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Considering 189 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many consumers frequently praise the helpfulness and quality of lecturers, tutors, and teaching staff, noting their clear guidance and support. People often found the admissions team and overall staff to be supportive, kind, and responsive, contributing to a remarkable learning experience. However, some customers noted significant dissatisfaction with administrative services, including issues with communication, slow response times, and disorganization. People experienced problems with admissions, visa processes, and receiving necessary support, particularly for students with special requirements. Specific issues mentioned include ignored emails, missed calls, and difficulties reaching staff, with some reviewers also experiencing challenges with module leaders.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I had really great lecturers who were instrumental in ensuring I didn’t disgrace myself. My supervisor gave clear guidance around my dissertation, and the overall teaching experience was good. Sadl... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Truly remarkable learning experience and leadership support from Tutors and students support teams. My health issues would had prevented from completing this law course however ULaw gave me the suppo... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I had a lovely experience as a student. The lecturers were very helpful. The classes were always clean. The assignments were not overwhelming. My project supervisor was present and super helpful. With... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

SQE 1 Prep course was great, good quality teaching, great resources & plenty of practice questions. SQE 2 teaching was varied, the advocacy teaching was really good and hands on. Overall passed both... See more

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With a rich heritage and a reputation for innovation and contemporary teaching practices, we continuously focus on developing the best legal and business minds.

We are the largest provider of legal education, with more law students choosing us than any other UK university in 2023 (HESA 2022/23). What really sets us apart is the guiding principle that future lawyers and business leaders should learn in a realistic, professional and contemporary context, with plenty of practical interactive engagement. That's why we keep our contact hours high and our teaching groups small.

All of our courses – from our undergraduate law degrees to our diverse range of business courses and postgraduate programmes – are designed with a unique, varied and innovative learning approach proven to deliver self-reliant professionals who can compete in the fast changing professional world.

Our track record of excellence in learning and development has helped us establish worldwide connections within the legal and business industries. We provide legal training for 90 of the top 100 law firms in the UK and exclusively deliver SQE training for over 65 leading UK and US law firms.

More than 400 of our lecturers are qualified lawyers and business professionals, and all have extensive practical experience which they are able to pass on to our students. We facilitate this process with high levels of student-to-lecturer contact time and small class sizes - one of the reasons that many firms insist their trainees study with us.

We focus exclusively on practice-based training and give students access to our expert Careers and Employability service database as soon as they accept a place with us. Students also benefit from our pioneering and award-winning pro bono programmes, which allow them to gain valuable work experience by helping real clients from the local community.

We were ranked in the top 10 for our quality of teaching across UK universities in the NSS 2024 (7th in England) and in the Office for Students (OfS) Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023, we were awarded an overall Silver rating, with a Gold rating for Student Experience and Silver rating for the Student Outcomes.

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We’re so confident you’ll succeed that if you don’t obtain a job in nine months after completing your course, you'll get 100% of your fees back, made up of 50% as cashback, plus 50% as credit towards another course.*

Our Employment Promise is offered to students studying a selection of our postgraduate law courses, including our LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2), and a range of our postgraduate business courses.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

THE ENROLMENT CUSTOMER SERVICE IN…

THE ENROLMENT CUSTOMER SERVICE IN STUDENT ADMISSIONS & FINANCE IS VERY BAD. ALL YOU GET IS BEING BOUNCED FROM ONE TEAM TO THE OTHER. NO ONE TAKES OWNERSHIP OR GIVES ANY ADVICE TO HELP RESOLVE YOUR ISSUES/QUERIES. IN ESSENCE, ALL NUMBERS YOU CALL GO TO A CALL CENTRE IN INDIA that HAVE A STOCK ANSWER WHICH IS to CONTACT THE OTHER DEPARTMENT. WHEN YOU DO GET RESPONSES, THEY ARE GENERIC EMAIL TEMPLATES THAT DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SPECIFIC QUERY.

3 August 2025
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Reply from The University of Law

Thank you for your review. We’re sorry to learn that your experience didn’t meet expectations and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know. We take all feedback seriously and use it to inform improvements across our services.

