What was everything you did to get into Bristol Law

I'm a Year 12 student who wants to go to Bristol as their dream Uni. What was everything you did outside of academics that got you to that Uni?

I'm a Year 12 student who wants to go to Bristol as their dream Uni. What was everything you did outside of academics that got you to that Uni?

Hey, I'm a law offer holder for Bristol this year. In all honesty, I found that there wasn't much else I had to do beside from put forward good grades - since Bristol offers are among the top end of Law Unis (A*AA usually). It's certainly good to keep up with legal current affairs and have at least 2 relevant books read to help bulk up the personal statement; but easily the most important thing is to work on the LNAT. It's annoying since you can't really 'prepare' for it, but make sure you know what's going on and how it works to familiarise yourself with the heavy reading and comprehension skills needed since the timing in the test is tight. A good LNAT score (couple marks above average), good grades and a well-written personal statement is all I needed. Hope this helps

Thank you so much. If you don't mind me asking, what specific organisations or websites did you read to keep up with legal current affairs. Also what do you recommend reading to do well in the LNAT? I currently read news articles from the Guardian and that's it. Again thank you so much!

News sites are a great place to look! I mainly kept up with 'The Law Society' (https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/news-articles) and then there's a great BBC podcast called 'Law in Action' to stay up to date. As for the LNAT there are practice tests on the official website (very helpful but there aren't many) and then there's help on youtube and also plenty other sites (some free but also some you have to pay for - which I don't think is necessary unless you want to do a lot more preparation). All it is, is understanding what the LNAT looks like and the type of question that's asked so that you're not thrown off on the day because that test can be a BEAST, so just try be as comfortable as possible with it.

Thank you for replying and your tips. I have 3 questions. 1) Did you mention all 8 in your PS? If so, I mentioned:
- a virtual internship with linklaters (forage), I have 2 others which I didn't mention
- case analysis of Beverley Allitt, combined with "Eve was Shamed" by Helena Kennedy
- EPQ
- Law firm visit where I met an alumni
- I've also mentioned student leadership, school plays and employability skills.
2) Is this enough?
3) For the LNAT i use LNAT ninja. If you have used it, do you think its good?

I did mention all of them in my PS, and I think all of what you have put in is plenty and (depending on how you've analysed them) are good examples of interest in law. I wouldn't worry about employability skills as the universities aren't looking to see if you are employable, rather than you have an interest in your subject and have the skills to succeed.

I personally didnt use LNAT ninja so I can't speak on how good it is, I mainly used a combination of critical thinking books as well as online mock-tests and official mock tests.