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We've interviewed a variety of Law undergraduates from different backgrounds and across Oxford colleges to hear their thoughts on applying to the university, the support it provides for applicants, and life once you get here.
Studying Law
Oxford works on a system of fewer contact hours with more reading and self-directed study, but the tutorial system means students can discuss all the concepts they've been reading about and raise problems as they come across them. You'll get to bounce your own ideas off those of leading academics in the field.
Welfare and Financial Support
There is a network of various welfare and financial support systems in place at Oxford, available through faculties, colleges, and the university as a whole. Student representatives are appointed within the Law Faculty to report to the governing body about matters of student experience, as well as course-related concerns, and then feed discussions back to students. The faculty also has a series of prizes available to Law undergraduates.
The Interview Guide
All prospective Law candidates will be required to sit at least two interviews in the college that they applied or have been pooled to. These should last no more than half an hour and are intended to imitate the style of a conventional one-on-one tutorial.
Access Opportunities
The Law Faculty is committed to widening access to Oxford and holds a variety of events every year directed at first-generation students and those from lower income backgrounds or schools with a low history of progression to higher education. These include open days, our summer schools, and the Pathways to Law programme.
College Life
The life of a Law student is typically split between time within the Law Faculty, which provides the Bodleian Law Library and lectures, or at college, where the majority of tutorial teaching takes place.
Social Life
You won't want to spend all your time studying. For Law students there is an array of subject-related extra-curricular activities to choose between, from joining the Oxford Law Society to participating in debating and mooting competitions.
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What students had to say about...
Studying Law
'Having a tutorial system allows you to bring [law] to life... it's not just you reading a book constantly by yourself'
'You end up very close to the law students - most of my best friends are law students, just because we're in the same place'
Welfare and Financial Support
'I honestly think the financial support here at Oxford is second to none'
'The welfare support in Oxford is incredible. I've used the disability advisory service and they helped me so much'
Oxford Interviews
'[Tutors] are not trying to catch you out or scare you... They just want to have a chat with you and see how you think'
'If they ask you a difficult question, that's a good thing, because they want to see exactly what teaching you would be like'
'You kind of imagine it being like an Apprentice boardroom style... but I remember coming out of my interview and going for lunch with two of the other candidates'
Access
'I didn't think it was possible, I didn't think that anyone from my background could end up at Oxford... but I knew that I'd regret it if I didn't at least try to apply'
'Pretty much everyone here didn't think they would get in'
The Collegiate System
'Even though there are about 20,000 students in the Univesrity, there are only about 400 in you college... it's a bit like school in the sense of size'
'College gives you the opportunity to meet people from different courses that you might not otherwise meet if you weren't in that small environment'
Social Life
'I think it's odd that there is this misconception that we study all the time... I'm the sort of person who needs lots of relaxation time as well'
'You plan your own schedule so a lot of it is about how you work'