac.uk)
with your Commercial Law questions at Edinburgh. Though Scotland also has civil law, it is a combined common/civil law jurisdiction. For commercial law purposes I believe a lot of the laws are UK-wide, though clearly there will be some specific points that will be purely Scottish. If you are serious about a good programme, you shouldn't skip looking at Edinburgh and I am sure that he would be able to answer any questions you have. Best of luck.

You should contact David Cabrelli (david.cabrelli@ed.ac.uk)
with your Commercial Law questions at Edinburgh. Though Scotland also has civil law, it is a combined common/civil law jurisdiction. For commercial law purposes I believe a lot of the laws are UK-wide, though clearly there will be some specific points that will be purely Scottish. If you are serious about a good programme, you shouldn't skip looking at Edinburgh and I am sure that he would be able to answer any questions you have. Best of luck.

I contacted three professors of the University of Edinburgh, two of them suggested going to Bristol, the other one being David Cabrelli; the third stated that given my goals Edinburgh might not be a bad choice but might take an extra 2 years. I have 7 more hours to decide, I will let you know of my decision then. Thank you all for your advice.

I decided to attend the University of Bristol. Thank you all for your advice.

Best of luck in Bristol.

Good luck!

Bristol is a very good uni. Best of luck as well.