We’d welcome the opportunity to understand more about your specific experience so we can address any issues and ensure they’re not repeated.
Whilst we haven’t received a response to our Trustpilot request, we’re still keen to hear from you. If you’re open to continuing the conversation, please email us at reviews@law.ac.uk.

Thanks again for your honesty - we hope you'll be in touch soon.
- Olivia

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst university to choose in uk

Worst university to choose in uk, don't go for it, no staff support, waste of time

20 August 2025
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Reply from The University of Law

Thank you for your review Jaspreet. We’re sorry to hear that your experience with the University didn’t meet your expectations. We understand how important it is to feel supported and we regret that we fell short in this instance.

Although we haven’t received a response to our Trustpilot request for more information, we’d still welcome the chance to speak with you. Please feel free to email us at reviews@law.ac.uk - your feedback will be shared with our internal teams so we can reflect and make improvements.

We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.

- Olivia

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pretty much a repeat of what the majority of are saying

I’m so stressed with reading so many negative reviews and ULaw haven’t done anything to address the comments, no feedback or acknowledgment, which really is poor. I haven’t even started my online course and already I have experienced lack of communication, lack of support and lack of instruction. To make matters worse I’ve read that I will be liable for some of the course fees if I pull out of studying with them, despite the course not having started yet. I struggle with my health as it is and the way I feel I have been discarded is already having a major impact on my health, to be honest it’s pushing me into quite a dark place. ULaw outsource their calls, you end up talking to someone from overseas who just can’t help you due to lack of understanding the importance of your call, the education advisors are also contracted and aren’t from the ULaw, they don’t return your calls and you are constantly going round and around, call centre, told Ed Advisor will call, no call back, back to call centre, and this cycle continues. Honestly I haven’t even started and I’ve cried so much, it is supposed to be one of the happiest times in my life to progress to postgraduate study and I feel helpless, hopeless and manipulated and exploited by ULaw, They have trapped me and there is nothing I can do about it. I won’t be adding my student ID here because I don’t want them to fail me in my postgrad which I have no choice but to continue with them as I can’t afford to pay them for part of the course which I haven’t even started yet.

1 August 2025
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Reply from The University of Law

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review Summer. We're really sorry to hear that your experience so far doesn't reflect the level of care and support we aim to provide. We understand how disappointing this must have been and we sincerely apologise for any upset caused.

Your feedback is incredibly important to us and we’ve shared it with our online team so we can learn from it and make meaningful improvements. We’d love the opportunity to understand more about what happened, so we can ensure others don’t face the same experience.

Even though we didn’t hear back via our Trustpilot request for more information, our door is still open. If you feel comfortable, please do reach out to us at reviews@law.ac.uk - we’d really appreciate hearing from you.

Thank you again for sharing your thoughts.

- Olivia

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give them zero I would

If I could give them zero I would. Absolute joke during the application process which for some reason lasted 3 MONTHS they weren’t organised enough to actually know what was going on. After providing all my information and meeting the requirements for the course they were more useless than ever before as they still weren’t sure if I had sent them the right stuff as if I’m stupid. The interview process was made specifically clear that it would not be judged based on legal skills rather it would be a simple advocacy process. It later turns out that it was but they deliberately chose not to say anything. They have been conniving against me for some reason from the start as they initially made lies about waiting to receive a reference letter from my referee when in fact they had never sent a request. Absolute waste of time, if they didn’t want me they shouldn’t have shown in interest and dragged it on for the best part of 3 Months.

8 August 2025
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Reply from The University of Law

Thank you for your review HH. We’re sorry to learn that your experience didn’t meet expectations and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know. We take all feedback seriously and use it to inform improvements across our services.

We’d welcome the opportunity to understand more about your experience so we can address any issues and ensure they’re not repeated. While we haven’t received a response to our Trustpilot request, we’re still keen to hear from you.

If you’re open to continuing the conversation, please email us at reviews@law.ac.uk. Your insights are valuable and we’re committed to learning from them.

