Applying to law school with specific module course- help

[LittleDeer]

Hey, I'm considering studying law in UK and doing specialisation in animal law later on. And here comes the question: does it matter if I go to a uni that offers animal law as a module course? I've read somewhere that it might be helpful or sth, but the thing is there are not that many schools, which offer it (John Moores, Kingston, Northumbria, Aberdeen, East Anglia, Leeds, Essex, Lincoln), and the ones that do are not the top ones, and the number of points they require (ranging from 27 to 34) is also quite low. What do you think? Thanks for help in advance1

Edited October 16, 2016 by LittleDeer

[Arrowhead]

What do you mean by animal law?  Do you mean law related to environmental protection, perhaps focusing on wildlife protection?  If so, that is very niche.

Do you want to practise law in the UK or elsewhere?  That makes a huge difference to the advice you will be given.

If you want to practise in the UK, it would be very difficult for you to specialise in 'animal law' right out of university.  It is more likely that once you qualify, you may be able to transition into a role that allows you to do legal work related to animals.

Even if this is what you want to do, every lawyer in the UK has to complete what is called a 'Qualifying Law Degree', which means subjects like Contract Law, Tort, Criminal, Public/Administrative Law, Property Law, Trusts and EU Law.  You usually get to do 3-5 optional modules during your degree for which most universities offer a huge list of subjects.  I really do not think doing 'animal law' as a module at university will greatly boost your application, but it depends on the kinds of places you're considering applying to once you're looking for legal roles.  It might be worth giving their HR/Legal teams a call and asking them point-blank if they even hire law graduates for training contracts, or they only hire qualified lawyers, and if having studied something related at university would help set your applications apart.

Sorry it's a little hard to give you advice considering I really don't know how much background knowledge you already have about legal practice in the UK and if you even want to be a lawyer in the UK long term.