FE1 Exam Thread (Read 1st post!) NOTICE: YOU MAY SWAP EXAM GRIDS

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annmc882 wrote: »

do u want a grid ?

I have a grid, I just needed the latest paper to update it. But thanks for the offer!

SwD

Anyone have the March 2017 papers for Contract, Tort, Equity, and Criminal.

laurenburne

I was speaking to the law society yesterday and the march results are not going to be online. How annoying. I don't know will we get these in the post Friday or Monday now.

lorcan122

Does anyone have an up to date grid for Equity and Property?

laurenburne

Has anyone received results yet?

smeal

laurenburne wrote: »

Has anyone received results yet?

No. I buzzed home earlier and there was no post for me. I would say it will be Monday

MeganC1554

Good Luck Everybody! Praying for a 4% rise in EU! Has anybody succeeded in their mark being raised! So nerve-wrecking!!

laurenburne

MeganC1554 wrote: »

Good Luck Everybody! Praying for a 4% rise in EU! Has anybody succeeded in their mark being raised! So nerve-wrecking!!

I've had 3 exams go up on recheck before, contract, eu and company. I'm a longshot hoping for a 7% bump on tort at the minute. I wish we were just getting the result this morning. Thinking about it all weekend now

smeal

laurenburne wrote: »

I've had 3 exams go up on recheck before, contract, eu and company. I'm a longshot hoping for a 7% bump on tort at the minute. I wish we were just getting the result this morning. Thinking about it all weekend now

It may be a longshot but I know that the PPC1 applications have to be in today so you could try and ring them and just explain that you need your results over the phone?

MeganC1554

Guys I called this morning and the lady said that our results were posted out early yesterday so should be with us today. Thanks laurenburne, your giving me serious hope. Wishing you all the best of luck!

Lumi77

Hi guys
Confirmed that rechecks where posted to us.
Good luck everyone

claiomh solais

Didn't get it! Was a long shot anyways. Looks like I'll be doing contract law in October as the final exam.

If anyone has passed contract law and wants to trade notes on one of the other 7 message me!

Lumi77

claiomh solais wrote: »

Didn't get it! Was a long shot anyways. Looks like I'll be doing contract law in October as the final exam.

If anyone has passed contract law and wants to trade notes on one of the other 7 message me!

How many points you were looking for?
And good luck in October
Sorry you didn't get it

claiomh solais

Lumi77 wrote: »

How many points you were looking for?
And good luck in October
Sorry you didn't get it

I only got 42 so I was asking for a miracle, but seeing as I have my other 7 passed I figured why not go for the recheck! :P

Lumi77

claiomh solais wrote: »

I only got 42 so I was asking for a miracle, but seeing as I have my other 7 passed I figured why not go for the recheck! :P

You did the right thing to get it re checked. At least you tried. It's all down to luck

laurenburne

Lumi77 wrote: »

You did the right thing to get it re checked. At least you tried. It's all down to luck

I think alot of it is down to luck. Did you feel like it went well? Your contract exam?

I imagine since you have seven already passed and we're only studying for one exam you had much better probability of passing than others. I feel for you because I am the exact same.

Lumi77

Well ...you kind of wonder do they even check the paper?
I got mine back and exactly the same mark

Lindyloo 1

Didn't get a chance to see my recheck result until today. No change on tort result. Oh well!

smeal

No change on Contract here! Really not sure if I have it in me to sit it again in October as my head is just fried with it. But then I run the risk of missing out on Blackhall again if I fail it this time next year... If you had have told me this time 2 years ago when I first started the exams that I would be still be sitting them now I can honestly say that I wouldn't have bothered haha

Leraf

smeal wrote: »

No change on Contract here! Really not sure if I have it in me to sit it again in October as my head is just fried with it. But then I run the risk of missing out on Blackhall again if I fail it this time next year... If you had have told me this time 2 years ago when I first started the exams that I would be still be sitting them now I can honestly say that I wouldn't have bothered haha

Its definitely tough going!

LegalAnna

Hi all,

I know it's a bit early but by any chance does anyone have a criminal exam grid they are willing to share?

