University · Undergraduate
University Law tutors
Undergraduate law demands primary reading of cases and statutes and a much higher standard of written precision than school-level work. The volume of reading in the first term is the main adjustment, alongside the expectation of citing authority for every proposition.
- USD 34-40 per hour
- One-to-one, online
- Free 1-hour trial class
What University actually demands
First-year modules move at several times school pace and assume prerequisites that are often shakier than students realise. Support here is usually about closing a specific gap quickly rather than working through a syllabus.
A subject with its own method: identify the issue, state the rule with authority, apply it to the facts, conclude. Students who know the law well and cannot apply it in that structure lose marks consistently.
Where University Law students lose marks
- Problem questions answered by reciting law rather than applying it to the specific facts given
- Cases cited without the principle they establish, which is the part that earns credit
- Statute and case law treated interchangeably instead of as a hierarchy of authority
- Essay questions answered descriptively where critical evaluation of the law was required
Is this the right subject at this level?
Undergraduates in law, and A Level or IB students taking law or legal-studies options who need the analytical structure made explicit. It suits students who can separate what they think ought to be the case from what the law actually says, which is harder than it sounds.
What it costs
USD 34-40 per 60-minute one-to-one lesson at University, the same rate in every city we teach in. Billed monthly against lessons actually taught, with no prepaid blocks and no minimum commitment.
Paired lessons (2 students) are USD 24-28 per student. Small group lessons (up to 6 students) are USD 17-20 per student. What each format is good for is here.
How we teach it
One-to-one, online, with a shared whiteboard. The first thing we establish is the exact syllabus the student is entered for: schools do not always publish the version they actually enter, and preparing for the wrong paper structure wastes a term.
After that the work is diagnostic: a past paper under timed conditions, marked together against the published scheme, to find out where the marks are genuinely going. That is almost always more useful than covering the syllabus again more slowly. The full process is here.
Law: questions parents ask
What is the right way to answer a problem question?
Identify the legal issue, state the rule with its authority, apply it to the specific facts given, then conclude. Students who know the law well but write it as an essay lose marks consistently: the structure is not a presentational preference, it is what is being assessed.
How should cases be learned?
By the principle they establish, not the story. Citing a case name without stating what it decided earns nothing, and the facts matter only where they are what makes the principle apply.
Is A Level Law needed to study Law at university?
Almost never, and some universities are indifferent to it. It is useful preparation for how legal reasoning works, but it is not usually a requirement: check the specific courses on your list.