The Successful Law Student by Imogen Moore and Craig Newberry-Jones

 The Successful Law Student by Imogen Moore and Craig Newberry-Jones makes for the perfect pre-law school read as it goes through everything from the value of a law degree, how to study law, how to approach assessments in law as well as looking at extra-curricular opportunities and the future for law students. This is the best book for all law students and is your guide, your teacher and your friend. It provides lots of detail to inform you what is expected as part of your degree. You will be told that it is different from schools you won't have a teacher to spoon-feed you, tell you how to structure your work or motivate you but this book helps you take responsibility to do all these things for yourself.

I really liked this book for so many reasons. To start with, I have read many books of this nature which talk about the different question types in law assessments including essays, problem questions, exams and coursework. In other books, they talk about these things but don't give you an idea about how to really answer such questions or structure such questions. This is where this book comes in. The Successful Law Student guides you on your journey as a law student, guiding you on these different assessment types, guiding you on how to study, guiding you on extra-curricular opportunities and helping you with your future. This is a must-read for all law students or those preparing to study law or a legal-related degree at university. The 'I wish I'd known' and 'Insider knowledge' sections interspersed throughout this book from those in both the legal sector as well as current law students further add value to this book, giving the reader helpful advice and guidance. 

Although it is very well formatted throughout, unfortunately towards the end, there are some very minor problems with the formatting which are noticeable to reviewers like me with attention to detail, which will likely be picked up by other law students due to the law requiring a high standard of attention to detail. Other than this, the only other bit of feedback for improvement I wish to give is that they provide both a simplified table of contents (which is included) but also a more detailed table of contents which breaks down each chapter into a variety of key topics. Other than these two points, there are no other criticisms I can really make. It is a very well-written book.

Altogether, I must rate this book 5 stars as it is an outstanding pre-law school book which every law student and future law student must read. It provides a guide for much of what you need to know about studying at university and will be great to look back on as you progress your degree. It makes the whole idea of legal essays sound more possible and even guides you on the route to different careers. This is by far one of the best books I have read in the lead up to starting my own law degree and I cannot recommend it enough!