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
• 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

• University of Cambridge Library
• The Language Centre

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