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stenley 
Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Posts: 4 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
I have some problem with ranking issue as King's was ranked 9th last year at Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:25 AM extras.timesonline.co.uk/gug/gooduniversityguide.p…;=21&x=14&y=11 and UCL is always from last 10 years ranked better than LSE, see the data of last year.. It made me difficult to decide between KCL or UCL , but i have heard that there are also some good professors in UCL for Commercial laws... So how to choose between KCL and UCL as i am not aware about professors at UCL , but i believe UCL modules are better than King's. I need your suggestions as how to choose between KCL and UCL.. [Edited by link updater on 10 Mar 2009] |
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Russ   Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 207 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
Your ranking information is outdated. King's is ranked 4th in The Times 2009 ranking: extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversitygui…
Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:44 PM |
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| stenley
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KCL or UCL for Commercial law
I have no support from anyone to say about a word for UCL..... i have seen in past posts that KCL has good faculty for financial and competition law... but it was ranked in past at 9th... on the other hand, UCL is always among top 5, except for this year King's got 4th rank..Wed Mar 11, 2009 09:56 AM I intend to study international tax, financial laws,M & A, competition laws.. but confuse between KCL and UCL ... Any suggestion? [Edited by stenley on 11 Mar 2009] |
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| Dinu
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KCL or UCL for Commercial law
Head of King's Commercial Law - Professor RJ HooleyWed Mar 11, 2009 10:02 AM Former tenant at the top commercial chambers in the country - Fountain Court Chambers - former chambers of Lord Bingham, Former Attorney General Tom Goldsmith and Advocate General Francis Jacobs. The Commercial Law faculty at King's is very strong. |
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| Dinu
Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 3 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
Just if anyone is interested!Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:12 AM He is also a consultant for Allen and Overy. kcl.ac.uk/schools/law/about/staff/h/hooleyr.html And for more info.: www.fountaincourt.co.uk/ |
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| CR1 Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 109 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
both universities are good, obviously, but and after some personal research of the courses and profs, I would personally lean toward KCL in this particular specialization.
Wed Mar 11, 2009 01:20 PM |
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| Alawyer
Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Posts: 9 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
UCL is the best in Commercial law.. visit the website and you will see..Fri Mar 13, 2009 06:17 PM Commercial and Corporate Law Commercial and corporate law form a major part of the faculty’s LLM and graduate research programmes under the auspices of the Centre for Commercial Law. The Centre for Commercial Law promotes excellence in the research and teaching of international commercial law. Through its published work and the many projects undertaken for UK, EC and international agencies, the centre’s aim is to contribute to the critical understanding of the socioeconomic and political dimensions of commercial transactions and regulatory regimes. An important aspect of the centre’s role is to bridge the gap between academic law and its practical application. Graduate students who want to specialise in these areas can choose from a broad range of Master’s subjects taught by members of the faculty, who include internationally recognised experts in highly specialised fields of commercial law. The faculty maintains close links with distinguished practitioners in City law firms, who provide valuable contributions to graduate teaching in the faculty. Members of the centre’s academic staff include: • Professor Richard Calnan • Ms Alison Clarke • Professor Ian Fletcher • Professor Valentine Korah • Professor Sir Hugh Laddie QC • Professor John Lowry • Dr Riz Mokal • Professor Hiroshi Oda • Professor Philip Rawlings • Dr Arad Reisberg • Dr Fiona Smith • Professor Robert Stevens. I believe it is need less to say about these professors... |
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| Alawyer
Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Posts: 9 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
I believe this may show you modules at UCLFri Mar 13, 2009 06:22 PM www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/prospective/llm/index.shtml?llm… [Edited by Alawyer on 13 Mar 2009] |
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| Banker Joined: 22 May 2007 Posts: 60 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
Just few comments - currently studying banking & finance at UCL.Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:52 AM My modules are as folows: Secured Transaction - Prof. Stevens- used to teach in OXford the best teacher I have ever seen Corporate Finance - tought at the same time by professor D.Prentice (teaching primarly at Oxford) and Dr. Rriesberg. DP is really top top top! its real experince to listen to his lectures! International Finance - Prof. Graham Pen (head of bankng finance at Sidley Austin) / excellent. Reg. of Financial Markets - very bad. Moreover: at UCL - there is no tax law competition law seems to be better at Kings since some of my schoolmates attend lectures at Kings. M&A at UCL - middle - nothing special. Generely it seems to me that at UCL students are forced to work more than at KCL (just my impression)...... Maybe it helps.... [Edited by Banker on 14 Mar 2009] |
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| stenley
Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Posts: 4 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
How do you rate the reputation of KCL or UCL in the Law Firms at London after LLM in Commercial law? however UCL has no International Tax, and M & A is not that good..
Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:56 PM |
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| PhilipPirrip
Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 1 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
I would be interested to hear people's views on this topic. I notice on the UCL Law faculty website that they recently earned the top spot of number one law school in the UK, (see www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/) but this might relate to their undergrad program, and as with all ranking tables, it is possible that distorted, one-off, freakish results can be achieved.Thu May 14, 2009 11:39 AM I think the real questions I would like to know the answers to are: - would a 2:1 commercial law LLM from King's or UCL help get a traineeship interview with a big London firm? - would either LLM open more doors than the other? (because of reputation) - would it be much easier to score higher grades in one of these colleges than in the other? |
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| riddhishah86
Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 2 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
I am a law student from india and am in a similar dilema. i need to chose between ucl and kcl. subjects of interest include M&A and competition law.
Wed May 27, 2009 07:26 PM |
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| CR1 Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 109 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
I think KCL is better especially for M&A, competition courses and has some very interesting finance law courses being taught by Tennekon/Dalhuisen/LomnickaWed May 27, 2009 08:04 PM UCL is excellent obviously but I would go for KCL in this field [Edited by CR1 on 27 May 2009] |
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| riddhishah86
Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 2 |
KCL or UCL for Commercial law
thank you so much for your input...
Thu May 28, 2009 03:50 AM |
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