• Can other things compensate for poor grades?Jennifer Overhaus

    It's a question that most law students will ponder at some point—even if just fleetingly, in a fit of worry about a particularly hard exam or midway through an essay that's struggling to take shape. It's answered here by Jennifer Overhaus, a former partner and head of a global practice group in a Top-50 American law firm. 

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  • Contract Law – Offer & AcceptanceBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk, using material from Sweet & Maxwell's Nutshells Contract Law

    Any law student will be able to tell you that the law of contract is crazy significant in the running of society. Cast your mind back to your first contract law lecture,

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  • Criminal Law - ManslaughterBy Sofia Gymer, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk, using material from Pearson's Law Express Q&A series

    Manslaughter is homicide without premeditation. There are two types of manslaughter: voluntary and involuntary. “The unjustifiable, inexcusable, and intentional killing of a human being without deliberation, premeditation, and malice. Or, the unlawful killing

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  • Criminal Law – Actus Reus & Mens ReaBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk, using material from Pearson's Law Express Q&A series

    Actus reus and mens rea are the foundations for criminal law, so it’s really important that you get your head around the topic and related issues for when it comes to essays

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  • Criminal Law – MurderBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    Murder is obviously a big issue when it comes to criminal law and you may be asked about it in several guises. For example, you might be asked to identify defences

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  • Dealing With Stress At UniversityNuha Nagory, Student, Brunel University

    It is estimated that 13.5 million working days are lost due to stress-related illnesses every year. This makes stress, depression and anxiety the largest contributors to the estimated amount of days

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  • Delivering a presentationBilly Sexton and Tuula Petersen

    Delivering university presentations can cause anything from minor butterflies to a flood of anxiety. Here, we share crucial guidance to help make the experience of delivering a presentation just a little more pleasurable. Even if presenting is a walk in the park for you, we’ve got some tips to make sure your presentation is the best it can be.

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  • Equity & Trusts – FormalitiesBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    Ah, equity and trusts, one of your core areas of law, and one that is pretty tricky to get your head around. When revising it’s important to start at the very

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  • EU Law – EU InstitutionsBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk, using material from Pearson's Law Express Q&A series

    Essential background information on EU law involves knowing the various EU institutions inside-out, upside-down, left-to-right, right-to-left and any other way possible. You’ll need to know about how the EU came into being,

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  • Great debates in contract law – the formation of contract lawBy Sofia Gymer, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    There are two major debates surrounding the formation of contract law. Adapting content from Jonathan Morgan’s book Great Debates in Contract Law (Palgrave, 2nd edn, 2015), AllAboutLaw.co.uk are going to delve into

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  • How to get a firstTom Mountford, LLB Graduate, University of Kent

    Gaining a first class honours degree is never going to be easy. In order to obtain the often elusive 70+ marks, it really is necessary to step it up a gear. Having

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  • Land Law – Legal Definition of LandBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    Ah, land. The sprawling green that you zoom past on national rail services as you exploit that lovely 16–25 rail card. Land, the spread of arranged gravel and garden furniture that

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  • Law revision tipsAdeena Hussain, Law with French Law and Language Student, The University of Leicester,

    Only a law student can fully appreciate how difficult it is to revise for a law exam; case names and dates are just the start! Once you add in judges’ opinions, dissenting

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  • Planning, Writing & Presenting EssaysBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    The law degree is well underway and essays are aplenty. Whether you’re completely lost with where to even begin with your first essay, or you’ve done a few essays already but

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  • Reading Statutes & CasesBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    Ask any undergraduate law student the bane of their essay writing life, and they’ll come back with one word: structure! Gone are the days of PEE (point, evidence, explanation – who can

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  • Tort Law – NuisanceBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    Nuisance. What a great word. Just say it again. Nuisance. Oh yeah! The last time you heard the word nuisance being said was probably when your parents were complaining about how much

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  • Tort Law – TrespassBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    When you think of trespass, the first thing that probably springs to mind is an image of hooded youths of an American suburb, sneaking around in the overgrown garden of an

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  • University Study HelpBy Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk

    Despite all the stereotypes around students being lazy and good for nothing, mass alcohol consumers, we understand that there’s actually bloomin’ loads of work involved at university, especially if you’re doing

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