Selecting the right law modules is one of the most important decisions you'll make during your LLB degree. With a wide range of options available, LLB module selection can feel overwhelming, but it’s a crucial step in shaping your academic success and future legal career. Whether you're aiming to specialise in a particular area of law or seeking a broad understanding of the legal system, choosing law modules strategically is key.

In this guide, we’ll explore the best law modules UK universities have to offer, provide insights into the LLB course arrangements, and share law school tips to help you make informed decisions. From balancing core and optional modules to aligning your choices with career aspirations, this article will equip you with the knowledge to navigate your law degree modules with confidence.

By the end, you'll have a clear understanding of how to tailor your module choices to achieve both academic excellence and professional goals.

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Writing a conclusion to a law essay can be quite challenging if you don’t know what you’re doing. I have previously written a guide on how to write a law essay conclusion. But if you feel like you could use more help with your conclusion, here are 9 examples of first class law essay conclusions in various modules.

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Discover how to write UK law essays and exams with expert tips on planning, argument and writing style. Learn to master essay-style and problem-style questions, critically evaluate sources and format your essays to achieve top grades.

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If you are wondering how to pass your law school exams with flying colours, you are not alone. Revising several law modules at the same time can be quite daunting, especially if you don't have a proper revision strategy in place. You can easily end up spending a lot of time on things that aren't important, leaving you with little time to focus on things that actually matter. But you can make the revision process far less stressful by following the tips below on how to study for and pass law school exams.

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Knowing how to answer questions in law is one of the most important law school survival skills. I have previously written about how to answer law essay questions. In this post, I want to show you how to write a law exam answer step-by-step, including recognising different types of law exam questions, structuring your law exam answers and using the legal writing style during your exams.

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If you are a law student, the question that no doubt pops up in your mind quite a lot is “How do I write my law assignments?”. As a former LLB law lecturer and a current law tutor, it is my mission to help law students get a first in their essays. That’s why I have created this free guide which covers the basics of writing law assignments. You will find here a range of topics, starting from recognising the type of question asked, through how to write a law assignment introduction and conclusion, and writing the critical analysis in the main body of your paper, to referencing and using the legal writing style. I hope you will find it useful!

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If you're anything like most law students in the UK, you will find the idea of formatting your footnotes and bibliography according to the OSCOLA referencing style just dreadful. This particular aspect of law essay writing tends to be very tedious and time-consuming. Unfortunately, it's absolutely necessary that you know how to reference UK law essays properly in order to get a first. If you're confused about what the OSCOLA referencing style is and how to reference your essays using it, this article will help clarify a few things.

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Many students who fail to get a first in their law essays make the same mistake - they don’t apply the legal academic writing style guidelines. As a result, their essays tend to look unprofessional and not really academic. If you want to learn how to avoid that mistake, check out this advice on what is the legal writing style, how to use it in your law essays and why it is important to do it.

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As all law students, you must be absolutely overwhelmed with the number of pages which you are required to read for each of your modules every week. What’s more, you are probably struggling to condense all those pages into something that can be considered a “note”. If those words resonate with you, you are in the right place. This article will talk you step-by-step through how exactly you should take notes from law textbooks.

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​If you Google “how to learn law” you will immediately see a range of articles explaining very complicated systems which you should follow to understand law. Going through most of those articles can make you want to give up on law school altogether. In reality, understanding and learning law can be easy and straightforward. All you need to do is follow the four steps below (nothing more, nothing less).

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Journal articles are dreaded by law students. They are long, confusing and difficult to find. Most students don't even know their meaning or why they have to include them in their assignments. The good news is that once you put a bit of effort into learning more about legal journals, they can really help you with law essay writing and getting a first.

In this guide, we’ll explore the meaning of the word "law journal", the difference between law journals and law reviews as well as the organisation of articles within journals. From finding the best law journals to reasons why you need to include them in your law assignments, this article will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to use journal articles in your law essays.

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Although it might not seem this way, knowing how to structure a law essay even before starting the writing process is the key to getting a first in your assignment. A clear essay structure enables you to focus on the reading of textbooks and journal articles, saving you a lot of time. It also saves you from waffling and makes you stick to the point, so you don’t have to rewrite the essay several times. If you’re interested in learning how to structure a law essay quickly and effectively, keep reading.

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Writing case notes and summaries is one of the very first tasks you learn in law school. Most students are confused about how to write a case summary because lecturers often cover this topic during lectures only briefly. There is also a massive misconception among law students who believe that they can only create a good case note if they read the case report in full. That’s definitely not true and this article will prove it to you, so keep reading!

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Law students are often clueless as to how they can find new case law simply because universities hardly ever provide the right guidance on this. Although looking for new cases might appear to be complicated, it is actually quite simple. Here are four steps that will help you to quickly find the relevant case law for your exam revisions and law papers.

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If you are thinking of pursuing a career in academia after your law degree, you should definitely try to get your first journal article published before graduating. Although it might seem like too distant a dream to come true, plenty of LLB students have in the past managed to get their first publication. The key is to submit your essays-turned-articles to the right legal journals that accept submissions from law students. This article contains a few suggestions on where to publish your legal articles, but if you're confused about what I wrote so far then you should first check out my other guide on what journal articles are and how to find them.

