
Please note that the following is not exhaustive or definitive nor do the following resources guarantee a successful application to Cambridge. Rather, the resources listed below are tools to help prompt thought and self-reflection and provide suggestions for how to prepare for the admissions process
University links and resources
- University’s Undergraduate Study website
- University’s page on Law
- University’s entry requirements
- University’s international/overseas entry requirements: A-Z index
- Finance: Fees overview
- Application overview
Cambridge Law links
- BA in Law website
- University Prospectus 2021 Entry
- Law Undergraduate Prospectus
- Think Cambridge Law blog
- Think Cambridge Law on Twitter - @thinkcamlaw
- Faculty of Law on Twitter - @cambridgelaw
- Faculty of Law on Instagram - @cambridgelaw
Academic Facilities and Resources
Student Support
- Cambridge Students’ Union (CSU)
- BAME Students’ Network
- Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre
- University Counselling Service
- Career Services
- Financial support
- International Student’s Office
- International Financial Support
Student Experience
- Registered Student Societies and Clubs - https://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/
- University of Cambridge Sport - https://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/
- A Day in the Life of a Cambridge Law Student: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o122GkaVuhU
- Alternative Prospectus (students’ perspective) - https://www.applytocambridge.com/
Application Resources
- Application overview - https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying
What we’re looking for
- Overview - https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/what-are-we-looking-for
- How to Make a Competitive Application (from St John’s College) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hE45wgWct0
Personal Statement
- Overview: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/ucas-application#pers...
- UCAS guidance for writing a personal statement - https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/how-write-ucas-un...
- Workshop on personal statements from Christ’s College (bear in mind that it was a presentation given live but the slides have some useful tips) https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.christs.cam.ac.uk/files/inline-f...
- Tackling your Law Personal Statement - https://medium.com/think-cambridge-law/tackling-your-law-personal-statem...
- What I Look For in a Personal Statement - https://medium.com/think-cambridge-law/what-do-i-look-for-in-a-personal-...
- UCAS personal statement length checker - https://charactercounter.com/ucas
'Supercurricular' Resources
General
- University’s supercurricular development pamphlet - https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/super-curri...
- Educational Resources for Supercurricular Engagement (King’s College) - https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applying-to-kings/educat...
- Downing College’s Discover Downing resources - https://www.discoverdowning.com/resources/
- Christ’s College’s supercurricular pamphlet - https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.christs.cam.ac.uk/files/2019-09/...
- Supercurricular Activities (St John’s College) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nSkwUrVVN4&feature=emb_title
Law-specific suggestions
Guidance
- How to Take your Supercurricular Exploration Further - https://medium.com/think-cambridge-law/how-to-take-your-super-curricular...
Newspapers/Magazines
- The Guardian's Law pages - https://www.theguardian.com/law
- Counsel Magazine - https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/ (may be available in your local public library)
- The Financial Time’s Law reports - https://www.ft.com/reports/ft-general-counsel
- Law reports are also available in The Telegraph, and the Times
Podcasts
- Law in Action (BBC 4 programme) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tgy1
- Serial (This American Life/The New York Times) – https://serialpodcast.org/
- The Hearing (Thompson Reuters) - https://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.co.uk/en/trends-insights/the-heari...
- Law Pod UK - https://audioboom.com/channels/4911918
- Lawyer 2 Lawyer - https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/
- Rightsup (University of Oxford) - https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/rightsup-global-perspectives-human-righ...
- Freshfields blogs - https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/our-thinking/our-podcasts/ (please note that Freshfields is one of our access and widening participation partner firms)
Blogs
- UK Human Rights Blog - https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/
- Equality and Human Rights Commission - https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/blogs
- Prof Mark Elliot's Public Law blog - https://publiclawforeveryone.com/
- Sir Henry Brooke’s blog - https://sirhenrybrooke.me/
- Barrister Blogger - https://barristerblogger.com/
- Freshfields blogs - https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/our-thinking/our-blogs/
- Leighday Law blog - https://www.leighday.co.uk/Blog
Other Materials
- Supreme Court video on demand: https://www.supremecourt.uk/watch/video-on-demand.html
- Nick McBride’s Guides - https://mcbridesguides.com/
- Maitland Chambers, articles and publications - https://www.maitlandchambers.com/information/articles-publications
The Interview
- Preparing for the Interview - https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/interviews/how-should...
- InsideUni (a student-led Oxbridge admissions resource vetted by admissions tutors) - https://www.insideuni.org/
- Cambridge Interview (general) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUwN6GI-0EQ
- Cambridge Interview Fails (it happens to everyone!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYk14pGWARI