I have ones for the other 7 if you want to swap?

aherns2

New to this thread.

I'm going to start the long fe1 journey in October. I have the independent college manuals and planning to do criminal, property and either equity or contract in October to just get it started and stop being afraid of it. Know loads of people who've done it and I know how hard they can be. I don't have a law degree and can't afford the courses so I'm flying solo. Any advice on how to start, study plans etc. Need some structured focus please...

claiomh solais

aherns2 wrote: »

New to this thread.

I'm going to start the long fe1 journey in October. I have the independent college manuals and planning to do criminal, property and either equity or contract in October to just get it started and stop being afraid of it. Know loads of people who've done it and I know how hard they can be. I don't have a law degree and can't afford the courses so I'm flying solo. Any advice on how to start, study plans etc. Need some structured focus please...

I'll give you this piece of advice that I've said before but I think it's a big one:

If I could give just one tip it would be to do 4 FE-1s first time. You need 3 passes to 'lock in' your passes so if you pass 2 and fail one the Law Society will not count any of the work you did which can be devastating to someone just beginning the FE-1s.

I recommend doing 4 because then you have so much more room to breathe and if a bad paper comes up on the day you have a safety paper to try and still lock in your ''magic 3''.

ally1234

Hey guys, is it me? i have zero motivation this month regarding study. Anyone else in the same I have three left to finish (including the dreaded tort exam). These exams are an uphill battle both physically and mentally....

aherns2

claiomh solais wrote: »

I'll give you this piece of advice that I've said before but I think it's a big one:

If I could give just one tip it would be to do 4 FE-1s first time. You need 3 passes to 'lock in' your passes so if you pass 2 and fail one the Law Society will not count any of the work you did which can be devastating to someone just beginning the FE-1s.

I recommend doing 4 because then you have so much more room to breathe and if a bad paper comes up on the day you have a safety paper to try and still lock in your ''magic 3''.

Thank you so much for this. I'm literally filling out the application for and deciding between contrast and equity but maybe I should just put both. I'm only thinking volume of study with 4...I was planning on going hell for leather on just three. I'm working full time with kids so trying to be as realistic as possible. Will doing four versus three kill me study wise...

SwD

aherns2 wrote: »

Thank you so much for this. I'm literally filling out the application for and deciding between contrast and equity but maybe I should just put both. I'm only thinking volume of study with 4...I was planning on going hell for leather on just three. I'm working full time with kids so trying to be as realistic as possible. Will doing four versus three kill me study wise...

I would advise, as would other members i'm sure, doing contract and equity together. There is quite a bit of crossover.

SwD

ally1234 wrote: »

Hey guys, is it me? i have zero motivation this month regarding study. Anyone else in the same I have three left to finish (including the dreaded tort exam). These exams are an uphill battle both physically and mentally....

It's the weather. I find the sunny skies make it hard to lock yourself away in a room and commit to 8 hours of study.

smeal

aherns2 wrote: »

Thank you so much for this. I'm literally filling out the application for and deciding between contrast and equity but maybe I should just put both. I'm only thinking volume of study with 4...I was planning on going hell for leather on just three. I'm working full time with kids so trying to be as realistic as possible. Will doing four versus three kill me study wise...

Definitely do 4!

Property is very easy to study for. I would leave it as your last subject to start working on as there are literally 6/7 topics that come up every time.

People seem to struggle with Contract quite a bit (myself included) despite it being quite a short manual in comparison to the rest. Mod deletion. I would focus heaviest on this- get yourself a set of past papers and go hell for leather.

Criminal genuinely offers a fair paper with a fair marking scheme but again is quite heavy and mixed but is quite easy to study for.

Equity and Trusts is again usually a fair paper and is easy to plough through but requires your patience getting your head around the different trusts. The equity side of things is usually quite easy to predict Mod deletion

In terms of hardest to easiest for your four I would say Contract, Equity & Trusts, Criminal and then Property. Very achievable! The first set of FE1s is all about confidence so even though you are leaving yourself with the 4 longer subjects after at least you have the confidence to go forward

rbag

Hi all,

I'm thinking of doing Company - any opinions?
Are there any topics that pop up regularly?