Product Description

In Studying Law the author takes the reader through every stage of the process, from choosing law as a subject to study, to an explanation of the value of such study and its use in a career. Information on English Law and the English Courts, the way in which law is taught, the law library (including how to find law reports), the sources of legal study, how to prepare and present essays, projects and other written work, examinations and how to answer degree level questions,
as well as sections on how to pursue postgraduate studies or become a solicitor or barrister, provide the answers to any questions potential law students may have and prepare them, not only for their studies, but also for a future career.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179027 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 277 pages

Synopsis
A guide for law students on how to choose a course, how to survive that course and make the most of it, and what to do at the end of it. This new edition includes changes in law degrees and covers IT developments in the teaching of law and the law library and legal sources.

About the Author
Phillip H. Kenny, LLB Dip Crim, LLM, Solicitor, Professor of Law and Dean of School of Law, University of Northumbria

Customer Reviews

Invaluable for a student considering law degree.
Studying Law, by Phillip H Kenny is an amazing work for prospective law students about to commence their degree. Firstly, the author briefly elaborates the application process and then goes on to describe the English law and the courts and the respective hierarchy. Secondly, he touches the parts in which a law degree is taught, how to use a law library, benefits of law journals and so forth. Thirdly, he advises how to prepare written work, provides examples and then comments upon them. And, how to answer degree level questions. Lastly, he explains the professions of barrister and solicitors, how to embark upon these branches and what to expect. The honest and optimistic views of the author are much laudable. He seems much sanguine about the changes in the legal world, that made him receive many plaudits. Albeit, such information can be gathered after spending a rough period of six months at the university, but by reading this book you may be six months ahead of your colleagues.

Extremely useful book
Whether you are studying law at degree level, doing it at a lower level or are considering to start a course in it, this text is for you. It covers why you should choose law, the careers open to you and a guide to the different sorts of exams and questions you might have to cope with through your studies. It is a primarily skill-based book with virtually no substantive elements to it, but it serves as a good introduction to those starting a course who want to get straight in.

I bought it after doing an A-level, taking a year doing something else, then considering doing an LL.B. It guided me through the preparation for, application for and interview to get on to the University course I want, and it helped refresh my memory to the processes that I had forgotten.

Well worth a purchase for those just starting LL.B or considering LL.B or A-level (although a few parts of it, like case citations and some of the deeper elements of judicial precedent will not be relevant for most A-level syllabi).

Good introduction to law for the new law student
I purchased this book as it was a essential read for the start of my post grad law course. I bought it reluctantly as I didnt think it would be of much use. Well..... I was wrong. The book was nice and easy to read and starts off with what to do to impress the Universities to get onto a suitable course, all the way through the English law system and how it works and finishes off with what to expect out of a law career. It also has a nice appendix at the back with all the relevant institutions and the courses that they offer. For any undergraduate student thinking of studying law, its a must. It helps you through the whole process of starting to study law and I think it gives you a good synopsis of what to expect.

I would therefore recommend this book to any potential law student in helping them to decide whether law is for them and to help them decide which institution is the most suitable for them. Great read, highly recommended.