Hi all,

I would like to ask what are the opportunities for undergraduate law student as me to get the best credentials during my studies?

I am a second year student at an ancient university in continental Europe which is ranked among 300 best universities in the world (the best in my country). Unfortunately, in my first year, I had rather average (or slightly above average) grades. Now, in my second year, I have got excellent grades so far and studying really many subjects in order to improve my GPA. I also underwent some practise in a students' association, internships, going to participate in summer law school, extra seminars...

I want to keep excellent grades for further three years of my studies (in my country we have a 5-year combined BA+MA degree). Then I would like to apply for a postgraduate programme in the U.K.

What might be your advices for me to improve my credentials? I really started to be keen on law so I have found out these extracurricular activities so far:

- international moot court competitions
- summer law schools
- distance learning programmes (there are oppurtunities to gain diploma from prestigious foreign universities at our law school)
- internships (Which internships are appreciated most highly? Parliaments? International law firms? High Courts?)
- student associations
- law reviews (not really many law reviews at our law school)
- publications (I am not good at writing actually... Is it valuable?)

Anything else of which I am not aware of? Is it widely known which credentials are emphasized by admission commitees of Oxon, Cantab and such?

And does it really matter if I had average grades in my first year if later I will have got much better?

Thanks for your comments!