What A-levels do you need to study Law?
The biggest subject-choice myth of all: which A-levels you actually need for a law degree (spoiler — no specific ones).
Required subjects
No specific A-levels are required for most Law courses. What matters is strong grades in academic subjects and, where it applies, the admissions test below.
Recommended & helpful
- No specific subject is required by the vast majority of law courses — this is the key myth-buster; you do NOT need A-level Law.
- Essay-based subjects (English, History, Politics) build the reading-and-argument skills law rewards, but they aren't mandatory.
Typical grades
AAA is typical at Russell Group universities; some (e.g. UCL) ask A*AA.
Admissions test
LNAT — required by a specific set of universities only (e.g. Oxford, UCL, Bristol, Durham, King's, LSE, Nottingham, SOAS), NOT by all law courses. Check whether each target is on the LNAT list.
The thing students get wrong: The belief that you must take A-level Law or a fixed subject list for an LLB is false. The real gates are high grades and, for a named subset of universities, the LNAT — not your subject combination.
Explore these subjects
The specification, assessment structure and real grade boundaries for the subjects that matter for this route:
Always check the specific course.Entry requirements and required admissions tests vary by university and change every admissions cycle. Use these pages to narrow your choices, then confirm on each university's own course page and the UCAS — admissions tests.
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