Law Students - Chat Thread

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the joys of tsr procrastination - i'm not sure i'll ever know better!

i have teamwork-related frustration. i hate working in teams/groups when people don't pull their weight.

otherwise i am well but swamped with reading. how are you?

That's what final year is all about.

I was thinking I'd be working harder in my final year too. Been watching Stalker all day though. LOL

So my bad habit didn't actually last very long. Here's trying to dent that good effort.




Team activities are always tough for this reason. Is it going better?

I've managed to reach the point of the year that I always (unsuccessfully) strive to avoid: I have sooooo much to do in Easter, and it's now close enough that I can't really offset it. Unlike other years, I also have this pesky dissertation to worry about. I am definitely much more of an exam-oriented person than a dissertation-oriented person. A dissertation brings out a perfectionist side that I let go of in my first year when I realised that being able to churn out essays every week was more important to having a balanced uni life than perfecting every single one.



Here I was thinking it was about getting a (good) degree.



I'd never heard of Stalker, but I will add it to my list. Final year is meant to be enjoyed* before dealing with reality.

*Well, there's one university that I can think of where I'd be having a significantly more stressful final year. I am very grateful for my good judgment in deciding against applying there.

It's a pretty good show but CBS pulled it from their schedule so I guess it'll be cancelled. I don't think it's worth watching it unless there's some closure.

Which university is this? I regret not going to a university that offers more final year modules.



My semester 1 results come out on Friday and I'm so worried about International Criminal and Family. I hate this feeling of impending doom

Oxford. They have a mad system, which requires you to sit 9 exams in 2 weeks including subjects you haven't done since the Easter of your first year. It means they have a comparatively relaxed second year and can dedicate more time to career things.

Good luck with results! Waiting for them is never fun, but the fear usually ends up being unwarranted. I hope it will be for you anyway.

Thanks. Apparently, no one failed.

Sounds like a nightmare.

Slightly off-topic, I had a nightmare a night ago. I was Nigel Farage's bodyguard and was protecting him from violent UKIPers because he was an immigrant. I was so confused when I woke up.

I think the stress of this degree is getting to me.

Quick - write to channel 4 ... they'll probably make a mockumentary out of it!

haha! I watched that! (The 100 days one. The BBC documentary was pretty humorous though)

I was a bit scared that I was pro-Farage subconsciously after that

You are. We all know you're standing as a UKIP candidate. May as well confess to it.

I don't know if anyone else is in this situation, but I feel like my dissertation is utter crap. My tutor hasn't really helped and I've finished it now. I also do family law which is what I'm doing for my dissertation and I have recently done a piece of coursework for family that I felt really analysed the law and it was really good, which has actually made me doubt my dissertation. I just think its rubbish how you cant take some of your own work and use it in your dissertation because It's my own damn work. Looking back on what Iv'e written, my dissertation doesn't really analyse much, it just goes through the law in sections and mentions what they mean (which is **** compared to what Iv'e done in my coursework).

What can I do? I have so much work now that I don't feel as though I have time to virtually start my dissertation again.

When is it due? Is your tutor allowed to look at a draft or a portion (20%) of a draft? If not, print off a detailed table of contents and talk your tutor through your chapter development to get feedback. You should have at least a minimum amount of contact time (1 or 2 hours over the year) in which your tutor is required to meet with you. If you haven't used this yet, then you can set up a mini-tutorial. Your meeting may mean that you need to take a week off other things to blitz through extra material/rework a chapter, which is annoying, but remember that this is the aspect of your mark that is most within your control.

Well done for doing so much work for it already. Most writers I know won't be finished for another month and a half. Some, like you, are basically finished. I tend to ignore you guys as you make the rest of us look bad.

Got my semester 1 results. Not too bad apart from Family lol!