The University of Bristol Law School is a centre for intellectually demanding, research-informed legal education. We aim to produce accomplished, well-rounded and enquiring graduates with a rich, ethically grounded appreciation of law in business and society.

In the final year all students produce an extended research project on a topic of their choice. The core and optional units reflect the wide variety of approaches to legal research adopted by the scholars in the Law School.

We are committed to the personal and professional development of our students, with small-group teaching throughout. There is also an embedded law clinic programme that enables students to work on real-life cases with professional guidance and support.

All applicants must sit the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT) before the relevant deadline. Details are available on the LNAT website. Please refer to the Admissions Statement below for further information about LNAT.

All our law courses satisfy the degree requirements laid down by the Bar Standards Board.

Please note that the routes to qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales are changing. Based on current information, the changes will likely affect all those commencing their law degrees from September 2021 onwards, if they wish to qualify as a solicitor. The latest information on these changes can be found on the Law School website or on the Solicitors Regulation Authority website. There is currently no indication that the Bar Standards Board (BSB), the body that regulates barristers, will change its academic requirements for qualification as a barrister.

Find out more about the course structure and units available for Law

A-level Standard offer	A*AA or A*A*B
A-level Contextual offer What is a contextual offer?	AAB
International Baccalaureate Diploma Standard offer	38 points overall with 18 at Higher Level
International Baccalaureate Diploma Contextual offer What is a contextual offer?	34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level
Cambridge Pre-U offer	Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/ D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/ M2 is B, and M3 is C.
Access to HE Diploma offer	Access to HE Diploma in Humanities, Law or Social Sciences. The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above. Mature students are welcome to contact mature-students@bristol.ac.uk to check the suitability of their Access course. Mature students can contact mature-students@bristol.ac.uk to check the suitability of their Access course.
BTEC offer	D*DD in a relevant subject
Scottish Qualifications Authority offer	Advanced Higher: AA, and Standard Higher: AAAAA
Welsh Baccalaureate offer	Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade.
European Baccalaureate offer	88% overall
UK qualifications	Further information about UK qualifications
International qualifications	Accepted international qualifications

Applicants must also meet these requirements

GCSE profile requirements	Profile: No specific subjects required. Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels.
English language requirements	If English is not your first language, you need to meet this profile level: Profile B Further information about English language requirements and profile levels.
Additional requirements	LNAT, the National Admissions Test for Law, is required. See the LNAT website for details.