How do you know the best place to study law, how can you cut through this marketing haze and decide which college will give you the best start to your career as a solicitor in the UK? Unfortunately as we are impartial here at LawBritannia.co.uk we would not want to favour one law school over another but would encourage you to research each of the law schools to make sure what they do best suits you. Start by visiting the school's own website for details of courses and to download brochures.

There are more than 30 professional law course providers in England and Wales. All, which offer the Legal Practice Course (last qualification required to become a solicitor), are required to comply with and are regularly assessed against written standards that are set down by the Law Society.

Reports made after a three-day visit to the provider by Law Society assessors; they include details of the provider's current offerings, its strengths and weaknesses, and a list of recommendations made by the Law Society to the provider and the current grade or rating assigned to the provider by the assessors. These reports provide you with an impartial assessment of each law school and a good start to your research into courses.

Rate Your Law School.com is also a good starting point for your research. The site allows students to express their views on the legal education and enables you to compare your experience with that of law students at other colleges and universities across the UK. There are others too such as RollOnFriday.com and TraineeSolicitor.com where you will find students chatting about the schools they attend.

Lastly, you should seriously consider coming to the UK to attend open days and law fairs to meet students and staff as well as to actually see the school before you hand over any money. Through this personal contact with the school you can ask questions relevant to your specific needs. If visiting the school is out of the question then be sure to contact the school with all your questions via telephone or email, do not be afraid to ask as you should do as much research as possible before deciding where to spend one to fours years studying.