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Letters to a Law Student

Letters to a Law Student

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Publisher Pearson Education Limited
Year 02/05/2022
Pages 392
Version paperback
Readership level College/higher education
Language English
ISBN 9781292375304
Categories Legal profession: general
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Learn the skills it takes to succeed as a law graduate with this essential text.

Letters to a Law Student, 5th edition, Global Edition by Nicholas J McBride, provides a thorough introductory guide to higher education and learning context for law studies. Voted in the top 6 books that future law students should read, it is an approachable and easy-to-follow guidebook. The text flows as a series of letters between a lecturer and aspiring student, divided into chronological parts from thinking about a law degree to preparing to study law, studying law, writing like a lawyer, and thinking about the future.

McBride adds practical advice throughout the book, supporting your transition from school to studying law as a first-year undergraduate. The 5th edition helps to build confidence and encourages the essential study and legal skills you will need to succeed. Packed with new and revised material, Letters to a law student remains a current and helpful reference.

This text is a great companion for general law modules on skills, legal system, jurisprudence and law, government, and society to keep you thinking critically, analysing and understanding the law.

Letters to a Law Student

Table of contents

Preface

About the author

Publisher acknowledgments

PART ONE. THINKING ABOUT STUDYING LAW

  • Letter 1 What is law?
  • Letter 2 Five reasons for studying law
  • Letter 3 Defending the law
  • Letter 4 Why not do something else?
  • Letter 5 Is law for me?

PART TWO. PREPARING TO STUDY LAW

  • Letter 6 Two hard truths
  • Letter 7 On free speech
  • Letter 8 Means and ends
  • Letter 9 Acts and omissions
  • Letter 10 The many and the few
  • Letter 11 The harm principle
  • Letter 12 Justice and rights
  • Letter 13 How to argue
  • Letter 14 On doing the LNAT

PART THREE. STUDYING LAW

  • Letter 15 General tips
  • Letter 16 Avoiding problems
  • Letter 17 Making the most of your time
  • Letter 18 Using a textbook
  • Letter 19 Reading cases
  • Letter 20 A brief history of law reporting
  • Letter 21 Making sense of statutes
  • Letter 22 Getting through articles
  • Letter 23 Making the most out of where you are

PART FOUR. WRITING LIKE A LAWYER

  • Letter 24 How to write an essay
  • Letter 25 How to write a problem answer
  • Letter 26 Writing a dissertation
  • Letter 27 Revising for and doing exams

PART FIVE. AFTER STUDYING LAW

  • Letter 28 Moving on

APPENDICES

Appendix A

A mini-dictionary of law

Appendix B

End notes

Index

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