Letters to a Law Student, 5th edition

Help your students understand what it takes to achieve a successful law degree and career in law.

Letters to a Law Student, 5th edition, Global Edition introduces your students to core principles of studying law with practical advice and insights on the transition from school to becoming a first-year undergraduate. The text reads as a series of letters between a lecturer and an aspiring student, covering logical topics from preparing to study law to writing like a lawyer, and thinking about the future. This edition contains a range of updated information to assist your teaching.

Help instil confidence in your students and encourage study and legal skills with this helpful companion.

Hallmark features of this title.

Letters to a Law Student contains range of features to assist your students' development throughout their learning journey:

• Clear structure follows the students' journey, from thinking about studying a law degree, preparing to study law, studying and writing about law, to moving on into a career in the law.
• A host of advice, explanations of the legal system, and debates of underlying political and legal principles such as the harm principle and free speech.
• A wealth of legal, philosophical and literary sources in a highly readable and humorous way.
• Easy to dip into at various stages of a student journey in learning the law.

New to this edition:

This 5^th edition of Letters to a Law Student has been revised to include new and updated features, including:

• Consideration of the impact of new teaching and assessment methods as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic on student learning
• Coverage of changes to the process for qualifying as a solicitor as a result of the Solicitors' Qualifying Exams (SQE)
• New chapters on various legal and political topics, such as the nature of rights and justice, the harm principle, the relevance of distinctions between acts and omissions and means and ends, and different forms of government
• Advice to students on how they can quickly and effectively acquire the kind of socio-cultural knowledge and understanding that will help them think critically about law and society
• Revised chapters on legal writing, including techniques for answering legal problem questions.