You should ask yourself: ‘what can I say to reinforce this student’s application that they might not be able or feel comfortable to say themselves?’ Your teacher UCAS reference needs to complement and reinforce the student’s law personal statement as opposed to duplicating it. In fact, UCAS warns teachers to ‘avoid repeating any of the information they has given in their application, unless you want to comment on it, and avoid mentioning any particular university or college.’Īs such, there is a fine balance to strike between the student’s personal statement and your UCAS reference. The UCAS website states: ‘as a referee, you’re aiming to give universities and colleges an informed and academic assessment of an applicant’s suitability for further study.’ A UCAS reference should ultimately offer a professional and thoughtful appraisal of a student’s ability and suitability to study Law. Like personal statements, a teacher UCAS reference can be up to 4,000 characters and 47 lines long. You will obviously be keen to do the best by your students and this is where The Lawyer Portal comes in! Using our extensive knowledge and insight, we have prepared this teachers’ guide to writing a UCAS reference to help you get ahead and support your students in the best possible way.

This is particularly so when they are applying for competitive courses like Law.

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