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

Cambridge 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
• University Prospectus
• Application overview
• Improve your application
• Overview: Writing your personal statement
• Preparing for the Interview

Cambridge Law links

• Think Cambridge Law blog
• Think Cambridge Law on Twitter/X - @thinkcamlaw
• Faculty of Law on Twitter/X - @cambridgelaw
• Faculty of Law on Instagram - @cambridgelaw

Additional application resources

What Colleges are looking for

• How to Make a Competitive Application (from St John’s College)

Personal statement

• 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

'Super-curricular' resources

Law-specific suggestions

Guidance

• How to Take your Super-curricular Exploration Further

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

Other Materials

• Supreme Court video on demand
• Nick McBride’s Guides
• Maitland Chambers, articles and publications

General super-curricular suggestions

• University’s super-curricular development pamphlet
• Super-curricular Activities (St John’s College)

The interview

• Cambridge Interview (general)
• Cambridge Interview Fails (it happens to everyone!)

Academic facilities and resources

• University of Cambridge Library
• The Language Centre

Student support

• Cambridge Students’ Union (CSU)
• BME Students’ Network
• Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre
• University Counselling Service
• Career Services
• Financial support
• International Student 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)