1 Introduction. 2 Finding and perfecting your topic. 3 From a topic to a question. 4 Creating a good research proposal. 5 Planning the project. 6 Creating a research plan. 7 Online research. 8 Legal research methods and approaches. 9 Empirical research. 10 Assessing literature. 11 Literature review. 12 Writing the dissertation. 13 Referencing. 14 Structuring the dissertation. 15 Navigating supervision. 16 Aiming for a first and avoiding fails. 17 Preparing for submission. 18 Preparing a PhD Proposal.
Biography
Laura Lammasniemi is an Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, where she convenes the finalist Supervised Project module. She has led and consulted on dissertation modules at several institutions, and her teaching focuses on dissertation writing and criminal law. Her research focuses on criminal law and gender from a historical perspective. She has published widely on the histories of sexual offences, the age of consent, trafficking in women, and colonial legal history. She has spoken at the House of Commons on human trafficking and has appeared on BBC television and radio as an expert in legal history.
