Application resources
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
- Fees and Finance overview
- Application overview
Cambridge Law links
- University Prospectus
- Law Undergraduate Prospectus
- Think Cambridge Law blog
- Think Cambridge Law on Twitter/X - @thinkcamlaw
- Faculty of Law on Twitter/X - @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
- University of Cambridge Sport
- A Day in the Life of a Cambridge Law Student
- Alternative Prospectus (students’ perspective)
Application resources
What we’re looking for
Personal statement
- Overview:
- UCAS guidance for writing a personal statement
- Tackling your Law Personal Statement
- What I Look For in a Personal Statement
- UCAS personal statement length checker
'Supercurricular' resources
General
- University’s supercurricular development pamphlet
- Educational Resources for Supercurricular Engagement (King’s College)
- Downing College’s Discover Downing resources
- Supercurricular Activities (St John’s College)
Law-specific suggestions
Guidance
Newspapers/magazines
- The Guardian's Law pages
- Counsel Magazine (may be available in your local public library)
- The Financial Time’s Law reports
- Law reports are also available in The Telegraph, and the Times
Podcasts
- Law in Action (BBC 4 programme)
- Serial (This American Life/The New York Times)
- The Hearing (Thompson Reuters)
- Law Pod UK
- Lawyer 2 Lawyer
- Rightsup (University of Oxford)
- Freshfields podcasts
Blogs
- UK Human Rights Blog
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Prof Mark Elliot's Public Law blog
- Sir Henry Brooke’s blog
- Barrister Blogger
- Freshfields blogs
- Leighday Law blog