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Original post by nulli tertius
I think you have to understand that traditionally law A level was not not encouraged for students wishing to read law at university. Moreover TSR has an unusually high number of members attending private schools and very high performing state VIth forms whilst law A level tends to be only on offer at VIth form colleges. That means that many of the younger forum members are not equipped to have a technical discussion about law at all.

Moreover teaching to the test has become engrained in the English educational system which means that there is mentality of closing out the irrelevant. University applicants say, because they effectively have to say, that they are interested in law, but few of them really are. They are perhaps interested in being lawyers, but generally have no spirit of enquiry about law itself.


I understand. Thanks for educating me. Repped you accordingly. What you said which I've bolded above, is true. They don't want to talk about

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what makes up AR and MR

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whether the 1861 OAPA is in urgent need of reform

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the differences between S18, S20 and S47

All they want to talk about is

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reputation and rankings of unis for the LLB

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magic circle firms

I have a question. Can tort be adequately covered in a month to do well for the paper in the exam?
Original post by Audrey18
Can tort be adequately covered in a month to do well for the paper in the exam?


I don't really know what your exam is. Is 'tort' 'negligence'? If so, yes, you can probably cover it to a decent standard in about ten hours of work. If 'tort' is 'negligence including pure economic loss, nuisance, trespass, economic torts, tort liability of public bodies, tort theory, and whatever else we can think of', it'd be a big big stretch. Could you post a link to your syllabus?
Original post by Audrey18

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For now, we only want to discuss about magic circle firms, reputation and rankings of unis etc'.

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We will make sweeping statements about how good or bad a uni is for it's law course even though we've neither physically visited the uni nor met any of its lecturers or students.

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We will simply echo what an uncle, aunty has told us over lunch the other weekend or what some anonymous person said on another website


I guess my mentor was right. Different societies, different mentalities.


you'll also get those in this thread...
Original post by TheDefiniteArticle
I don't really know what your exam is. Is 'tort' 'negligence'? If so, yes, you can probably cover it to a decent standard in about ten hours of work. If 'tort' is 'negligence including pure economic loss, nuisance, trespass, economic torts, tort liability of public bodies, tort theory, and whatever else we can think of', it'd be a big big stretch. Could you post a link to your syllabus?


hi thanks for the reply. this is the link. look at page 17.
http://www.cie.org.uk/images/164522-2016-syllabus.pdf

sample of how the questions look like.
http://theallpapers.com/papers/CIE/AS_and_ALevel/Law%20(9084)/9084_s11_ms_42.pdf

Original post by Ethereal
you'll also get those in this thread...


thanks for the heads up. I'll just ignore them then.
Original post by Audrey18
hi thanks for the reply. this is the link. look at page 17.
http://www.cie.org.uk/images/164522-2016-syllabus.pdf

sample of how the questions look like.
http://theallpapers.com/papers/CIE/AS_and_ALevel/Law%20(9084)/9084_s11_ms_42.pdf


Hm. I'd say difficult, but manageable, probably - if you're working to tight deadlines, be prepared to work some long hours early on just in case. Do you a reading list or anything I could take a look at to give a more detailed response?
Original post by TheDefiniteArticle
Hm. I'd say difficult, but manageable, probably - if you're working to tight deadlines, be prepared to work some long hours early on just in case. Do you a reading list or anything I could take a look at to give a more detailed response?


i'll be using this book. I'l be starting tort in April. My exams will be in end of May.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tort-Law-Catherine-Elliott/dp/1408286378
Original post by Audrey18
i'll be using this book. I'l be starting tort in April. My exams will be in end of May.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tort-Law-Catherine-Elliott/dp/1408286378


Oh if you're just using a textbook and not reading cases/academic literature you can do your primary learning in 3-4 days if you hustle.
Hi guys, just running a survey and wondered if you could answer some or all of the questions on it? Cheers x

Which university are you at and what's the course title? ·
How did you find the transition from A-Levels toa Law degree in terms of workload and difficulty?
How difficult is it to develop the new skillsneeded to study law (eg analytical skills)·
If you take a language alongside the Law course, does it actually just give you more work?·
What do you enjoy most/least about the degree?·
What do you like most/least about theuniversity?·
What is the hardest thing about studying Law?·
What is a typical day like for a law student?·
What are the main skills that a Law student wouldideally possess?
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Original post by Audrey18
Thanks for your positive reply. It is really refreshing to see your post unlike the catalogue of previous ones which screamed

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I'm on easier boards (which some users admitted publicly on here after seeing the questions I posted above)

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I don't want to discuss Cambridge International Exam (CIE) A-level law paper questions until I get to uni even though those questions are similar to uni style ones

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Stop pestering us

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Quit making us feel uncomfortable

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Please go away

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For now, we only want to discuss about magic circle firms, reputation and rankings of unis etc'.

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We will make sweeping statements about how good or bad a uni is for it's law course even though we've neither physically visited the uni nor met any of its lecturers or students.

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We will simply echo what an uncle, aunty has told us over lunch the other weekend or what some anonymous person said on another website.

LOL!