Thank you again for taking the time to share your review.

- Olivia

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

Worst university EVER. I wish there was an option to give it -10 stars because it clearly does not deserve any more than that.

What I hate most about it is the lack of support and clear communication. They have so many designated teams for every department and encourage students to contact them with any query, yet, they never answer calls or get back to your emails in time and when they do all they have to say is "I'm sorry I cannot help you with this please contact xyz department" or they give such vague responses that I feel like pulling my hair. What is the use of so many contact lines when students don't even get clear and true answers to their questions.

I am so frustrated because I enrolled for LPC LLM and spent almost £15k on this course and they have been so unhelpful that I feel like all that money has gone down the drain. My career literally depends on this course and they take that fact so non-seriously and do not provide you with sufficient support AT ALL!

Currently I have my resits in less than 2 weeks and I am desperately seeking feedback from the Assessment's office as the one they sent me was password protected and I can not access it. Upon calling them all they said was that they are not sure what the password could be and they will resend the feedback without a password but do not know when like???? How are you of any help as an assessment team if you don't even know when you might or might not re-send the feedback to students who desperately need it. It is YOUR job, how can YOU not know the timelines.

One more thing; when I called them with a question they answered very vaguely (equivalent to no answer) and told me to contact some other team and upon contacting the other team, they told me to contact the first team?! They need to sort themselves out immediately!!! I have so many more complaints that I could write for the whole day but I will leave it here because honestly it is not like they would do anything about it. I just wish I could get my money and time back because it was nothing but waste to spend it all on this university.

To all those considering going here, PLEASE do not for your own mental health, it is just not worth it!

29 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad institution

If there was an option to provide 0 stars when I would. My course at this 'university' has been nothing but an awful experience for me - I decided (off my own back) to work full time alongside studying full time. I would consider myself academic and enjoy learning but the university made me feel stupid and invisible; their admin responses are between 7-10 days, they gave very brief responses to comments and questions in meetings and then when it came to the results of my assignments, included a range of different comments that they hadn't even mentioned beforehand. There is one particular member of staff in the Psychology department who is rude and degrading. Waste of money.

14 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Truly, best avoided.

The teaching is okay, the tutors appears quite knowledgeable and receptive to emails. However, the general governance of ULaw is nothing short of horrendous. They have absolutely no interest in student wellbeing, I have been threatened and bullied over non-existent tuition debts. I was even cut off just before a coursework submission over a debt which they accepted afterwards wasn’t owing - I then had to submit the coursework late due to their mistake. It’s a complete shambles.

1 June 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No teachers,this is a con

No teachers, low rent presentations, pathetic money grab. These people have franchises on campuses across the uk, the course is an online system with zero lectures and masses of chapters of other peoples work, the requirements to pass are to regurgitate the info to them exactly as you want it. There is no information they provide that isn’t on YouTube this is a disgrace.

6 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

don't apply in this uni time waste to…

don't apply in this uni time waste to much 3 4 month cas dealy after clear the interview they don't give a cas so why horrible uni clear the interview why they taking the fees bad experience i ever seen. one of the bad or we can se scam uni of law bad tooo much badd experience pls don't apply in this uni. it's s fake scam uni 0 rating experience

23 April 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Run by call centres in India - terrible customer service.

The lecturers have been great and some of the staff have been awesome.

The entirety of their central administration is operated by call centres in India, call any of their phone lines and see, just a money saving excersize with zero regard for customer service.

I have had significant issues getting any assistance with my concerns, with not all but some rude staff putting the phone down on me, or brushing me off.

Their level of spoken english is very medicore and many have thick accents. I have no issue with this, however when you are trying to explain complex or pressing issues many are unable to string together sentences complex enough to answer your query, most of the time you are directed to 'email them'... then THEY DO NOT RESPOND. It a cycle of abysmal customer service, that im sure ULaw executive's have no issue with as they saving money out-sourcing the service.

19 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid and save your money!

I have been with ULAW for my PGDL, SQE1 and SQE2.

