Law is the study of the system of rules which govern our behaviour. Below, you will find a list of things that you could use to learn more about Law, or to improve a future application to university. The Super Academy also offer a free short course, which is available to download below.
Books; The Secret Barrister, and Fake Law by the self-titled Secret Barrister are top-sellers in the Law category
Is Eating People Wrong? Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World by Allan Hutchison
Letters to a Law Student by Nicholas McBride
The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham
About Law by Tony Honoré
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael Sandel.
Newspapers and Magazines; It is important to keep up with issues of national importance in the news, but particularly the quality press such as The Guardian; Herald (Scotland); Daily Telegraph and The Times; This article from the Guardian is a summary of key cases that law students should know and with links to further reading; Counsel Magazine can be a useful resource; The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland may be useful and The Law Society Gazette is the latest UK legal news.
Podcasts; An excellent way to improve your understanding of the law is to listen to Radio 4's Law in Action which has a range of different episodes and clips, other legal podcasts include; Law Pod UK and Lawyer 2 Lawyer which is a US Podcast.
YouTube Channels; The highly acclaimed Justice series from Harvard University (this links to episode 1);
Video; Ted Talks (Law search); Gresham College Lectures (Law Category)
Competitions; Trinity College, Cambridge award the Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law annually; The John Locke Institute run an annual essay competition which has a Law category; The Law Society of Scotland page has information on their Scottish Debating Competition and other activities; Your school could enter this Mock Trial Competition; The UK Supreme Court holds a student writing competition; Minds Underground hold an annual Law essay competition; Merton College, Oxford hold an annual Law Essay Competition but frustratingly you have to search their website to find it.
Events or Activities; You might consider starting a club that discuss either prominent legal cases, historic cases or a reading group who read a set article or listen to a podcast episode to then discuss. You may deliver an assembly to younger pupils outlining aspects of the law, such as Human Rights.