Law Peeps

Trust me, there really is no need to go memorising everything before you start. The whole idea of such preliminary reading is just to get you familiar with law and try to get you into the mindset of thinking like a lawyer.

Furthermore, there isn't any need to read every book on that reading list from cover to cover - a lot of the books mentioned above essentially cover the same thing. I really do think it would be a waste of your money to go out and get every one there. The torts one, the criminal justice one, and just one other 'intoduction to law' book from that list would be enough in my opinion. Save your the rest of your cash for the books you're really going to need once you start your course.

everything in moderation, right? I couldn't possibly afford many, or at the moment any, of them. I'll definitely take a more sensible approach once the whole exam thing's out the way and it's actually possible to think straight! And i did hear that it was important to wait until you knew which books really mattered before getting them all. (And with the whole Scots/Eng. thing I've every excuse for leaving it till the last moment )

my friend leah has been accepted to sidney sussex to do law- she's had a prelim reading list, which was like 20 books or something