PGDL - material contents and teachers were OK but not great. They would swap teachers whenever they wish. You would get 0 response to emails. I once had the dean respond to my email saying they will look into my query once I enrol, when I had already been a student for half a year. Reception staff would literally lie to your face when you ask for a room to study and tell you everything is busy, but whole floors of the building would literally be vacant so you'd have to email student services to book on your behalf instead. Resource materials are all over the place with 1 task having 10+ unnecessary files so you are left with 3298572305872 documents that serve no purpose at all. Teachers give the bare minimum in terms of feedback and for most of your mocks you will not get personalised feedback!

SQE1 - the SBAQ question bank which they seem to use as their selling point is riddled with out-dated figures and dates, some questions have repeating answers and other questions are literally duplicates. A lot of the answers ended up having errors so myself and a group of students had to consistently give feedback. Some of the study materials were out-dated so they ended up giving us PDFs with corrected information saying you should ignore XYZ...

The university provides 0 summary notes unlike any other provider out there. You are forced to read tons of pages of their own books which is a total waste of time when all you want to do is get straight to the point, learn what you need to learn and move on. Teachers would also refuse to provide you with summaries with a few exceptions.

SQE2 - the most awfully organised, structured and ran course on the planet. At most you'd get 20 mocks which repeat content. Workshops are totally useless apart from the oral ones. No focus on FLK at all. They provide the bare minimum of templates and structures and would literally tell you to always call the judge "judge' regardless of scenario which is wrong. Teachers would not respond at all and would still be random people every workshop so you end up confused. The learning materials and workshop content for SQE2 are a total mess.

ULAW's strategy is to get as many firms to partner with them for extortionate amount of money and then run awfully managed courses that would stress students unnecessarily. You will get 0 revision notes and minimal prep for the SQE exams at a price of over 6k per SQE course, whereas QLTS offers 1 course for 2k with over 300 mocks and constant tutor support with mock exams that are 95% similar to the real thing. Somebody please explain the logic of ULAW?

We had feedback sessions with our group's personal tutor and all of their comments (in confidence) was that they can do nothing about the course, the materials or the teachers and would direct you to the heads of department but ask you not to mention they gave you their email.

They mix classes with firm sponsored people with non-firm sponsored people and would literally make people sit mock exams 2 days before actual exam so there is no way for you to get your feedback before the exam. A lot of my cohort students were so burnt out from the management of the course they just stopped attending classes. What's worse is that they won't even give you your MA diploma unless you pass you SQE1 which at NO POINT during the enrolment none of the staff made a comment about this condition and it was not disclosed anywhere else.

Student services will pester you about making payments but when you have a genuine query about making a payment they will not respond to you at all. Career services is non-existent, they never respond to emails.

Honestly shocking. I have been with BPP before and I used to think they were bad, but ULAW tops everything negative. Honestly, save your money and avoid like the plague, ask your law firm to not put you with ULAW and tell your law firm about your negative experience with ULAW. They will rob you and leave you with no preparation whatsoever.

10 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unethical, Obstructive, and Failing Students

For months, I have been caught in a bureaucratic maze, forced through an exhausting and ineffective informal complaints process that has led absolutely nowhere. After submitting a formal complaint in January 2025, I expected at least a basic level of engagement with the issues I raised. Instead, I have faced nothing but delays, dismissive responses, and a complete lack of accountability from the University’s administration.

One of the most egregious failures has been the University’s repeated inability to correctly set up exams, which has directly impacted my academic progression. Despite flagging these issues multiple times, I have been left in situations where I cannot sit my exams properly, forcing me into procedural defect applications that should never have been necessary in the first place. The response from the University? Silence, avoidance, and no real solution to ensure this does not keep happening.

Adding to the frustration, the University has also made sudden, unexplained policy changes regarding sitting exams during an intermission—an essential option for students who have already been negatively affected by the University’s own failures. Last year I was initially told (along with others) that I would be able to sit my exams under an intermission with permission. However, I have now been informed that this is no longer allowed. No notice, no justification, and no attempt to consider the serious impact this has had on my ability to complete my degree. Particularly when you are behind because of them.

