http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410 en Oxford Colleges BCL/Mjur - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:08:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49410 Dear All, Where are you from and what Ox college will you be at? I'll start: I'm from the United Kingdom (Scotland) I'm "reading for" the BCL I'm at Balliol College Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:59:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49417 Also Dear All; I'm from Canada, and I'll be taking (or "reading for") the BCL. I'm at Wadham College. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:04:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49418 ok - great! let's make this the official pre-course pint thread! An oxford stay-on can pick the pub! Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:55:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49419 From England, (UK) Reading for the BCL Brasenose college. See you all there! Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:39:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49437 I will be going to Balliol for a D Phil in Law. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:48:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49438 ... and also the one entitled to pick the pub. I 'read' for my BCL 3 years back. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:28:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49439 Canadian, reading for a DPhil in Law at Merton. Cheers, and congrats to all! Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:14:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49442 paddy, what is the subject of your proposed research? Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49449 Oh, I'm sure there will be more than enough shop talk over pints in the Fall. Briefly, however, my research is in the area of financial services regulation (forgive me, I'm a securities lawyer). Cheers. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:05:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49454 Hi all I'am from Switzerland and will be reading for Mjur at Lincoln College. See you all soon! Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:47:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49506 I'm Canadian & will be studying for the M.St (probably continuing on for the D.Phil) at Linacre. Hoping the faculty and the college will let me begin my studies in January (might need to have my gall bladder out before then) and so I hope to see you for pints in the Winter! Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:16:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49669 I had to have that done last Christmas! Could have wrecked my LLB. As for the MSt, what is your topic area/supervisor, and did you apply to Linacre as one of your 2 preferences? Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:24:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49675 I had put Linacre down as my second choice. My proposed supervisor is Mike McNair, topic is in legal history. Do you think they would let me begin the M.St in January, or would I have to ask to defer? Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:49:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49702 no idea. Contact them. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49729 I think given its research and not a taught course there is a fair chance, though only they could say definitively. Given you have medical reasons though I am sure they will view the request sympathetically. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:59:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49736 Thanks GRM. I hope I won't have to ask, but I have to wait and see; I'm having a gallstone removed later this month, hope all goes well and I get the green light from the doctors. Glad I'm not the only person to have been in this predicament! Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:44:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49833 hey people, I am currently in the penultimate year of my bachelor's degree. I am keen on pursuing my master's from Oxbridge univ. I am currently at d top of my batch an aggregate of 77%. I also have moot court and sports achievments. I am expecting to get good recos from my professors. Though I dont have publications as of now. I want to assess my chances of getting through any of OXbridge coll. on completion of my bachelors. Please help me out. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:19:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49873 It sounds like you'd have a shot. However, all you can really do is apply and wait like everyone else. Apply to Oxford, Cambridge and maybe a few of the London colleges. See how it goes. Good luck. Anyways - back to topic! Not long to our first pint in Oxford! :-) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:51:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49936 Hello all, I have created a facebook group for incoming BCL/MJUR/Research students for 2008/2009. It is called 'Oxford Law Postgraduate Freshers 2008.' I am a second year DPhil who was one of the Law Board Reps in 2007/2008 and someone created one for us last year and it turned out to be an excellent resource! I am at Christ Church and have loved it! May I suggest we all meet at the KINGS ARMS (really well known so you will get there easily) in the front room just to your right as you enter the door at a time a place best for you guys? When are most of you arriving? I look forward to meeting you all and please do pass on the link to any incoming class members! Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:20:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49938 Thanks for creating the community . Great job. Kings arms would be great, but was just wondering whether sitting out in the Turf would be a better option. Just a thought. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:47:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49942 Hi All, I'm Singaporean and will hopefully be starting the BCL at Lincoln in September if I can manage to get my paperwork there in time. I really am looking forward to the programme, since I spent my last 2 years in New York where the beer is absolute pisswater for the most part. In any case, do inform me if you organise anything. I will try my best to be amusing. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:38:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49955 Heya I'm from Ireland and am studying for the BCL at Christ Church. I still haven't sent off all the requisite documents and fear for my chances of getting accommodation in the College itself. Any advice? Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:36:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49960 Hello fellow Christ Church-er, I would contact Melanie Radburn at ChCh re the accommodation question. If you don't get accommodation it's not the end of the world though, I don't have any and am looking for it soon - stay in touch on that one! My email is available on the fb group! To all- On the turf - its got so many rooms and areas and gets so busy you can't really find people when you don't know who they are... at the KA, it's easy to find people and indoors! Plus the food is better in my humble op.! If anything like last year, we will move as the night goes on! If you guys prefer the urf organise away and I will put it on fb, but tradition says the KA guys! Lol... Sarah.... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:37:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49983 Hi, what are you doing your DPhil on, may I ask? I'll be doing the MSc in Criminology & Criminal Justice...can I still join the FB group? Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:15:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#49984 Hey there, Yes for sure, I am in crim too (the DPhils were part of the law programme) and basically we are part of the law faculty like everyone else!! Join FB for sure as we all have events together and we'd love to see you at the pub. I look very much forward to seeing you over at Manor Rd in -1 and 0th week! Cheers, Sarah Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:03:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#50701 Hi, I also have a question about BCL admissions at Oxford. I read the program description and it sounds very good and it seems like the perfect kind of program for me. But I'm wondering... what grades do you have to get in your first law degree to be reasonably qualified (have a chance) at getting in to the BCL? Right now I'm doing a JD and my first degree isn't in law. I mean, do you have to get straight A's, 4.0 GPA? And also, do most people on the program come from top law schools? Like Harvard, Yale, etc? And one more thing, how much do extracurricular activities count? Thanks! Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:26:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#50724 Oxford states that it requires a "first", which most people seem to agree means placing in the upper 10% of your law school class. Depending on your law school, that cutoff is usually around a GPA of 3.6 or 3.7, I think. I know there are people attending the BCL this year from various Canadian universities, so you certainly don't need a JD from Harvard or Yale. I have no idea what happens as you head further down the quality spectrum than that, though. (i.e., the Southern Las Vegas School of Law and AC Repair). As for extracurriculars, I can only tell you that I didn't say a whole lot about mine when I applied; I got the impression that the focus was more on academics than on anything else. I'd be surprised to learn that they play a substantial role in the admissions process. (As always, however, I stand ready to be corrected.) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:52:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/49410/last#50730 Thanks, Bender! That is reassuring.