Law
Books
Books (“good reads”)
Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice – Baroness Kennedy
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
The Secret Barrister: Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner – Chris Atkins
In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law - Sarah Langford
Is Eating People Wrong? Great Legal Cases and How the Shaped the World
Academic books
N.J. McBride, Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University (4th edition, Pearson 2017) Outlines why to study law and how!
I Moore, C Newberry-Jones, The Successful Law Student (Oxford 2018) Basic legal information and guide to studying
A. Lester, Five Ideas to Fight For (Oneworld Publications, 2016)- Human Rights law
T. Bingham, The Rule of Law (Penguin, 2011) Senior British judge (Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord) examines the concept of the rule of law – quite a short read
G. Williams, Learning the Law (16th edition, Sweet and Maxwell 2016) An overview of the English Legal System
Many newspapers have specific sections for legal news:
• The Independent
• Daily Telegraph (online services require a subscription)
• The Guardian (You can also follow them on Twitter @GdnLaw) Also, on twitter: @SecretBarrister
Podcasts
Law In Action – Joshua Rozenburg
Every case tells a story – Clive Anderson
Lectures
Catching Britain’s Killers iPlayer (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0009dz2/catchingbritains-killers-the-crimes-that-changed-us-series-1-2- double-jeopardy
The Case of Sally Challen iPlayer (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000c65v/the-caseof-sally-challen
Crime and Punishment (History of the Law) YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1gdZMLtrk
The Briefs YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTcg8Ye6fI
HARDtalk interview with Lady Hale YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1VozJR_jC8&t=414s
The Bar YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d78ROXCPgI To Kill a Burglar YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BemcOAg53eM
The Trial: Murder in the Family All4 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-trial-amurder-in-the-family
Visits
Web sites
Elawresources
Flipped law
Carlilandcarbloic.com
Tutor2U
Research
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/incarceration-prisons-suitable-punishment
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/what-is-international-human-rights-law-
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/introduction-to-the-rule-of-law
Competitions
University of Law real world questions