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The following eBooks are all available through the library catalogue. They include guides to legal writing, studying for exams and essential employability skills.

  • Employability Skills for Law Students, Emily Finch
  • How to write Law Essays & Exams, S I Strong
  • Law, practice and conduct for solicitors, Alan Paterson, Bruce Ritchie
  • Learning Legal Rules: a students’ guide to legal method and reasoning, James Holland
  • Legal Skills, Emily Finch
  • Legal Writing, Lisa Webley 
  • Legal Systems & Skills: learn, develop, apply, Embley, Julie
  • Soft Skills for the effective Lawyer, Randall Kiser
  • The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well, Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman
  • The successful law student: an insider's guide to studying law, Imogen Moore
  • Writing and Drafting in Legal Practice, Paul Rylance
  • Writing Law Dissertations, Michael Salter, Julie Mason

 

We have also prepared a series of materials to answer these FAQs:

  • How do I find literature online?
  • How do I reference law materials?
  • How do I use legal citations?
  • What is case law?
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