The way the University of Law handles complaints is nothing short of deliberately obstructive. They will keep you stuck in an endless cycle of informal complaints, wasting months of your time with no real outcomes, only to then tell you to submit a formal complaint anyway. This isn’t just frustrating, it is ethically questionable and potentially unlawful under consumer protection laws. Universities have a duty to provide a service that is fit for purpose, yet at every stage, the University of Law has failed to meet even the most basic expectations.

What makes this even more disgraceful is the lack of consideration for the mental health and financial impact their failures have caused. I have used my own annual leave to sit exams that weren’t even set up properly. This is an unacceptable way to treat students who are already under pressure to succeed in a demanding academic environment.

I would strongly warn anyone considering enrolling at the University of Law to reconsider. They do not take student concerns seriously, they do not take responsibility for their repeated failures, and they do not care about the impact of their actions. Once they have your tuition fees, you are on your own.

11 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

**Unsatisfactory Educational…

**Unsatisfactory Educational Experience**

It is challenging to categorise ULaw as an educational institution, as it appears to be a fraudulent institution.

I couldn’t agree more with the previous review regarding payment issues. I experienced a similar situation when attempting to clarify the issue and respond to their harassing emails.

After informing them that I intended to cancel my application due to the lack of services provided and harassment from their finance team, they advised me to withdraw. Today they contacted me again contacted by phone call. Once I informed them that I am withdrawing from the course, they were only interested to prepare a payment plan for the withdrawal fee.

I attempted to withdraw as per the finance team advice, but I was threatened with liability, claiming that I would be liable to pay one-sixth of the annual course fee (£2,183.33). However, there is no course being offered. They have only provided me with login credentials for online access, which they use to “teach” the Law course. I have not attended any classes or lectures, as they were never provided any. I have applied for online course and I have only course room classes in my timetable.

Instead of receiving an education, I have been subjected to unacceptable behaviour, approaches, and threats.

24 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Postgraduate experience as an online student

I went to a terrible undergrad uni and was concerned what my postgrad experience at ULaw would be like. But, ULaw have been great to me and I’ve had an enjoyable and seamless experience overall at the university over the last 11 months of my course. I’ve been class representative for my online cohort. As an online student I’ve felt supported and confident in receiving any additional guidance I may need from tutors. I’ve recently begun attending the library on campus to work in during deadline season and that has also been great for me. Overall not had any issues with any departments, and their email responses are speedy. When I potentially need extra time for any appointments this has always been accommodated. Disabilty team, finance team, library services, tutors, online learning systems, career’s portals, and more has all been a good experience for me. So far I’m very happy with my choice to study here for my Masters.

17 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

RK - ULaw

Thus far I have settled in well and made many new friends. Also, the workshops tend to be structured well and the drop-in sessions have been useful.

5 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would strongly advise against…

I would strongly advise against enrolling at the University of Law due to the ridiculous financial pressure and lack of professionalism they impose on students. From the start, their fee structure is unclear, and they continuously demand payments with little to no flexibility, making it extremely stressful for students to manage their finances.

Despite charging exorbitant fees, the quality of education and support is shockingly poor. The administration is completely unhelpful, and rather than assisting students, they seem more focused on extracting money at every opportunity. There is a serious lack of transparency in their policies, and communication is often dismissive or outright unprofessional.

The level of academic support is disappointing, with lecturers often unavailable and resources that do not justify the fees they charge. Instead of nurturing future legal professionals, they seem more interested in running a money-making business at students' expense.

If you are considering joining this university, think twice before falling into this financial trap. The stress and frustration caused by their poor management and exploitative fee system are simply not worth it!

3 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Currently studying at the Manchester…

Currently studying at the Manchester Campus. The course structure is well planned and the lessons are invaluable. Overall the university is highly career-focused, with excellent employability support, networking opportunities, and practical workshops that prepare you for the legal world. Overall, it's a great choice if you're looking for a law-focused education with a strong career emphasis.

9 September 2024
Unprompted review

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