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There are several strategies that you can use when trying to memorise law cases from your revision notes before exams. The general rule is that different revision strategies work for different students so in order to discover what works for you, you need to try out a variety of case memorising techniques early on in your LLB course to figure out which of them work best for you. Below you will find a suggestion of three key memorising techniques for cases that can help you understand better how to revise for law exams.

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The challenge with analysing law reports is that the language they use can be quite complicated and confusing. Because of the lengthy sentences with complex legal reasoning of the judges and the technical terms that are different in every judgement many students give up on studying court reports in their course altogether. They have trouble understanding who the parties in the judgement are, what the decision is about, and the rulings of the judge.

But as hard as it is, studying and analysing judgements is an important skill which you might be forced to use during your degree. Also, learning how to understand court reports will prepare you to practise law in real life. Here are a few useful tips that will help you understand court judgements more easily.

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​Law school exams are very different from any exams you might have taken before university. Because of that, in order to get a first law students have to use different study techniques and strategies than those they used in the past. But it's definitely worth the try, as getting a first in law can open a lot of doors for you in the future. Here are a few useful study techniques for law students and best law school study tips to help you achieve first class grades.

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The main objective behind studying law isn't just to memorise legal rules. You also need to be able to critically evaluate and analyse the law in your law essays. Many students struggle to perform critical analysis and evaluation because of a few common mistakes. But as a law student it is essential that you learn the skill of correct, thorough and precise critical evaluation and analysis so you can do well in your essays and exams. Also, if you are good at analysing and assessing legal documents, you are more likely to become a good lawyer.

Once you have graduated from your law school, you will soon realise that most of the law practice is based on your interpretation and analysis. That's why these skills also prepare you for the real world. If you cannot perform a critical analysis of documents and events in the context of law, you will struggle during your law practice as well. That’s why I prepared a list of three major mistakes that many law students make when they critically evaluate their law essays.

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Law students mainly struggle with writing law essay introductions because there is little to no guidance available out there. Textbooks hardly ever discuss the details of writing a law essay introduction, and lecturers are fully focused on teaching their subject and just don't have the time to guide students. But not knowing how to write the introduction is what stops many students from making any progress with their essay and leaving everything to the last minute. If this happens to you when you work on your assignments, here are a few tips that can get you started.

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How difficult is it to study law? This is a question you might be asking yourself not only before starting your degree, but also during the course of your law education. Now, you might think that law school is extremely difficult and may question your abilities, thinking about whether you should continue with your LLB law degree or not. But the truth is that passing law school isn't that difficult. In fact, even getting a first class degree in law isn't that big of a challenge as it is made out to be – as long as you follow an organised plan and implement smart studying techniques. So once again, how hard is law school? Not that hard. Let me prove it to you. Below are a few myths about law school that make law students think that law school is difficult.

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Even if you are excited about a legal career that requires you to argue before courts, negotiate deals or resolve disputes, studying the law may be a bit disappointing at times. Before you can do all those exciting “lawyerly” things, you actually need to learn the basics, which involves a lot of tedious work, such as memorising statute sections for your exams. While you can’t avoid memorising statute sections, there are steps you can follow to tackle this seemingly boring task strategically and perform better in your law school exams. I have already written about how to memorise law cases, this guide is all about remembering statute sections.

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Your performance in law exams depends on your ability to revise strategically, and for that you need to make well-organised law school notes. While you may not pay a lot of attention to this at the beginning of your law school journey, having a proper system for how to organise law notes can be very useful. Without having organised law notes you will struggle to study properly for your modules, and that will definitely affect how you perform in your exams. Fortunately, you can easily learn how to organise your law notes by applying a few easy-to-follow tips.

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Many students get discouraged from getting a law degree because they buy into the myth of not finding a job after law school. It's true that there are many law graduates who struggle to find a decent job after they graduate. But this usually happens in situations where students are only focused on getting the highest grades and don't take any initiative to get some experience in the legal profession.

While it is crucial to build a theoretical foundation in law, it is also equally important to familiarise yourself with real-world scenarios and situations, so you can actually apply the law in real life. Some students believe that only grades will define their worth on the job market once they have graduated. But those types of expectations are just unrealistic. If you are keen to make yourself more employable after graduation from law school, don’t fall for the myths mentioned below.

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One of the frequently asked questions by students is "How to answer problem-style law questions in the most coherent manner?". The method that is often recommended by lecturers is the IRAC method, which consists of four elements: Issue, Rule, Analysis and Conclusion. The IRAC method allows you to answer problem style questions in law, i.e. questions that involve a real-world scenario and ask you to provide your advice to any parties involved. Although it is not the only method that you can use to answer problem questions in law, its advantage is that it enables you to break down the scenario questions into four comprehensive sections. If you want to learn how to use the IRAC method, keep on reading.

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“How to answer law essay questions?” must be one of the most commonly asked questions by law students. Now, as you can imagine, the answer to this question is quite complex and it’s not something I can cover fully in a short article such as this one. But I will try to give you some basic guidelines, so that you can start learning about how you should approach answering essay questions in law.

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Writing a conclusion is perhaps the most tedious part of the law essay writing process. You have now done the whole “critically evaluate and analyse” part in the main body of your essay. At this point you’re probably desperate to just finish working on your essay and forget all about it. But it's worth putting in a bit of extra effort. A good law essay conclusion can improve your chances of getting a first.

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