Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes.
Skills modules are where many students lose easy marks. Our notes cover the English legal system and legal method, then the practical skills assessed on the SQE, the LPC and the Bar course: research, writing, drafting, interviewing, advocacy and professional conduct.
Two ways to get your Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes.
Standard first-class notes
Our ready-written Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes, crafted to a distinction standard and covering the core syllabus taught on UK law programmes.
- Case law and legislation set out topic by topic
- Academic commentary woven in, for essay questions
- Structured guidance for answering problem questions
- Written by tutors who achieved distinctions in the module
Customised notes
Notes tailored to your precise module syllabus and/or written from scratch just for you, depending on your exact requirements.
- Mapped to your module handbook, syllabus and reading list
- Your lecturers' emphasis and your assessment format
- Core modules and electives, at every level of study
- The same meticulous attention to detail as our standard notes
What our Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes cover
A typical syllabus, which customised notes adapt to your own module:
- Sources of law and the court structure
- Precedent and statutory interpretation
- Legal research
- Legal writing and drafting
- Opinion writing
- Interviewing and conference skills
- Advocacy: submissions, examination in chief and cross-examination
- Professional conduct and the SRA Code
- Solicitors' accounts
Leading authorities
A taste of the cases our notes analyse, cited in the conventional form:
- Young v Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd[1944] KB 718
- Practice Statement (Judicial Precedent)[1966] 1 WLR 1234
- Pepper v Hart[1993] AC 593
- Arthur JS Hall & Co v Simons[2002] 1 AC 615
Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice modules we have written notes for
53 modules across LLB & JD, PGDL, LPC, BPC/BTC, LLM, each with the result our tutor achieved.
LLB & JD
- Access to Justice and Community EngagementTutor awarded a distinction from University College London
- Advocacy and MootingTutor awarded a distinction from University College Dublin
- English Legal System and MethodsTutor awarded a distinction from the University of Lancaster
- First Year Legal Research and WritingTutor awarded a Pass from Harvard Law School
- Foundations of Australian LawTutor awarded a distinction from the Australian National University
- Graduate Research UnitTutor awarded a distinction from the Australian National University
- Independent WritingTutor awarded Honors from Harvard Law School
- Lawyers Justice and EthicsTutor awarded a distinction from the Australian National University
- Legal ProfessionTutor awarded a Pass from Harvard Law School
- Legal Research and WritingTutor awarded a distinction from the University of Southampton
- Legal System and MethodsTutors awarded distinctions from the University of London and University College Dublin
- MBE StrategiesTutor awarded an A from the University of San Francisco
- My Graduate JourneyTutor awarded a distinction from the University of Westminster
- Negotiation WorkshopTutor awarded a Pass from Harvard Law School
- Problem Solving Workshop ATutor awarded a Credit from Harvard Law School
- Russian Legal SystemTutor awarded a distinction from King's College London
- Trial Advocacy WorkshopTutor awarded a Credit from Harvard Law School
- The Legal ProfessionTutor awarded a distinction from the University of Sydney
PGDL
- Case Analysis TestTutor awarded a distinction from BPP Law School
- English Legal SystemTutors awarded distinctions from BPP Law School and The City Law School
- Independent Research EssayTutor awarded a distinction from BPP Law School
- Statute Analysis TestTutor awarded a distinction from BPP Law School
LPC
- AdvocacyTutors awarded distinctions from BPP Law School
- Interviewing & AdvocacyNotes available on request
- Practical Legal ResearchTutors possess Westlaw Certification
- Professional Conduct and RegulationTutors awarded distinctions from Nottingham Law School, BPP Law School and The University of Law
- Solicitors' AccountsTutors awarded distinctions from BPP Law School
- Legal Writing and Legal DraftingNotes available on request
BPC/BTC
- Advocacy 1 SubmissionsTutors awarded an Outstanding and Very Competents from BPP Law School
- Advocacy 2 Examination in ChiefTutors awarded an Outstanding from BPP Law School and Very Competents from The City Law School and Kaplan Law School
- Advocacy 3 Cross ExaminationTutors awarded and Outstanding and Very Competents from BPP Law School and Kaplan Law School
- Conference SkillsTutors awarded Outstandings and Very Competents from BPP Law School and the University of Law
- Cross ExaminationTutor awarded an Outstanding from BPP Law School
- DraftingTutors awarded Outstandings and Very Competents from BPP Law School and the University of Law
- Examination in ChiefTutors awarded an Outstanding from BPP Law School and a Very Competent from the University of Law
- Opinion WritingTutors awarded Outstandings from BPP Law School and Very Competents from Kaplan Law School and The City Law School
- Professional Discipline and Regulatory LawTutor awarded an Outstanding from BPP Law School
- Professional EthicsTutors awarded an Outstanding and Very Competents from BPP Law School and Kaplan Law School
LLM
- Common Law FoundationsTutor awarded a distinction from the University of Greenwich
- Comparative Criminological ResearchTutor awarded a distinction from the University of Greenwich
- Dissertation CampusTutor awarded a merit from the University of Leicester
- Dissertation LLM Global Environment and Climate Change LawTutor awarded a merit from the University of Edinburgh
- Environmental LawyeringTutor awarded a distinction from University College London
- Judges, Courts and Judicial Decision-MakingTutor awarded a distinction from University College London
- Lawyering, Social Change and Rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender PeopleTutor awarded a merit from Columbia University
- Legal ProfessionsTutor awarded a pass from Harvard Law School
- Legal Profession: Public Interest LawyeringTutor awarded a distinction from Harvard Law School
- Legal Research and Writing SkillsTutors awarded merits from The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Legal Writing and Research 1 and 2Tutor awarded a pass from Harvard Law School
- LLM Required Written WorkTutor awarded a distinction from Harvard Law School
- Research Design and Data CollectionTutor awarded a merit from the University of Oxford
- S. Advocacy in Theory and PracticeTutor awarded a distinction from Columbia University
- Thesis: Islamic radicalisation within the United KingdomTutor awarded a distinction from King's College London - Department of War Studies
Questions about Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes
What is the difference between standard and customised Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes?
Standard notes are our ready-written first-class notes on Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice, covering the core syllabus with case law, legislation and academic commentary. Customised notes are tailored to your module's precise syllabus and reading list, or written from scratch just for you, depending on your requirements.
Can you match my university's Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice syllabus?
Yes. Send us your module handbook, syllabus or reading list with your quote request and we will map the notes to it topic by topic, including your lecturers' emphasis and your assessment format.
Which courses do your Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes cover?
Our tutors have written Legal System, Skills and Professional Practice notes for LLB & JD, PGDL, LPC, BPC/BTC, LLM. The modules are listed on this page; if yours is not listed, ask us anyway, as customised notes can be written for any syllabus.
Who writes the notes?
Our notes are written by tutors who achieved distinctions, or the course equivalent such as Outstanding on the Bar course, in the modules concerned. The result for each module is shown in the list on this page.
How much do the notes cost?
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