Regarding your question, we have to answer 3 out of 5 questions in 90 mins. Till now, no one has actually attempted any of the questions I posted. I asked myself, 'what then is the purpose of this forum if people want to ridicule me and the choice of my exam board but disappear from attempting the questions I so kindly provided which I had to type out word for word given that they have not been made available for download'.

I guess my mentor was right. Different societies, different mentalities.


What?! Did people ridicule you because you are doing CIE A levels? LOL honestly, they have no idea, CIE is the hardest!

And btw you are definitely not required to read any secondary literature to do well (their marking standard is not as harsh as uni)- I got an A* in CIE law without reading any academic articles
Why did this thread die :frown:
Original post by infairverona
Why did this thread die :frown:


No idea, but to reignite it... here comes a slacker.

1 week to revise for all my final year exams next week. 7 days, 3 subjects. What have I got myself into?!Brb. Writing a 3500 word essay tonight (Sunday), then locking myself in the library for 16 hours a day for next 7 days. Need 61 to finish on a 2:1, oops.Anyone in the same position or been there, done that?
Original post by ZolaCFC25
No idea, but to reignite it... here comes a slacker.

1 week to revise for all my final year exams next week. 7 days, 3 subjects. What have I got myself into?!Brb. Writing a 3500 word essay tonight (Sunday), then locking myself in the library for 16 hours a day for next 7 days. Need 61 to finish on a 2:1, oops.Anyone in the same position or been there, done that?


Is selective revision possible for your exam format? If so I reckon you can still do well
Original post by infairverona
Is selective revision possible for your exam format? If so I reckon you can still do well


Yeah, they've advised us which topics to omit for Torts, Equity and Land (last of which is the following week). Something like 5 out of 8 topics for each are necessary. EU is open book.

I've had lots of issues which meant I've been really unmotivated but hopefully can still pull it out of the bag. Exams are Mon/Tues/Weds then one then Land the following Monday.
Original post by ZolaCFC25
Yeah, they've advised us which topics to omit for Torts, Equity and Land (last of which is the following week). Something like 5 out of 8 topics for each are necessary. EU is open book.

I've had lots of issues which meant I've been really unmotivated but hopefully can still pull it out of the bag. Exams are Mon/Tues/Weds then one then Land the following Monday.


How many questions do you have to do? I would still not revise the whole 5, or I'd pick say Tort and Land to focus on and let Equity slide (not ideal but I really hated Equity :biggrin:) If EU is open book try to just make some crib sheets with key cases etc on, you still don't wanna be flicking through a book the whole exam, it's a waste of essay writing time. Or take in one of those 'question and answer' books idk. if you're just aiming for 61 that should suffice
Original post by infairverona
How many questions do you have to do? I would still not revise the whole 5, or I'd pick say Tort and Land to focus on and let Equity slide (not ideal but I really hated Equity :biggrin:) If EU is open book try to just make some crib sheets with key cases etc on, you still don't wanna be flicking through a book the whole exam, it's a waste of essay writing time. Or take in one of those 'question and answer' books idk. if you're just aiming for 61 that should suffice


I think it's 3 or 4 questions for each exam out of around 6. 8 topics, generally. Hence why they suggest revising 5-6.

Mon - Equity
Tues - Torts
Weds - EU
Following Monday - Land
All at 1pm.

So i've got 4 days exclusively for Land which should be fine.

For EU, I'm going to do as you say - maybe spend a day just getting stuff together.
Then that leaves 3 days for Torts and Equity each, plus last minute morning stuff.
Original post by ZolaCFC25
I think it's 3 or 4 questions for each exam out of around 6. 8 topics, generally. Hence why they suggest revising 5-6.

Mon - Equity
Tues - Torts
Weds - EU
Following Monday - Land
All at 1pm.

So i've got 4 days exclusively for Land which should be fine.

For EU, I'm going to do as you say - maybe spend a day just getting stuff together.
Then that leaves 3 days for Torts and Equity each, plus last minute morning stuff.


That's a gross timetable. Land will be fine then and EU is open book so focus on Equity and Tort?
Original post by infairverona
That's a gross timetable. Land will be fine then and EU is open book so focus on Equity and Tort?


Yeah think I need to devote 3 full days to each, plus last minute overnight. Guess that's the plan. Write, I'll knock off this essay tonight on Human Rights, prepare EU notes tomorrow, then 3 days each for those 2. :smile:
Original post by ZolaCFC25
Yeah think I need to devote 3 full days to each, plus last minute overnight. Guess that's the plan. Write, I'll knock off this essay tonight on Human Rights, prepare EU notes tomorrow, then 3 days each for those 2. :smile:


I guess it depends how much work you've done through the year. I really hated Equity, didn't like Land and I thought Tort was ok but I was still lazy. Passed them all and got a 2.1 in Tort, all I did was use those revision guides that everyone says is crap. So if you've got some base knowledge and you're ok at cramming, you can definitely get 61
Original post by infairverona
I guess it depends how much work you've done through the year. I really hated Equity, didn't like Land and I thought Tort was ok but I was still lazy. Passed them all and got a 2.1 in Tort, all I did was use those revision guides that everyone says is crap. So if you've got some base knowledge and you're ok at cramming, you can definitely get 61


What did you finish with overall? I've got this human rights essay too that is so hard. Bracing myself for a 2:2 :frown:.


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