We asked you to tell us which books a future law student should read. Here are the top nominations — and some of the other contenders. This slim volume has rapidly become the book Guardian-reading lawyers are most likely to recommend to anyone interested in the profession. Solicitous, authoritative and hardly discounted even by Amazon, it knows its audience — those who already have a place to read law are advised to skip the first chapters.
His support for legalising abortion and euthanasia, as well as his role in decriminalising suicide in , earned his reputation as a reformer. But not everyone is a fan. What About Law? Opens with the legal implications of the wild party year-old Laura throws while her parents are away for the weekend. Eve Was Framed by Helena Kennedy Baroness Kennedy, as listeners to her current Radio 4 series will know, is as much concerned with justice as the law.
Much of this lively and highly readable book is devoted to exploring the myriad ways in which the legal system has let down women — as lawyers, victims and defendants — though there is also plenty of optimism, particularly about the ability of women to rise to the top of the legal establishment. Bleak House by Charles Dickens Somewhere in the new Rolls Building, a modern Jarndyce v Jarndyce is doubtless lumbering — or perhaps the Technology and Construction Court is hosting a particularly lengthy dispute involving tree roots.
Dickens was a court reporter for four years and undoubtedly drew on his experiences, particularly at the Old Bailey, for his fiction — this coining trial may have inspired part of Great Expectations.
You were so keen at the start of semester, so motivated. Somewhere along the line that fizzled out, and you could really use some motivation right now because assignments are due and exams are edging their way closer. How do you get your law student mojo back? Okay, well that was embarrassing. No more metaphors, I promise. Regain your motivation by reading a book or watching a show that inspires you about your future career. Music can also be really good for both stress relief and motivation.
