Law Super-curricular resources

● Qualities: work intensively, analytical, logical, draw fine distinctions, communicate and listen effectively

● Need knowledge of current legal issues in the news and of how British legal system work

● Not all law degrees are the same and not all are vocational

● In Personal Statement and interview be able to show how interest in law began and what has been done to develop it

● Problem solving activities to do with legal issues

● Court visiting

Prospects: the UK’s Official Graduate Website: good for careers advice, job descriptions, pay and conditions, contacts, case studies

What About the Law: Studying Law at University by Barnard, O’Sullivan and Virgo (Hart Press)

Becoming a Solicitor PDF on Law Society website

How to Become a Barrister pages of Inner Temple website

Philip Allan Law Review

Being a Juror webpages good on how courts work

Visit Magistrates’ and Crown Courts

Observe a case

Background sheets about each case available.

Exhibition about history and work of the supreme Court

Experience the challenges of being a Justice activity in the exhibition

The Cases that Changed Britain