The Law Student's Handbook - Softcover

Wilson, Steve; Kenny, Phillip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199562172 ISBN 13: 9780199562176

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2010

Synopsis

The Law Student's Handbook offers a practical and informative guide to studying law. It introduces the ways in which law is taught, then covers in detail the practical study and academic skills required to study law. The authors complete the picture by looking ahead to legal careers. This is ideal as pre-course reading for prospective law students, and can also be a valuable point of reference during the first year and throughout a law degree.
Hint and key point boxes, as well as checklists encourage students to actively engage with the material, while the Online Resource Centre provides a wealth of additional information such as information about law courses and sources of postgraduate finance.

Online Resource Centre

The Law Student's Handbook is fully supported by an extensive Online Resource Centre containing material which law students at all stages of their study will find invaluable.

Online resources for prospective students
- List of law courses available
- Student testimonials - on getting to grips with a law library, etc.
- Advice on taking the LNAT

Online resources for current law students
- The 'gobbledygook test'
- Suggestions for further reading
- Useful web links (newspapers, estates gazette, etc)

Looking ahead
- Addresses of professional bodies
- Sources of postgraduate finance

About this title

Product Description:

The Law Student''s Handbook The Law Student''s Handbook offers a practical guide to studying law, covering in detail the practical study and academic skills required to study law. Key point and hint boxes, as well as checklists encourage active learning and understanding, while the Online Resource Centre provides additional information including student testimonials. Full description

Review:

Review from previous edition 'I was very impressed with its combination of useful practical guidance and insight into the actual study of law.' (Hazel McLean, Law Lecturer, Exeter University)

'It fills a niche that is becoming increasingly important in legal undergraduate education - that of equipping first year students with basic information about the subject they are about to study.' (Eoin Carolan, School of Law, University College Dublin)

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199562172
• ISBN 13: 9780199562176
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 392