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Hi guys.. Just wondering where did you all find out about the new three sitting rule?? Law Society website is down
Tackling my first set now in April 2015.. Have bought the one manual so far (baby steps!!!).. Working full time though so I know it's going to be tough! Although I'd love to tackle four just to have the back up I'm really unsure whether I'll have enough holidays to take four so the three sounds tempting to me!
Went to the Independent Colleges open night and got talking to one of the lecturers who told me that with a law degree you probably don't need to take the course for the knowledge aspect of it but he told me that by going to class every week and taking in as much as you can probably equates to doing actually about 10-12 hours in total of your own work. Definitely sounds promising for Constitutional since its huge!!
Just have a small question before I get too dragged down into the manuals.. I have heard from people that ALL you need to know for these exams is everything in the manuals.. Is this true? I understand these exams are completely different to college exams but should I be looking towards academic texts etc in order to bulk up my answers or literally just learn and apply everything the manual has to offer?
Thanks a mil!
With regard to the lectures, I did the online ones for my first four and didn't bother with my next set. They can be a help but to be honest, I wouldn't say they are necessary. The key point is getting through the manuals and papers and getting a good solid understanding of each topic....if you have extra time you might pick some extra little bits from the lectures but it would be minor e.g you already know the topic well and pick up a nuanced element of the chapter from the lecturer. Put it like this, you passing or failing will be decided by how much work you put in with your manuals, not watching a few lectures. They are also time consuming, having watched a 2 hour lecture you will then have to go through the chapter in the manual.....in the end I found myself working from the manual solely and only watching the lecture if there was something I couldn't get.
I've said a lot there but in short, I wouldn't be rushing to recommend the lectures.....a lot of money, they slow down your study and ultimately you will still have to put in the slog with the manuals.
Re your second question about manual vs extra reading and academic commentary. I wondered the same when I started studying and initially I did use other books but I soon realised unless you are superhuman, it's not possible to get enough topics covered if you're going into too much detail with each topic. My approach was to buy the Griffith, Independent and City manuals second hand and work solely from those. Even with that I'm probably going into too much detail but I like to be thorough and I found the 3 manuals typically provided a comprehensive view of the topic. I wouldn't include everything from all 3 however. Instead, I normally had a favourite manual in each subject e.g I liked the Independent one for Company, which I would base my notes off. I'd then look through the other two and supplement my notes where required.
As I said above, I've probably waffled a bit but if you have any other questions just ask!!
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With regard to the lectures, I did the online ones for my first four and didn't bother with my next set. They can be a help but to be honest, I wouldn't say they are necessary. The key point is getting through the manuals and papers and getting a good solid understanding of each topic....if you have extra time you might pick some extra little bits from the lectures but it would be minor e.g you already know the topic well and pick up a nuanced element of the chapter from the lecturer. Put it like this, you passing or failing will be decided by how much work you put in with your manuals, not watching a few lectures. They are also time consuming, having watched a 2 hour lecture you will then have to go through the chapter in the manual.....in the end I found myself working from the manual solely and only watching the lecture if there was something I couldn't get.
I've said a lot there but in short, I wouldn't be rushing to recommend the lectures.....a lot of money, they slow down your study and ultimately you will still have to put in the slog with the manuals.
Re your second question about manual vs extra reading and academic commentary. I wondered the same when I started studying and initially I did use other books but I soon realised unless you are superhuman, it's not possible to get enough topics covered if you're going into too much detail with each topic. My approach was to buy the Griffith, Independent and City manuals second hand and work solely from those. Even with that I'm probably going into too much detail but I like to be thorough and I found the 3 manuals typically provided a comprehensive view of the topic. I wouldn't include everything from all 3 however. Instead, I normally had a favourite manual in each subject e.g I liked the Independent one for Company, which I would base my notes off. I'd then look through the other two and supplement my notes where required.
As I said above, I've probably waffled a bit but if you have any other questions just ask!!
Thanks so much for all your help! I think I prefer the Independent manuals so far 0 -
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sunshine and showers wrote: »For accessing our results, are they going to send us a password to log in with or are we supposed to already have it? I have an ID number here on the letter they sent me about the exams, but no sign of any passwords!
You will get an email teliing you how to access your results, if you have not accessed results before you will be given a temporary password and then you will set one up.
If you've received results before then all details will be the same.
Your ID number is the number on all correspondence from the Law Society.
We'll hopefully get the email on Friday notifying us of results next week 0 -
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I am sitting four this time round possibly more as I haven't got results yet.
Kinda felt I had to start next lectures so I'm in limbo at the moment.
How about you?
I'm sitting five and have to pass all of them for work. Boss keeps asking me about them. I'm starting next week probably should have got stuck in on 4th Nov like everyone else. I've Company, Contract, EU, Constitutional and Tort to do. I have some reading and notes from Company last time done. I'm in Limbo too though I know I didn't pass the two I did so need to cop on and start.
What four do you have so?0 -
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I'm sitting five and have to pass all of them for work. Boss keeps asking me about them. I'm starting next week probably should have got stuck in on 4th Nov like everyone else. I've Company, Contract, EU, Constitutional and Tort to do. I have some reading and notes from Company last time done. I'm in Limbo too though I know I didn't pass the two I did so need to cop on and start.
What four do you have so?
This time I'm studying equity, constitutional, EU and tort.
I sat equity first time I attempted four but took up company last time hoping to pass with the new legislation maybe coming in later this year.
I haven't really started at all, just watched two lectures so far 0 -
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I really need to get back into study mode for March. Cant seem to find the motivation, I think its the waiting for the results since I don't know if i have to repeat some of them.
The wait is sickening
Has anyone done the EU exam before? what's it like? have to sit this one next with whatever I don't pass from the last sitting.0 -
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I really need to get back into study mode for March. Cant seem to find the motivation, I think its the waiting for the results since I don't know if i have to repeat some of them.
The wait is sickening
Has anyone done the EU exam before? what's it like? have to sit this one next with whatever I don't pass from the last sitting.
It's ok. It takes work though. The most challenging aspect being the sheer volume of material you need to cover0 -
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