Letters to a Law Student

Series
Pearson
Author
Nicholas J McBride  
Publisher
Pearson
Cover
Softcover
Edition
4
Language
English
Total pages
392
Pub.-date
October 2017
ISBN13
9781292149240
ISBN
1292149248
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Description

 

The definitive guide to studying law at university, Letters to a Law Student is an indispensable guide for any law student, at any point in their undergraduate degree. It is packed full of practical advice and helpful answers to the most common questions about studying law at university across every stage of taking, or thinking about taking, a law degree.

Features

 

·    Covers all of the key skills and attributes needed for successful study throughout the entirety of a law degree programme;

·    Adopts a unique ‘letter’ approach to answer common questions a law student may have about their study;

·    Contains a wealth of practical tips, examples and exercises throughout to help students get the very most out of their studies;

·    Includes ‘Top 10’ lists to support students across a range of law related topics.

 

New to this Edition

 

This 4th edition includes:

·    New letters relating to free speech; and how to cope with the challenges of studying law;

·    Coverage of the changing route to qualification of a solicitor from 2020 onwards;

·    Top 10 lists on a range of law related topics.

 

Table of Contents

Preface

Letter 1 What is Law?

Letter 2 Four reasons for studying law

Letter 3 The astonishing hypothesis

Letter 4 But is law the right subject for me?

Top 10 Myths about studying law

 

Letter 5 Choosing a university

Letter 6 The LNAT and other law tests

Letter 7 Tips for interview

Letter 8 How (and how not) to argue

Top 10 Fallacies and stupidities

 

Letter 9 General tips on studying law

Letter 10 Some hard truths

Letter 11 Avoiding problems

Letter 12 Coping with stress

Top 10 Films about law

 

Letter 13 Making the most of your time

Letter 14 Using a textbook

Letter 15 Reading cases

Letter 16 A short history of law reporting

Top 10 Figures in English legal history

 

Letter 17 Making sense of statutes

Letter 18 How to get through an article

Letter 19 Using the internet

Letter 20 Getting the most out of where you are

Top 10 Controversies in English law

 

Letter 21 Your fellow students

Letter 22 On free speech

Letter 23 How to write an essay

Letter 24 Writing a dissertation

Top 10 Metaphors, allusions and phrases

 

Letter 25 How to write a problem answer

Letter 26 Tips on revising

Letter 27 Last advice before the exams

Letter 28 Moving on

Top 10 Final words of advice

Appendix A A mini-dictionary of English Law

Appendix B Century Insurance v Northern Ireland RoadTransport Board [1942] A.C. 509

Back Cover

 

What does it take to succeed as a law student? This book will show you how.

 

Voted one of the top 6 books that all future law students should read by The Guardian’s studying law website*, Letters to a Law Student is packed full of practical advice and helpful answers to the most common questions about studying law at University across every stage of taking, or thinking about taking, a law degree.

 

Discover:

·    Whether reading law at University is the right thing for you;

·    What law students do;

·    How to get the best marks in exams;

·    Tips on coping with the challenges of studying law;

·    What you can do with a law degree;

·    The way in which qualifying as a solicitor is set to change in the future,

 

… and much more.

 

Nicholas J. McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

 

 

*http://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/aug/08/six-best-law-books

 

Author

 

Nicholas J. McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; he was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.  He is (with Roderick Bagshaw) the author of Tort Law, now in its fifth edition.