Thank you for the advice! I'll definitely look into it and as for the books and the reading material, that is what I was concerned about; the 'spike' which will make me stand out. I'm doing wider reading too, the Kantian as well as the Utilitarian philosophies and am always noting down my reflections about the same. Just one more thing, what exactly makes an applicant of law stand out, apart from the grades and the LNAT score and how can I inculcate a similar drive in me?
(Original post by artful_lounger)You are mixing up "extracurriculars" with "supercurriculars". The latter are extracurricular activities specifically related to the subject being applied to, such as wider reading, essay competitions etc, and are quite relevant for applying to Oxbridge.
You're probably pretty much doing everything you can and should be, just read more widely. Beyond that just aim to get excellent grades.
Look at recently published journal articles in different areas of law to see what is currently being researched, read books other than "the rule of law" and "letters to a law student" (those are fine to read as well but pretty much every law applicant reads these...), and if you are outside of the UK maybe look at comparative law and specifically UK law matters to get an understanding of how the legal system here may differ from that of your country. Also actually reflect on what you've read and think about it critically. The point of reading these things and doing these activities is not to just create a list of random stuff you've done, but to reflect on it and discuss that in a critical way in your PS. Unis in the UK don't want to just see you rattle off a long list of activities which you've clearly not paid a second thought to after doing them!
Note that watching "Suits" I don't think would be considered either an extracurricular nor supercurricular activity, and I doubt it's even representative of the professional practice of law in the day to day.