Wadham too has a very good Law section in its library, which is open only to Wadham students. In recent years there have been about 35 students in residence reading law in Wadham. Normally about 10 students a year are admitted for the undergraduate degree. Students are also admitted to read for the one-year Diploma in Legal Studies, though usually there are never more than half a dozen of these students in the university as a whole. The teaching establishment in Wadham is three Tutorial Fellows.
Law is taught in college through tutorials.
The law tutors teach their specialist subjects which comprise virtually all of the first and second year and some of the third year BA subjects. We have extensive exchange-tuition arrangements with Fellows of other colleges who are specialists in the remaining subjects, the purpose of which is to ensure that students are taught each subject by expert enthusiasts. Lawyers are expected to work hard at Oxford, as elsewhere. There are on average three tutorials a fortnight and we will expect you to have written an essay for each tutorial. You will therefore expect to develop enhanced writing skills and to improve your powers of oral exposition.